IS IT TIME TO LIFT THE LOCKDOWN ? By Simon Kolawole
Perhaps the biggest COVID-19 debate in Nigeria today is: should the lockdown be lifted? Residents of Lagos state and the federal capital territory (FCT) have been under a lockdown…
WHERE IS COVID-19 TAKING US ? By Kole Omotoso
And the other side of the question is also valid-COVID: where are we taking COVID-19? Whichever one of these two questions we answer first we will need to put…
COVID-19: CAN AFRICA AFFORD LOCKDOWN ? By Prof. Charles Soludo
This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should…
CORONAVIRUS: AS LOCKDOWN ENDS TOMORROW, DOCTORS SEEK EXTENSION
Ahead of the imminent review of the lockdown imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Nigerian Medical…
THE TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19 IN NIGERIA By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN
Yesterday, a friend called me that he was having difficulty breathing, he’s been weak and has pains in the heart. I immediately told him to race to Landmark isolation…
ONE DEATH AND WHY THE POOR MUST NOT BE KEPT HUNGRY By Dare Babarinsa
The death of Mallam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to the President, has brought home to us the grim reality of the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating possibilities.…
ABBA KYARI ABOVE ALL MINISTERS AND SPECIAL ADVISERS IN INTELLECT -Mamman Daura
Coronavirus is a law, yet lawless unto itself. As of yesterday it has claimed 183,424 lives worldwide and 28 Nigerians. One of those lives lost was Malam Abba Kyari’s,…
DIRTY POLITICS DESERVES A BREAK By Olukorede Yishau
At a time like this, we begin to appreciate things we took for granted before the Coronavirus pandemic turned our world upside down, gave animals free reign on some…
COVID-19: CAN NIGERIA’s ’11 LUCKY STATES’ STAY LUCKY ? By Robert Egbe
Nearly two months and 873 cases after Nigeria confirmed its first COVID-19 pandemic infection on February 27, 11 states are yet to record a single case, writes ROBERT EGBE.…
A MESSAGE TO RENO OMOKIRI FROM A CONCERNED IGBO By Nze Onukogu
DEAR RENO, Please stop speaking for Igbos.You are not Igbo. Your wife is not Igbo and neither was your former boss Igbo. Most of us don’t even know your state…