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:
Browsing: Viewpoint
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.
“Our ‘Joko’ charcoal stoves are a must-have for everyone. Easy to use; cook faster; use less charcoal and super durable.…
The recent planned Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC’s) hunger protests have brought to light the Tinubu administration’s abject negligence when it…
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.
Ajijah Andrew, 43, is a regular blood donor whose first donation was in 1998 while in the Command Day Secondary School Jos. It was then just a casual action till in 2015 when his perspective on the exercise changed.
Nigeria faces a complex web of challenges including hunger, deprivation, and conflict, all of which are interconnected and exacerbate one another. This nexus presents a significant obstacle to the country’s development and stability.
Northern Nigeria’s response to the food crisis has been to play the ostrich and effectively act the role of the Dog in this time of famine. This, it is doing by stylishly and selfishly ethnicising the food crisis situation. The North’s stand is always predictably selfish, as if it is destined to go the way of the self, as against the collective.