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ON THE GO Tuberculosis kills ‘over 162,000’ Nigerians annually The Nigerian Thoracic Society (NTS) says tuberculosis kills over 162, 000 people in the country annually.Advertisement Prince Ele, president of NTS, said no fewer than 430, 000 people fall ill... FIFA issues Blatter with second ban for six years Sepp Blatter, former FIFA president, has been handed a fresh six years and eight months ban from all football activities.Advertisement The football world governing body broke the news in a... ‘Airlines only exempted from import duty, VAT’ — Customs tackles Air P...

Is Nigeria Jinxed?, By Chris Adetayo 6 min read Given the reality of Nigeria’s history, and its serial failure to maximise opportunities arising out of crises, it is perhaps not out of place to argue that the country is jinxed. Leaders, civilian and military, from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, have come and gone. But the country continues to take a step forward and two backwards. The question seems unreasonable, maybe even dubious. To ask if a nation, more than 60 years old, bountifully blessed in human and material resources, is jinxed is stretching incredulit...

ON THE GO AFCON qualifier: Tickets will not be sold for Eagles, Lesotho clash The Lagos state sports commission (LSSC) has announced that tickets for the match between Super Eagles and Lesotho will not be available to the public but an invited few in... New Zealand approves paid leave for couples who suffer miscarriage New Zealand’s parliament, on Wednesday, unanimously approved a law that would give couples who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth three days of paid leave.    Advertisement The bereavement leave for miscarriage... Daily COVID Tracker: Nigeria records 1,15...

A prosperous future December 23, 2020 For many on the African continent, Covid-19 was not even the only public health emergency of the past year. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, people were also faced with the re-emergence of Ebola and a new measles outbreak. In Nigeria, a yellow fever outbreak detected in early November already claimed dozens of lives. In Cameroon, an outbreak of cholera in September killed at least 90 people. As our governments struggled to efficiently respond to multiple, interconnected public health crises, we became acutely aware of the shortcomin...

Nigeria has what it takes to achieve first-world development, argues Olisakwe Okafor With the recent protests by youths demanding an end to police brutality and also demanding for better standards of living, it is relevant to explore ways of achieving rapid development and first-world development status for Nigeria within the 2020s decade. The nation’s various governments have published many development plans with the intention of transforming the nation into a first-world country. However, when it comes to implementation, things fall apart. Some of these development plans include the Struc...