The Street was heedless of the obvious dull on – going activities on its peripheral tethers. It pretended to be deaf and dumb as well as uninterested in its historical importance.   The Corvid-19 must have had a lot to do with the sparse movements this Tuesday morning as the beauty of the Street was enhanced by the trees lining the… Read More

Africa has been designated as a deeply religious society. An African scholar, John Mbiti described Africans as notoriously religious. He stated that religion permeated all aspects of African life, thought, and culture. Indeed. polls after polls have pointed to the African continent as the global headquarters of religion and epicenter of global religiosity. The region has more people who profess… Read More

Mr Ibrahim Magu has been acting as EFCC Chairman for over five years. The Senate on two occasions refused to confirm him, based on a clear report on damning allegations of corruption levelled against him by government secret agency, the DSS. Magu’s compromised supporters and cheap publicists, eating from his table and those afraid of public denigration in the so… Read More

Social media/Internet freedom is a basic human right. It is unalienable. In the pool of freedoms, it is as basic as the right to exist. Take away the power of thought and expression from a man, and you have a breathing cadaver. On June 25, The Economic Community of West African States Community Court of Justice ruled that the September… Read More

Ibrahim Magu, EFCC Chair, was arrested Monday in Abuja. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, accused Magu of “insubordination and re-looting of recovered funds.”  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was established in 2003. All the chairpersons have been Muslim Fulani and police officers: Nuhu Ribadu (2003-2007), Ibrahim Lamorde (2008), Farida Mzamber Waziri ( 2008-2011), Ibrahim Lamorde (2011-2015), and… Read More

At an online panel discussion on Tobacco Harm Reduction on June 23, 2020, Prof Reuven Zimlichman, Director of the Brunner Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Tel-Aviv University, and Dr Peter Harper, oncologist, and Gizelle Baker, an epidemiologist and PMI’s Director of Scientific Engagement, discussed scientifically-proven harm reduction tools with regards to tobacco. Nowadays, more than one billion people smoke in… Read More