It has been a withering time for the airlines, whose unused planes moulder in a gruelling waiting game of survival.…
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In far-western Nepal, 20-year old Dhana Bhatt is waiting out for the last weeks of her pregnancy. For many, it…
The response of governors from southern Nigeria divide, especially the South East, to the existential threats confronting their States is…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, the vulnerabilities and barriers faced…
The combative Rivers State Government under the watch of Nyesom Wike, a seeming vociferous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor on…
There are times like this that I wonder how we will ever get back to an honest society. Two stories…
The extension by two weeks of the current ‘easing of the lockdown’ in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun States by two…
Typically, revolutionists are often regarded as villains by the establishment but often esteemed as heroes by those whom they stand…
While many Nigerians are pained at the current lockdown across the country with agitations for easing it, we seem to…
Nigeria is likely to record 10,000 positive cases of COVID-19 by the end of this May. The number of infected…
The “gate” suffix has been wearing thin since the break-in scandal that gave it its birth. Since Watergate, virtually anything…
“Home is where/When you go there/They take you in” – Felix Houphouet-Boigny, late Cote d’Ivoire president. We begin today with…
Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman, features in the pantheon of accomplished Nigerian journalists no doubt. In his days of ‘’truth-telling’’…
The full moon looks like burnt bread—Sukanta Bhattacharya The old English reverend Thomas Malthus was wrong when he wrote that,…
Anyone that doubts Nigeria as an impoverished country must either be living in the outer space or must be a…
The rampaging COVID-19 pandemic is currently threatening the lives of children in many detention facilities around the world. A global…
Australia matters little when it comes to international muscle. It is the retainer and pretender of power, a middle-distance runner…
The appointment of Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, a scholar-diplomat, as chief of staff to the president has been widely hailed…
Last week I wrote a commentary about the worrying circumstances surrounding Burundi’s run-up to the 20 May 2020 elections. Burundi’s tragic history…
In a recent article in The Atlantic also widely used elsewhere, American journalist, Anne Applebaum, described the pathetic meltdown of US President…
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, (and previously known as the Malagasy Republic), an island country in the Indian Ocean,…
A weekly intelligence report on Nigeria’s Politics and Security by Menas Associates has exposed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Secretary…
While the battle for the soul of humanity amidst the dreaded Coronavirus Disease is ongoing, it is crucial to find…
When he announced at the end of April that he would be retiring, thereby vacating the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, the Australian…
The world anticipates what is, undoubtedly, the most important event in China’s political calendar. Next week, from May 22, 2020,…
With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating effect on humanity, the world was obviously caught unawares and…
In response to the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, countries are putting in place a variety of investment policies. A special issue…
If the gods want to punish a people, they either invoke plagues on the land or deploy agents of slaughter…
When it comes to the politics of medicine and disease, the United States has always attempted to steal the limelight,…
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) says the raging COVID-19 pandemic and some of the measures to contain it are putting women’s…