The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all
By Valentine Obienyem As our chaplain, Fr. Chigozie Jidere, proclaimed today’s Gospel on the genealogy of Jesus, my mind went to the story of Hecataeus of Miletus. Within the colossal inner halls of the temple of Amun at Egyptian Thebes, Hecataeus boasted to the priests that he could trace his lineage back sixteen generations to […]
Before the bots: Nigeria must fix its systems before embracing tech for health
By Otuto Amarauche Chukwu In recent years, many African countries including Nigeria have seen a flurry of excitement over artificial intelligence and digital health innovations. From slick apps to AI-powered diagnostic tools, we are witnessing what seems to be a tech revolution. While I maintain optimism and hope that these tools will meet their lofty […]
Climate Change Act: Assessing Buhari’s Unsung Legacy
By Sam Onuigbo Rep Sam Ifeanyi Onuigbo reflects on President Buhari’s pivotal Climate Change Act, examining its lasting impact on Nigeria’s environmental policy and global standing. He had withheld assent to the Climate Change Bill in 2019. As one given to meticulous observation, he noted some grey areas that required clarity for operators of the […]
Who isn’t a patriot in Nigeria today?
By AMINU JAHUN The Patriots have been a leading elite group critiquing the 1999 Constitution(as amended) as a military imposition, lacking the imprimatur of the Nigerian peoples. In their quest for a democratic peoples constitution, the Patriots and the Nigerian Political Summit Group, NPSG, organised a National Summit on the Future of Nigeria’s Constitutional Democracy on […]
What Mandela might say to Nigerian leaders today
By EBUKA UKO I arrived in the United States in the fall of 2021 to start postgraduate studies, only to find myself engaged in conversations about Blackness in ways I had never experienced in over 30 years of life in Africa. Suddenly, I constantly faced questions that never really came up for me before. What does […]
How Taraba farmers will benefit from N500 billion ‘Produce for Lagos’ deal
By Oloye Ayodele Samuel In what is being hailed as a turning point for agriculture in Taraba State, Governor Agbu Kefas has positioned the state at the forefront of a historic new deal aimed at transforming food production and distribution in Nigeria. The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Lagos State Government under […]
