By Izunna Okafor Amid the wide range of criticisms and verbal attacks from different sources, trending on various media platforms over the recent comment of the Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo on his predecessor, Mr. Peter Obi; the Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Christian Aburime has said that the Soludo Administration remains undeterred and undistracted, irrespective of what people say or write and how people react about the said comment he made. It would be recalled that Governor Soludo has been under what would be described as his greatest media and verbal attack since last week Thursday, over…
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Arising from it’s annual scientific conference, comprehensive general meetings, and fulfilled scientific interactive sessions with leading authorities in various fields of Medicine and Medical Laboratory Science in Nigeria, and having deliberated on burning issues affecting Nigeria’s healthcare delivery, with informed bias on improving Medical Laboratory services and Health economics, the membership of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) FCT Branch, has made public the detailed summary of its discussions and resolutions thus: 1. That it is an undisputed fact that Medical laboratory service is a critical component of strong national health systems, yet it is often neglected…
Around the developing world, informal retail continues to be a powerful social force, employing millions of people who might otherwise not have jobs, driving economic activity in spaces that formal business has not penetrated, and providing essential goods and services for the under-served. Giving this sector a deep knowledge of their market – enabling them to stock preferred brands and products, and even offer credit to loyal customers. In Africa, this sector is remarkably resilient, showing adaptability and innovation by adopting new tools and ways of doing business – seen for example in the uptake of mobile internet and other…
Kingsley Wenenda Wali “Desire is half of life; Indifference is half of death” – Kahlil Gibran Even in advanced democracies, it’s a bit of a convention, although an unwritten rule for parties to share state power. It helps to create balance of terror, if you like. That’s why the opposition almost always chair the appropriation or finance committee. It is why Americans crave for a balance between the executive and legislature. With the judiciary as the buffer for the people. Here in Rivers State, the story of All Progressives Congress (APC) members is long. The blow is coming from all…
Dear Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, I was always proud of you since I knew you as the CBN Governor. Infact, I got a job at Fidelity Bank due to your consolidation of the banks. Coincidentally, Chief Willie Obiano was my ED, Executive Banking before he became the Executive Governor of Anambra State. I followed you afterwards and I read your commentaries on national and global issues. I remember your article on how African Governments can optimise their approach to save both the economy and health of Africans during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020. I watched the Anambra Governorship debate because…
Edwin Madunagu Readers are referred to a short piece I wrote as my own contribution to the prefatory note for a 2021 “Book of Honour” done for me by the Nigerian Left, “Edwin Madunagu at 75: Tributes and Reflections”. The book was edited by Comrade Chido Onumah. This tribute to Comrade Seinde Arigbede who died early this month, November 2022 “dovetails” with the prefatory notes. Forty-six years ago, as I turned 30, I left Lagos for Ibadan. From Ibadan, together with a comrade of the same age (Comrade BJ), I left for a rural community somewhere between Gbongan and Ile-Ife…
Onwuasoanya FCC Jones I am one of Peter Obi’s supporters who is not very disturbed about Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s treatise of illogicality and a bad attempt at journalistic warfare with, unfortunately himself. Peter Obi and his official communication team are not interested in joining issues with him, nor any other person or group who is or are on a mercenary mission to distract the team from their focus of rescuing Nigeria from the shackles of bad governance brought about by years of incompetence, insensibility and corruption, which characters like Soludo, who has strove all these years to portray himself…
By Nwamaka Okoye Nigeria has a high rate of unemployment and underemployment (a combined rate of 43.3% in the third quarter of 2018- National Bureau of Statistics), yet every entrepreneur I know is desperately looking for people to fill empty roles in their organizations. Why is there such a dichotomy? While there are more people looking for jobs than there are jobs available in Nigeria, one of the major problems many Nigerian entrepreneurs face is finding qualified employees that possess critical thinking skills. Here are two real scenarios (real names not used): Scenario 1: Ade has a meeting in Victoria…
By Onwuasoanya FCC Jones I have spoken to some top Anambra politicians who told me that they would do everything to ensure that Peter Obi is disgraced in Anambra. They told me they will make sure he does not just lose the election, but that he loses in his ward and LGA. Whenever I asked them why they hate Obi with so much venom, they never agreed that they hate him, but what I deduce from their back and forth stories is that they are not ready to accept the reality of a Peter Obi presidency. One of them, a…
On 11 November 1918 Poland regained its independence. This event occurred 123 years after the First Polish Republic had ceased to exist, a result of an arrangement between three powers, i.e, Russia, Prussia and Austria. During that time although Poland disappeared from the map of Europe, it never ceased to exist in the hearts of Poles. During those 123 years of subjugation, the Poles tried various ways to assert their autonomy. They fought for freedom in numerous uprisings, but it was only during the First World War that the geopolitical environment provided the right conditions for reconstructing an independent and…
By Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey I was told many years ago about a common refrain in newsrooms: “If it bleeds, it leads”. In other words, the bloodier an event, the more prominent its place in the newspaper or bulletin. I believe this axiom still holds true today. It explains why the catastrophic sights and sounds – the bleeding – in Ukraine is top of mind for the world. And justifiably so. However, as Ghana assumes the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council in November, the world cannot afford to focus solely on events in Ukraine, its impact on the living…
By Engr Biola Onitiri With the opposition having mobilized some one million voters for the February 2023 general elections, the hold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Lagos State is no longer as tenacious as it used to be. The APC won the 2015 gubernatorial election by a mere 100,000 votes. For a state with some 22 million people, this development says a lot. Those of us in the know are not overtly excited over the huge victory of the 2019 gubernatorial election in which the APC candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, won 739,445 votes while Jimmy Agbaje of the Peoples…
