Though much of the world has never heard of diseases like lymphatic filariasis or schistosomiasis, these and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a daily reality for many living in Africa and across the world. These terrible diseases affect more than one billion people worldwide, disabling, disfiguring and blinding their victims, and making it difficult for the world’s poorest communities to lift themselves out of poverty.

By TIM EJOOR I almost choked on my drink last Thursday evening when a news flash came in on television that President Goodluck Jonathan was appealing to the Boko Haram group to make its demands known so that the Federal Government would know how to deal with the situation on hand. This came only two […]

IN every society, socio-economic policy interventions are meant to provide directions for the realisation of needs. A policy that is structurally defective or lacks the recipients’ input will achieve little or nothing in the realisation of the expectations of the recipients. The success of any policy intervention, therefore, depends highly on its impact on the needs of the target society.

THE proceedings at the Court of Appeal, Enugu which gave rise to the court’s nullification of the election of Senator Andy Uba who represents Anambra South Senatorial district in the Senate are still puzzling.

NIGERIA with a total land area of 356667 square miles and an estimated population of 167 million people according to the international security indicators requires about 2-4 policemen per 1000 population; a minimum of 334,000 to 668,000 policemen to effectively maintain law and order under normal circumstances.

A LOT has been written about Chief Godswill Akpabio and his uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom since he mounted the saddle four and a half years ago as the Governor.

The culture of losers filing petitions against the result of elections announced by different electoral bodies in Nigeria since Independence has taken very deep root and it is very doubtful whether there is anything in the offing that will negate this habit. I am not aware of any serious or concerted effort by political scientists or sociologists to study the cause or effect of election petitions.

AT the close of the titanic event on Monday January 23, 2012, following the outcome of the governorship primaries of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State commonly referred to as The People’s Paradise, the ambition of Ambassador Soni Abang to dislodge Senator Liyel Imoke from the Diamond Hill Government House, Calabar turned into a nightmare.

A MERE glance at the draft ICT policy recently published by the Ministry of Communications Technology would reveal several gaps and inconsistencies. These flaws cast serious doubts about its potency and efficacy to sustain the gains already recorded in the sector, let alone providing the launch pad for the future progress of the industry.

THIS quote is very apt and best described the Honourable Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Ngozicheneke Wogu, CON who has distinguished himself as a member of the Federal Executive Council of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for two consecutive terms.