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Recently, in response to the rising cost of food in the market, the Lagos State Government launched a five-year plan that will enhance food sufficiency in the state. The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the road map will give Lagos comparative advantages in the sector and enhance self-sufficiency in food production from the current 18…
It was Shylock in Williams Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Vernice” who made the famous poser, “is that the law?” Following the public outcry against the planned release of Baba Ijesha on bail, one is tempted to ask, “Is that the law?” Or the question can be put across succinctly, “on whose side is the law?” The…
It is no news that Nigeria is facing serious security challenges. The current spate of banditry and insurgency, mixed with kidnapping and uprising from secessionists, give both government and the citizens sleepless nights. It is most probably against this backdrop that President Muhammadu Buhari is soliciting assistance from the international community. In a virtual meeting…
Mixed reactions have trailed a new law signed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State which mandates agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), as well as other anti-graft agencies to hand over corruption cases to the state government. Going by the legislation…
When workers, justified by the expediency of survival, take on the frontline of a business, profitability is unattainable. How does a business survive or function effectively with all sorts of employee fraud that has been the bane of businesses in Nigeria? It might be a huge surprise, but this virus eats deep into the heart…
The current spate of banditry, kidnapping, as well as the constant attack on security personnel and facilities, has raised the country’s insecurity challenges to a crescendo. Although one must not fail to admit that issues like banditry and kidnapping are one thing, while Boko Haram is another thing, the purported inability to defeat the insurgents…
A Party is poised to overtake others in the country’s political space as young people endorse the Africa Democratic Congress as their party for a new Nigeria project. The party, based on inclusion, diversity principles, transparency and transformational leadership, posit that it now has what it takes to bring Nigeria out of the doldrums. According…
Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has said Nigeria and other countries of the world could learn some useful lessons from George Floyd murder trial. Jonathan who said this in a statement titled ‘May The Verdict in The George Floyd Trial Be The Healing Balm The World Needs’, urged world leaders “to be inspired by…
Chad’s longest serving President, Idriss Deby was reported dead in the wee hours of 19 April 2021. An army spokesman said he died while commanding troops on the frontline of a fight against Northern rebels. The news of his death is coming just days after he was declared the winner of the country’s recent presidential…
On 2 March 2021, Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. It was the first shipment of the over 16 million doses allocated to the country through the COVAX Facility, aimed at vaccinating 20% of the population. As countries are planning and managing COVID-19 vaccine rollout to turn the tide of the pandemic,…
