Category: Leaders

It is highly unlikely that you will be infected by Coronavirus code-named COVID-19, according to prominent facts from the ongoing epidemic of the virus. This is not what you would think given the hysteria, myths and information that spread every day on the disease. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that may cause a range of illnesses in humans… Read More

Coronavirus was always going to come to Nigeria. If a viral disease originates from China, the world’s most populous country, then Nigeria, the seventh most populous is surely a potential destination given the intricate interconnectedness of nations. It was always a matter of when rather than whether. On Friday, the first case was confirmed, meaning we had more than two… Read More

If one is to begin by listing data of academic related suicides in tertiary institutions, the essence of the points intended here could be defeated so soon. Obafemi Awolowo University’s recent data of such suicides would be enough to exhaust a whole page, and this piece would have been boring to the lovers of the deceased students, who might read… Read More

Globally, climate change has become one of the most serious environmental challenges facing our planet. It has been a critical issue for quite a long time and stakeholders have been deliberating and devising ways of combating it. Annual evaluation by the World Health Organisation indicates that scientists learn more about the consequences of global warming, and many agree that environmental,… Read More

Let’s put it clearly, the bill seeking to alter section 308 of 1999 constitution, to extend immunity to presiding officers of the National Assembly is not only misplaced, it is morally repugnant, self-serving and a brazen abuse of legislative powers. It is irreconcilable that in this season of anomie, mass killing, kidnapping, banditry, complete breakdown of security and total disregard… Read More

Last month, the latest disease in town: Coronavirus hit China with some deaths recorded and many severely ill from it. Many countries were caught in a crossroad as the communist country is a strategic partner to so many countries of the world. Many countries in the west most notably the United States were forced to shut down their operations there… Read More

In a recent interview with NTA International which I watched, Governor Ben Ayade said his government was not to fill potholes. He said his tenure was focused on turning Cross River State into a mega economy through industrialisation. In the governor’s words: “If Cross River people need a governor that wants to do potholes and those small things, they should… Read More

It will amount to betrayal of our revolutionary ideas if we allow bad things to continue just like the ordeal of Ifemosu Michael, a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, who was unjustly suspended by the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Felix Salako, who often prides himself as the ‘Buhari of FUNAAB’. Michael was sent on an… Read More