EGG HARVESTING AND DESPERATE WOMEN
Health authorities should do more to contain the problem For a long time, there have been reports that some fertility clinics in the country are harvesting eggs of young girls
Read More
Editorial
Auto Added by WPeMatico
PROPOSED NYSC REFORM AND MATTERS ARISING
Critical stakeholders should be carried along The recent announcement by the federal government of far-reaching reforms for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deserves a serious interrogation. Anchored on the
Read More
OF POPULATION, HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS
Nigeria needs a serious conversation on population control With the theme, ‘Realising the hopes and aspirations of young people for their futures,’ the 2026 World Population Day will be marked
Read More
Probing the Safe Schools Initiative
The Senate’s planned probe of the Safe Schools Initiative (SSI) has arisen from a bitter national irony: a programme meant to protect children has become a symbol of waste and recurring insecurity. Fresh outrage over school kidnappings has pushed lawmakers to demand answers on how about N144 billion was spent with so little visible protection […]
The post Probing the Safe Schools Initiative appeared first on Vanguard News.
ILLICIT MINING AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Government should identify and prosecute profiteers of insecurity around the mines An investigative report, ‘The Shadow Owners,’ published by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics Limited (AERE) has alleged
Read More
THE HEALTH SECTOR INTERVENTIONS
The upgrade of the Kaltungo Snakebite Treatment Centre is commendable With a mortality of 12 per cent, hundreds of Nigerians die annually from snakebites, yet authorities in the health sector have
Read More
Towards a realistic, sustainable minimum wage
The Federal Government is right to reopen the minimum-wage question, because no wage can be called fair if it is continually outrun by inflation and the rising cost of survival. The N70,000 minimum wage was agreed in 2024 at the outset of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Nigerians were asked to absorb painful shocks in […]
The post Towards a realistic, sustainable minimum wage appeared first on Vanguard News.
Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s human-face diplomacy
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu’s recent interventions in South Africa, Ethiopia and Ghana offer a timely illustration of a foreign policy that places citizens at its centre. In an age when diplomacy is often measured by summit photographs and policy statements, her approach reminds us that its primary purpose should be the […]
The post Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s human-face diplomacy appeared first on Vanguard News.
AS DOCTOR SUCCUMBS TO LASSA FEVER…
All stakeholders should do more to contain the scourge The death of a medical doctor in Benue State following complications from Lassa fever should serve as another wake-up call on
Read More
The Strait of Hormuz must stay open
The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, and its uninterrupted flow is essential to global stability. Every day, approximately 21 million barrels of crude oil—roughly 21 per cent of global petroleum consumption—pass through this narrow waterway between Iran and Oman. To nickname it a “special international waterway” and treat it as […]
The post The Strait of Hormuz must stay open appeared first on Vanguard News.