Easter in A Pandemic Season
We should assist the weak, the hungry and the suffering in our midst Today’s Easter, an annual Christian festival that commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is a historic one. It is the first...
View ArticleThe Gender Effects Of Covid-19
Couples should engage in productive things at home COVID-19 is an unprecedented global pandemic that knows no borders and has not been witnessed in the last 100 years. As this disease takes its...
View ArticleThe Lockdown Relief Package
On Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari extended the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun States as well as then Federal Capital Territory by another 14 days in response to the unfinished war against the COVID-19...
View ArticleDirty Naira Notes and COVID-19 Virus
By Debola Osibogun As the COVID -19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe with devastating effects on the global economy, the world must now than ever before unite to fight the unseen enemy....
View ArticleTHE BURDEN OF KIDNEY DISEASE
There is need for preventive interventions to avert the onset of the disease The increasing burden of kidney disease in Nigeria was brought to the fore recently when the country, along with others,...
View ArticleINSURGENCY AND THE CHAD ULTIMATUM
The military is now well placed to end the protracted war against Boko Haram The April 22 ultimatum to Nigeria by Chad, a member of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) fighting Boko Haram and...
View ArticleCOVID-19 And The Physically Challenged
The authorities should reach out to people with disabilities The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis that also poses serious socio-economic challenges. But no group has been more affected than...
View ArticleTHE MENACE OF LASSA FEVER
Lassa fever is still a major public health problem in Nigeria Lassa fever has perhaps been brushed off as a major public health problem in the country as Covid-19 is getting all the attention – as...
View ArticleRestoring Dignity To The Police
The police are increasingly diminished by some roles assigned them Going by the United Nations estimation, the police force of any country should have no fewer than three personnel for every one...
View ArticleBURYING THE DEAD IN A PANDEMIC
The dead should not be allowed to pose a threat. They should be buried promptly Reports of accumulating corpses in mortuaries following the lockdown imposed on citizens in most parts of the country...
View ArticleUNIVERSITY LECTURERS AND OUTSTANDING PAY
It is important that the issue of IPPIS is resolved urgently The presidential directive that salaries of university lecturers be paid without any pre-condition is commendable. But it still does not...
View ArticleCURBING CHILD MARRIAGE IN NIGERIA
The cost of marrying off young girls is high on the nation The prevalence of maternal mortality and morbidity, child mortality and malnutrition, all of which have grave impacts on our human capital...
View ArticleHealth Workers And COVID-19
Government should address the worries of health workers. They are important safeguards against the deadly viral disease Despite the high risks associated with being on the frontline of the fight...
View ArticlePOLLUTION ON NIGER DELTA SHORELINES
What killed the swarm of fish washed up the shorelines? The relevant authorities should investigate the cause As the nation expects test results being conducted by the National Oil Spill and Detection...
View ArticleTHE PANDEMIC AND THE COUNTRY’S FUTURE
As we strive to “balance the need to protect health while also preserving livelihoods”, can we safely say that the worst of the pandemic that has unleashed more than 2,388 cases and over-80 deaths on...
View ArticleI BEAT THE VIRUS
Israel Ayegba Ebije, a Covid-19 survivor, writes that easing the lockdown is premature The class of 2020 refers to those who are alive and well regardless of age, class, race or creed to savor...
View ArticleMAKING THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 TOTAL
To ensure that the war on the pandemic is successful, there is an urgent need to increase awareness in the rural areas, writes Adewale Kupoluyi Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
View ArticleAVERTING A LOOMING COVID-19 TRAGEDY
The authorities could do more to stem the spread of the deadly disease Yesterday, the first day of the gradual easing of the lockdown imposed on Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, was a...
View ArticleCOVID-19 AND ALMAJIRI PROBLEM
The northern governors must ensure that the children do not return to the streets No fewer than 50 of the 59 active cases of coronavirus in Kaduna State have been traced to the repatriated Almajiri...
View ArticleON THE NDDC (MIS)MANAGEMENT
The NDDC needs a substantive board to entrench culture of transparency For the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) it has been a tale of scandals, following the inability of President Muhammadu...
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