Insurance cover: How Nigeria’s ‘high risk’ status chokes local airlines
Saturday, December 10, 2005, was the day that changed it all industry-wide. In barely seven minutes of a dramatic turnaround, about 108 souls perished at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA),...
View ArticleSavannah Energy: Rewarding teachers as a key to education growth
Every 5 October, World Teachers’ Day is held to celebrate all teachers around the globe. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (“UNESCO”), “It is a day to...
View ArticlePurging Nigeria police of extortionists, lawbreakers, and killers
“I will kill you and nothing will happen.” “If you say anything again I will just waste you. I’ve wasted many of your type, so you will not be the first or the last.” The post Purging Nigeria police of...
View ArticleHow Sheikh Alli Balogun’s exploits remain green, nine decades after
Reputed to be one of the wealthiest in his era, the opulence, business acumen and humanitarian gesture of Sheikh Alli Balogun, touched all and sundry. Though the renowned businessman and a Nupe Prince...
View ArticleWhy unending controversy beclouds Obasanjo’s paternity
The controversy about former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s non-Yoruba ancestry has been an endless debate over the years, especially in political circles and during critical electioneering periods when...
View ArticleChatham House Visits and Race To Succeed Buhari: When three of four horses...
With just a little over a month to go before Nigerians elect the successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, three of the names in the apparently obvious four-horse race battle have mounted the podium at...
View Article‘Why Nigeria’s fight against oil theft may be at risk’
The operatives of the Tantita security outfit belonging to former Commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, High Chief Government Tompolo has raised the alarm that its...
View ArticleWho will save children from unending domestic abuse?
What would cause Miss Busola Oyediran, a mother who laboured to bring to life, two teen sons (aged five and two) to turn around and allegedly dehumanise them alongside her partner, Akebiara Emmanuel,...
View ArticleDecade and a half of value addition, support for Akwa Ibom teachers, students
The nation’s education milieu is replete with instances of teachers being scorned, disgraced and humiliated for bad behaviour, incompetence, or for generally being found wanting in the discharge of...
View ArticleHerders/Farmers’ Crisis: Stakeholders chart path to lasting peace,...
Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, Nigeria has experienced the highest number of farmer-herder fatalities and economic losses beyond comprehension. The post Herders/Farmers’ Crisis:...
View ArticleUsefulness of broadband facilities in efficient electoral system
In spite of its steady growth, Nigeria’s broadband penetration still trails those of peer countries. According to data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the mobile broadband...
View ArticleTackling menace of out-of-school children in Nigeria
Despite the combined efforts of the Nigerian government, international development partners and non-governmental organisations to tackle the pervasive issue of out-of-school children in Nigeria, the...
View ArticleBridging Nigeria’s yawning gap in mental healthcare delivery
Segun is in his mid-forties. Over the last decade, he has been battling some form of mental illness, which has made him uncoordinated and unproductive. The progressive degeneration of his mental state...
View ArticleStakeholders canvass support for people with disabilities
Despite the policies to reduce the suffering of people with disabilities (PWD) in Nigeria, they still suffer different forms of discrimination in the society. People with disabilities are supposed to...
View ArticleAligning credible 2023 population and housing census with national development
Statutorily, Nigeria is seven years behind in the conduct of its Population and Housing census. Ideally, a census should be conducted every 10 years, but since the last exercise held in 2006, multiple...
View ArticleStakeholders draw roadmap for revamping education sector
Education plays a crucial role in a child’s development, shaping their abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that contribute to society’s overall well being. The post Stakeholders draw roadmap for...
View ArticleStamping out menace of expired, counterfeit drugs
A recent report by Bloomberg put Nigeria as the most counterfeit market in the developing world, occupying a top seat among African countries losing thousands of citizens annually to fake drugs. The...
View ArticleIn Akin Ogunbiyi: Footprints of a Peerless Entrepreneur, author speaks on...
Chairman, Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc., Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi has advised youths on the importance of first impression. The post In Akin Ogunbiyi: Footprints of a Peerless Entrepreneur, author speaks on...
View ArticleDespite manpower deficit, attack on medical personnel soars
Written in the 5th Century B.C., the Hippocratic Oath remains one of the oldest documents in human history. While its creators intended the document to serve as a binding covenant on physicians, modern...
View ArticleDay ‘Mr Gatwick’ called at Gateway agro-cargo airport
Parroted as the man who owns Gatwick and former adviser to the United States President Donald Trump, an iconic investor was in town. His visit was fortuitous but nonetheless memorable. The post Day ‘Mr...
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