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Next pandemic is a matter of when, not if — WHO DG
The COVID-19 pandemic was the most severe global health crisis in a century, killing at least 20 million people and wiping more than 10 trillion dollars from the global economy.
Brazil’s president bans sports betting days ahead of election
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday banned sports betting sites, the biggest sponsor of the country’s football clubs, just days before a nailbiter election in which he
Tinubu Belongs in League of Africa’s Transformational Leaders, Says Audu
*PEBEC DG cites Mandela, Rawlings, says controversies cannot erase president’s political record Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Director-General of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Princess Zahrah Mustapha Audu,
Climate Crisis: ECOWAS Parliamentarians Warn of ‘Security Time Bomb’ as Land, Water Shrink
Michael Olugbode in Abuja West Africa is facing a widening climate-driven crisis in which shrinking water resources, degraded farmland and changing weather patterns are increasingly fuelling competition for land, aggravating
Prof. George Ugwu: Turning Research into Life-Saving Health Policies
By Emmanuel Jonathan When Professor George Onyemaechi Ugwu began confronting the grim realities of maternal and neonatal deaths in hospitals and communities, he faced a question that continues to challenge
Review: Coca-Cola 75th Anniversary Anthem Evokes Nostalgia
Vanessa Obioha writes that Coca-Cola’s new 75th anniversary campaign song reflects how deeply the brand is intertwined with the everyday moments that shape Nigerians’ memories. I remember as a child
The $100 Oil Opportunity: What Nigeria Should Do Differently
Nigeria is once again standing before a river of oil money with a leaking bucket. With Brent crude trading above $100 per barrel, far higher than Nigeria’s 2026 budget benchmark
Plant Breeders Seek Stronger Funding, Infrastructure for Food Sufficiency
Nigerian plant breeders and other stakeholders in the Agriculture sector have called for stronger funding, investment in infrastructure, research and breeding innovations to effectively combat food security challenges. They made
United Nations Of An Unequal World
By Mobolaji Sanusi “If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in
‘They thought they had buried you’ — Kanu’s brother celebrates IPOB leader at 58
By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — Prince Emmanuel Kanu, brother of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has celebrated the detained separatist leader on his
