How weak implementation of environmental laws, poor waste disposal worsen flooding in Nigeria
ASIDE the constant warning from emergency and weather monitoring agencies that Nigeria will still experience more devastating flash floods in…
Tertiary education: Is the Ivory Tower crumbling?
The quality of tertiary education in Nigeria has been a subject of perpetual discourse as stakeholders in the education sector…
She was born during COVID, spent her first 18 days in ICU
Janice Ona Odobo is a one-year-old infant, who after surviving severe jaundice at birth, now needs a Cochlear implant to…
Holistic care of Sickle Cell disorder
Holistic care refers to care that is total and encompassing, rather than one that is only narrowly aimed at one…
Esie: Inside Nigeria’s first museum
In this piece, BIOLA AZEEZ reports the present state of Nigeria’s first museum, and the growing appeal for patronage and…
Obadiah Mailafia dies three months to 65th birthday
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, is dead. The celebrated economist, until his…
CULTURAL VALUES: Shifting or tumbling?
KOLA MUHAMMED and FUNMILAYO AREMU report that cultural values across all facets of the society are becoming eroded, especially in…
Miyetti Allah, farmers, residents speak as Lagos awaits implementation of anti-open grazing law
FROM the Island to the Mainland and to the remotest parts of Lagos communities, herds of cattle without herders roaming…
‘The government can’t protect us from IPOB and IPOB can’t protect us from the government’
When President Muhammadu Buhari flew into southeastern Imo State last week to commission a handful of development projects, he was…
How sleep became luxury we couldn’t afford — Corps members in crisis-prone areas recount experience
IT has been a dreadful period for corps members serving in Ibarapa community in Oyo State and their counterparts in…
Brain drain: Unenviable path bleeding life out of Nigeria’s health sector
The continuous emigration of skilled medical workers has worsened the already depleted health care sector in Nigeria. In this piece,…
Much ado about COVID-19 palliatives
To cushion the effect of the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government rolled out a survival…
N15m lifeline: Parents of girl with heart disease cry for help
Since birth, AnuOluwapo Moses, an eight-year- old girl has been having a very hard time of life. Her battle is…
Jos killings: We study in fear, Lagos students in UNIJOS recount ordeals
WHEN the avengers came, they went to the village behind the university premises and killed up to 23 residents, including…
What Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram say about living with ex-fighters
A surge of surrenders by Boko Haram jihadists in northeastern Nigeria has turned the spotlight onto how the government deals…
Environmental degradation: Lagos moves against unregulated sand dredging
DAYO AYEYEMI, in this report, looks at the attempt by the Lagos State government to save communities from environmental abuse…
How poor state of primary health centres affect epidemic preparedness, vaccination campaigns
Primary health care centres are important to epidemic preparedness and disease outbreak response. But sadly in Nigeria, they don’t get…
Our ordeal at the hands of bandits
ATTAHIRU AHMED reports that local communities and displaced people in Zamfara State are living in a state of fear and…
Beggars, street traders threaten protest over Lagos govt ban
THE decision of the Lagos State government to ban begging and street hawking has continued to generate reactions from residents,…
Stakeholders lament state of National Archives, brainstorm on revamping ‘former monuments’
THE sorry state of the first office of the National Archives of Nigeria at the University of Ibadan, which was…
