Articles

By Tobiloba Kolawole We couldn’t have forgotten so soon how Ebola, Zika, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) viruses have in recent years ravaged the world’s social-economic settings. More than we could ever imagine, with thousands of people dead including many business and institutional deaths, the year 2020 will remain a...

In the first part of this article, published on October 1st, Nigeria's 60th independence day, an assessment of the nation's progress so far in governance, and impact of military intervention was discussed. One other critical area of assessment is policy making. Many times government had come up with policies that put...

By Wole Elegbede Health journalists in Africa have been given fecund avenue to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on their works at the 16th edition of the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC2020) hosted by the Journalism Programme of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. This year's conference (October 6-30) holds...

He's popularly described as the head of the kitchen cabinet of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. He's not just Buhari's nephew. He recently spoke glowingly with passion how he grew up with the President, saying: "My father was their mother’s firstborn. Buhari is the last born.” That's the kind of...

By Dapo Akande Thank God for cable or satellite television; depending on what you like to call it. Whenever you receive visitors at home, you're assured the variety of global news and other assorted programs will keep them entertained for a while. At least until you're ready to attend to...

By Dapo Akande Somebody I hold dear and admire greatly for his keen insight on life issues says something which never fails to strike me each time, because it's an obvious truth that very few people actually see. He says, an individual who doesn't have plans for his life runs...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday disclosed that the world's first vaccine against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) would be registered in his country in a few days. Putin, who stated this on his Facebook page, explained that Russian scientists have passed necessary test stages and proved the safety and effectiveness of...

By Dapo Akande For how long will our country continue to put forward it's worst XI instead of it's 1st XI team? For how long will our leaders portray a country blessed with some of the most brilliant minds anywhere in the world as "no good doers" who know how...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have expressed sadness over the death of a member of the Governor's Advisory Council (GAC) of Lagos State APC, Lanre Razaq, who passed away on Saturday morning at the age of...

By Oladapo Akande I remember the mid 1990s Pirelli advert where the world famous Italian tyre brand introduced it's iconic slogan for the first time. The advert featured my school boy hero and one of the greatest Olympians of all time, the incomparable Carl Lewis. Not only did he sport...