Richard Akinjide (1931- 2020)
I became News Editor in 1996. Shortly afterwards some armed robbers decided to visit the Southwest end of the city…
Oyetola: A governor’s wartime performance
ASSESSING a government or any official of government in a time like this may really be an herculean task, but…
Covid-19, NAFDAC and the extended lockdown
THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in its renewed efforts at combating and addressing the…
Sadiya Farouq and the burden of expectations
EVERY crisis throws up either a hero or a villain. Most often, the person at the epicentre of the crisis,…
Prepare for the inevitable, now!
ON 23rd March, I raised several issues that needed urgent attention in a message titled, “It Is Wartime…a call to…
Understanding palliatives
WHEN you do a quick Google search of the words, palliative measures, you will quickly understand it to mean…
Covid-19 and challenges of virtual learning
THE global world woke up to a pandemic, Corona Virus, popularly labeled as COVID-19, late December, 2019 in a community…
Of Amotekun, kidnapping, et al: Lessons Awojobi taught me
As I was ruminating about my check-list of several of these catastrophic and satanic Nigerian situations, I stumbled on a…
COVID-19 and local governments’ roles in curtailing spread
Local governments are well-known to be the closest and the first line of public contact with people in various communities…
United States health and humanitarian aid
THE story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against Covid-19 is a story of days, months, and decades.…
Covid-19:Time for Africa Health Organisation
The pandemic of Covid -19 is by default redefining the term Global Village which is a modern definition of Planet…
Waste management and battling the coronavirus
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic currently ravaging the underdeveloped, developing, and developed countries virtually in all continents of the world has…
Covid-19: Turning adversity into opportunity
Never in our lifetime have we endured the kind of socio-economic disruption the world is currently experiencing, as the Novel…
(OPINION): Abba Kyari’s death, end of a surrogate presidency and the coming chaos, by Farooq Kperogi
To say I was shocked by Abba Kyari's death would be to tell a lie. Being an asthmatic patient who…
Addressing the knock-on effect of Covid-19 on women, girls
By Ladi C. Yakubu PEOPLE have long debated the gendered impacts of disease outbreaks. Of course, pandemic affects everyone,…
The present and past flu
THE coronavirus is a negative scientific invention.Until proved otherwise, the virus called SARS-COV-2 was made by scientists and escaped in…
Environmental monitoring and sound waste management: Critical factors in coronavirus control
THE coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic currently ravaging the underdeveloped; developing and developed countries virtually in all continents of the world…
Turning the COVID-19 tragedy into an opportunity for a new Nigeria
As many people are now aware, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China has rapidly permeated and…
Of brokers and business interruption
THE present realities have exposed the world. Uncertainties truly exist, and yes, we don’t have all the answers. Our…
Lessons from General Oladipo Diya’s life at 76
THE essence of leadership is constructive engagement of human energy, skills and natural resources not only for quality living of…
