Nigeria marked her Democracy Day last Thursday, June 12, 2025. It was a day set aside since 2018 to celebrate the country’s unbroken civilian rule since 1999. As expected, President Bola Tinubu used the occasion to honour and celebrate some pro-democracy and civil rights activists, journalists and politicians imprisoned, exiled, Continue Reading

Community participation is a cornerstone of effective primary healthcare delivery. By actively involving communities in health planning and implementation, we can create more responsive and sustainable healthcare systems that truly meet the needs of the people. The Alma-Ata Declaration, adopted in 1978 at the International Conference on Primary Health Care Continue Reading

Organizing lectures, parades, rallies, television interviews and full-page colour ads in the newspapers to congratulate political leaders on the 26th anniversary of the Fourth Republic or for attaining two or six years in office, as the case may be, does not appear to me to be the best way to Continue Reading

It is two years to the next general election cycle: yet, in every government house, plus including Aso Rock, that is what tops the agenda of the present. In fact, in Nigeria, attention -political if not all- had shifted to 2027 since one year ago. Perhaps, it is just in Continue Reading

In the early 60s, in Igbere Bende Local Govern Area of Abia State, almost three quarters of children and teenagers had jigger infestation. Igbere people call jigger Ikpurikpu. Then as children we had no idea, how our toes got infested with jigger. It was a disturbing puzzle to me. I Continue Reading

It is inaccurate to suggest that since 1999 most Nigerians have found their country’s democratic record fascinating. When ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo won the 1999 poll, the opposition secretly harboured the desire for poll abortion. When Umaru Yar’Adua won a fractious poll in 2007, admitting along the way its failings, condemnations Continue Reading

Barely two weeks back, precisely May 29, it was two years in the life of the President Bola Tinubu APC-led Federal Government. Add to that the eight years of Muhammadu Buhari. There, you have it: 10 years of APC dominion. It was also another democracy milestone and exactly 26 years Continue Reading

A few months ago, I saw Mrs Maryam Abacha at the Abuja Continental Hotel (formerly Sheraton Hotel). She was about to alight from a car when I caught a glimpse of her. For a 78-year-old woman, she still looked elegant and gorgeous — nearly 27 years after she was shorn Continue Reading

In a grand display of unity and appreciation, Hon. Lukman Adisa Adamawa, a prominent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, hosted a gathering of party loyalists, stakeholders, and dignitaries across Ifedapo Federal Constituency at Oysadep Guest House in Saki, Oyo State, on June 12, 2025. The event, which coincided with the Continue Reading

Barr. Akeem Agbaje, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and two-term governorship aspirant in Oyo State, has felicitated with Nigerians on the occasion of Democracy Day, marking 26 years of unbroken democratic governance in the country. In a statement, Barr. Agbaje described June 12 day as a powerful Continue Reading