WHY ERADICATION OF MALARIA IN NIGERIA STILL A MIRAGE
This year 2021, the world is aiming at celebrating countries that are reaching or approaching malaria eradication. Looking at the malaria response, one would be tempted to ask where Nigeria is in all these. Are we part of those reaching or approaching the point of eradication? The factual response is No!There have concerted efforts on […]
The Problem With Malam Nasiru Elrufai
By Anas Lawal “Our lives begin to end the day we start becoming silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King Junior It is not out of place to argue that, elrufai, in the infamous legion of the non performing governors that most Nigerian governors are, is a wonderfully performing governor, especially in his […]
Kaduna disengagement of public servants, the economy and other matters
BY EMMANUEL ADO “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes” — Tony Blair. Kaduna State is undoubtedly the third(3rd) most populous state, after Lagos and Kano States, with a population of about ten(10) million people, serviced by about one hundred and twenty thousand (120,000) public servants, […]
Smoking Weed & Sipping Hennessy
When Sam Amuka with ‘Sad Sam’ as his pen name came up with the idea of Punch Newspapers, he invited his friend Olu Aboderin to take care of the finances for him to stay focused on the publications. They became partners on equal percentages on the ownership of Newspapers ready to challenge the control of […]