Malaria continues to be a significant public health challenge in Nigeria, with millions of cases reported annually. It is an acute fever illness caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Though it can be a cause of death, it is preventable and curable.
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The cost of crude oil, the exchange rate of the Dollar to the Naira, and government interventions (i.e., subsidies, taxes, levies, etc.) are the biggest factors in determining the price of petrol, diesel, kerosene, and other petroleum products to the consumer.
Security situations in Nigeria today have become a serious concern for the protection of lives and properties. Nigerians have come under siege and are concerned about losing their money, properties, and are living under fear on a daily basis.
I was taken aback on the evening of 9 January 2009 when my principal, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua asked, “Who is Prophet Joshua?” I wasn’t sure how to respond in case the late cleric had been recommended to him. Apparently sensing my unease, he explained what led to the question. Following the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meeting which ended that day, he (Yar’Adua) had asked then president of Ghana, Professor John Atta Mills, to stay the night in Abuja so they could have dinner together. But the man insisted he would spend the weekend in Lagos with the said Prophet. “I have not heard the name before,” the president told me while reeling out the names of prominent Christian clerics in the country with whom he was familiar. With that, I felt comfortable enough to share what I had read and heard about the late Pastor Temitope Joshua whom I never met.
The controversy about the request by the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to the Accountant General, as widely reported, is only a reflection of the systemic failure in our public service. I will point out a few issues while we await the outcome of the investigation.
In the tapestry of leadership, few figures emerge whose contributions transcend time, leaving an indelible mark on the canvas of history. One such luminary is Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR, (Matawallen Sokoto) a beacon of transformative governance and a statesman par excellence.
The distribution of rice and grains by elected representatives in Nigeria has become a topic of concern and controversy in recent times. Allegations of corruption and mismanagement of public funds have plagued the political atmosphere, with one Honorable Member confessing that the Presidential Budget and Advisory Team directed the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to distribute large sums of money worth rice and grains to each House of Representatives member and Senator for distribution in their constituencies.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was created after the Nigerian Civil War on the 22nd of May 1973 to promote national unity and promote better relationships among Nigerian youths from different tribes and religions. It is usually done after graduating from a tertiary institution. It is a compulsory program that must be done before you get a corporate or governmental job. In most cases, corps members are transferred to other states in Nigeria to serve the country for a year. In the new state, corps members are given a Place of Primary Assignment ( PPA ) which could be ministries, schools, organisations, and so on.
The hepatitis B vaccine is one of the most potent immunizations, usually providing decades of protection against the deadly liver virus. But in about 10% of people it doesn’t work, and in 2020, Amy Huei-Yi Lee, a systems biologist at Simon Fraser University, and her colleagues set out to determine whether they could predict who would benefit. The scientists found that data on recipients’ immune systems such as the abundance of certain proteins and the activity patterns of a few genes foretold whether they would generate defenses against the virus. “We got a sense of what factors drive the vaccine response and what [doesn’t],” Lee says.
The Christmas Eve killings in Plateau State are sad and condemnable. However, without understanding the root of this recurrent tragedy, we would not be able to end it permanently. Sadly, Nigerians are going through an epidemic of defective attention. Many of us, including our leaders, cannot even remember what happened last week. So, how can we be expected to recall what happened a century ago talk more of learning from it?