The discussion of this tragedy must, therefore, be imbued with a good sense of humanity especially in the media. The tragic story should not be told in a manner that could inflame passion. The headlines must not be disrespectful of the dead. The sensibilities of the bereaved families, friends and colleagues of the fallen heroes should be well considered in the way the bloodletting is reported.
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The leadership of the Senate, oh what a shining beacon of transparency and integrity they are! Allegations of monumental scandalous fraud involving the insertion of frivolous amounts running into trillions of naira for fictitious projects? Well, who would have thought that our esteemed lawmakers could be capable of such shenanigans?
The decision to equip the health sector by providing facilities, is especially notable because it incorporated the provision of two cardiac catheterization laboratories (Cath Lab), one each for the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, and the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Other diagnostic and intervention radiology and clinical pathology equipment are also in the package for the two hospitals.
There are scores of reasons why the young, the old; the natives and visitors; male and female citizens of Ondo State are massively supporting Igbotako-born billionaire, Senator Jimoh Folorunso Ibrahim to become the governor of Ondo State as the state goes to the poll in November this year. Here are the ten solid reasons I think the senator, lawyer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, scholar, and politician should govern Ondo State:
Long before now, in 2009, a shipment of counterfeited anti-malarial drugs was intercepted in Lagos. A Nigerian businessman had colluded with a Chinese drug exporter who outsourced the job to an employee of a Chinese drug manufacturing company. The drug ring included a team of packaging experts, as well as another man with the assignment of shipping the drugs into Nigeria from China. In some instances, drugs are made up chalks which unsuspecting consumers swallow as drugs.
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Nigeria is blessed with 44 different types of minerals in commercial quantities, found in no fewer than 500 locations across the country. Among these, seven are classified as strategic and critical for the global energy transition.
The UN is proposing a ‘roadmap’ for food and farming to end hunger and slash greenhouse gas emissions. While the goals are commendable, are the shifts suggested by the FAO the real deal – or just pie in the sky? Here are five tests.
Some citizens are taking to the street to protest against some government policies which they allege are exacerbating hunger. What started in Minna, Niger, has spread to Ibadan, Lagos Osun and Kano.