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Coronavirus: A time for unity, …a time for action
Today is my birthday. I thank God for giving me the life and time on earth he has provided me. He has blessed me beyond the ability of words to describe; I am more than cognizant of His great mercies toward me. I have much to be thankful…
Radical populism, global poverty and the new world order
TODAY’S world is a space dominated by the ideological energy of the neoliberal capitalism. Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the end of history and heralded the ideological dominance of the neoliberal capitalist mode. And almost…
Benue sets to battle COVID-19
IT is no longer news the impact that coronavirus or COVID-19 has dealt to countries around the world. The outbreak of the virus, which surfaced in China late 2019, has left many sick and thousands also dead. Health workers around the globe…
Trump team failed to follow NSC’s pandemic playbook
The Trump administration, state officials and even individual hospital workers are now racing against each other to get the necessary masks, gloves and other safety equipment to fight coronavirus — a scramble that hospitals and doctors say…
In isolation together: Bigotry, fear and empathy in the time of coronavirus
In these uncertain times of coronavirus, when the whole world should be united together in a war against a common enemy, it is unfortunate that a portion of humankind, so unconscionable and insensible of the risks, believes that what is at…
Coronavirus pandemic and the test of social distancing
THE outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the world has really wreaked havoc across countries and nations, with governments and medical experts and personnel at their wits end as to what to do to combat the pandemic. Because of the novel…
Replicating Asaba storm drainage success in Warri
BEFORE Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa assumed office as governor of Delta in May, 2015, parts of the state, including Asaba, the capital, were perennially plagued by flooding during the rainy season. It was on record that flood claimed lives and…
Positioning the Nigerian economy for energy transition
TODAY, Kenya has the largest windfarm in the whole of Africa. Technology in Europe has advanced to include renewables such as;floating solar PV’s, electric cars, hydrogen fuels used to refine oils and “biorefineries” able to produce a new…
Still on national policy on skill acquisition for youths
WITH more Nigerians now seeing skill acquisition as the way out, the stigmatisation of vocational training is lessening gradually. And now that it evidently positions youths for international opportunities, the scale is tilting in favour of…
What is left for coronavirus to conquer in Nigeria?
WHILE the rest of the world is receiving a deadly hiding at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic, we in Nigeria seem distant from this global anxiety. We are complacent, living in cloying bliss, expecting deliverance from an outsourced…