It has taken me more than a decade to make up my mind on writing this article, knowing the passion it is likely to generate, no thanks to the sensitive nature of the topic. At a point, I even played with the idea of not doing any public write up on the subject matter. However, the sheer ferocity and consistency of the misinformation being peddled around and the risk of not standing up against this deliberate falsehood against my clan (and vicariously, perhaps, against me) while I am yet alive and the greater risk of going to join my Creator at His appointed time without countering this public lie have all made me damn the consequences and send this article for publication.
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Garba Shehu’s career as a media aide has been nothing short of impressive. From serving as media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to his current position as media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Shehu has proven himself to be a tireless and meritorious professional.
The Ajiyan Minna, Iliyasu Dacko is one prominent name in the field of journalism in Nigeria. With his invaluable contributions to the development of the industry, he has earned a reputation for himself as a quintessential veteran journalist.
Tajudeen Abbas, the current Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, is a remarkable personality and an exceptional leader who has been elected by his constituents to the House of Representatives for multiple terms.
Public criticism is an essential tool for individuals to express their opinions and hold institutions accountable. However, the efficacy of such criticisms is only possible when it’s informed and grounded in relevant facts.
The world is today treated unceasingly to horrendous pictures of African youth killed, maimed, robbed and enslaved in several North Africa and Middle Eastern countries, and also dead on the high seas, while struggling to reach Europe, in a desperate search for jobs and better lives. Yet Africa where they run away from, is ironically the world’s richest in natural resources like arable land, water and minerals. I will not dwell in statistics here as mine is not an academic paper nor is it a policy statement. Plenty of data on Africa—wrong and right—is widely available everywhere on these issues. What is missing is what should be radically done and why it hasn’t been done to curb this human suffering? That’s what I’m attempting to dissect here as an African who closely watches these matters as a science journalist and a policy advocate. If Africa is today the continent with the “highest, largest, widest, deepest, hugest, most this, most that,” in terms of wealth and potential, why should it be the poorest, to necessitate its young and most precious resource (the human being) dare the worst of conditions along the Sahara Desert, across the seas, taken advantage of and fleeced off by rackets of human smugglers, to be humiliated, degraded and enslaved by would-be employers?
No one is in doubt on the belief that Social Media has transformed the society from the traditional way of ya communication and brought about revolutionized approach to media use. It has opened up fresh hopes from which the people raise their (dis)agreements, share their feelings and perceptions, and, in some cases, unmask falsehoods. Social media platforms such as the Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and the likes, have allowed people to create, share and exchange information, ideas and more importantly pictures and videos over various networks and platforms at their disposal. However, the gap is yet to be filled because a significant number of youths that interact on social media platforms, know little or nothing about the legal framework that guide the upright use and the consequences of its misuse.
In grappling with numerous healthcare challenges the measures that can save lives cannot be overstated. One of the most dangerous health conditions is cervical cancer, which experts say is preventable and even curable with early detection and treatment.
The recent issuance of a raft of presidential directives in succession: banning of rice-growing in wetlands; banning the burning and trade in charcoal, and the most recent ban on importation of and trade in mivumba (second-and clothes), are in my humble view, not well-timed and needed certain solid steps before issuance. For they unfortunately—hopefully unintendedly—target almost the same low social-class of people in our society.
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) alerts Nigerians that promoters of Ponzi Schemes and scammers, who promise stunning profits for investors, are aggravating poverty in the country. They do this by luring, trapping Nigerians and swindling them of huge amounts of money.