Editorial
Insecurity: Time is running out for the nation
IT is suicidal to pretend about it: Nigeria is on fire over insecurity. Few years ago, we published an editorial warning Nigerians, especially those who live in the South, that
Preventing avoidable death in Nigeria
ON January 19, 2021, around 8.15 am on the Presidential Boulevard Road near Guarantee Trust Bank opposite Lawson Group School, Kuto, in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, a tanker transporting petrol
Rising cost of healthcare in Nigeria amid COVID-19
Nigeria’s health care system has long been held down with challenges such as under-funding, manpower shortages, inadequate facilities and poor equipment, among others. In the public healthcare institutions run by
Bridging the COVID-19 vaccine divide
THE recent pledges of COVID-19 vaccines from a number of rich Western countries towards assisting poorer countries to acquire enough doses of the vaccines to roll out their vaccination campaigns
Managing insecurity associated with agency banking
AGENCY Banking – using Point of Sale, PoS, terminals introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to facilitate the cashless economy policy – has become a source of violent
Buhari’s disavowal of amnesty for terrorists
Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari came out with a clear and resounding message on the current debate as to what best to do to end the menace of insecurity across
One year of COVID-19 pandemic
ON February 27, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health confirmed the first coronavirus, COVID-19, case in Nigeria. It originated in Wuhan, China but came into Nigeria through an Italian national
5G AND SECURITY SUPERSTITIONS
The fears being raised over the 5G technology are unnecessary The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has lately been echoing the superstitions peddled recently about the 5G technology
As FG moves to sell off select assets
THE Muhammadu Buhari administration is set to dispose of no less than 36 federal properties. The main purpose of this is to raise funds between January and November this year
The era of rule by force of arms is over
THE avalanche of global outrage, threat of sanctions and condemnations that have trailed the Myanmar military coup are clear signals to military adventurists all over the world who seek to
