By Dr Pavel Ursu | As leaders, innovators, policymakers, and development partners gather for the 6th Africa Digital Health Summit, one reality is clear: digital transformation in health is not primarily about technology. It is about building stronger, more resilient,…
By Dr Pavel Ursu | Every day, hospitals around the world depend on the availability of blood to determine whether a mother survives childbirth, a child recovers from severe anaemia, or an accident victim lives. This life-saving intervention begins with…
By Dr. Pavel Ursu | Each year on 31 May, World No Tobacco Day highlights the health, social, economic, and environmental consequences of tobacco use. This year’s theme, “Unmasking the appeal: Countering nicotine and tobacco addiction,” emphasizes the growing and…
By Olaitan Tope, BADA | Nigeria’s conversation on state policing has moved beyond political rhetoric. It is now a constitutional question driven by a painful reality: insecurity has outpaced the capacity of our highly centralized policing structure. From banditry in…
By Olufunke Baruwa | In the 2008 Hollywood thriller, Taken, Liam Neeson played Bryan Mills, a retired CIA operative whose teenage daughter was abducted by traffickers while on vacation in Europe. The film became globally famous not only because of…
By Prof. Bart O. Nnaji | Africa’s energy journey is often portrayed as a stark choice between climate responsibility and development. In reality, the continent faces a more nuanced challenge: finding a fair, gradual energy transition that matches its unique…
By Prince Chris Azor | There is a widening gap between official claims of economic progress and what ordinary Nigerians experience every day. On paper, the story sounds reassuring. Government points to reforms, improved revenues and signs of macroeconomic stability.…
Farooq Kperogi’s recent intervention is sharp, but it risks mistaking a symptom for the disease. By John Onyeukwu | Yes, there is a strand of Nigerian political behaviour that is deeply identitarian, where loyalty to personalities, regions, or symbolic figures trumps…
By Lasisi Olagunju | In a democracy, the joy of victory won through real elections has certain permanence. ‘On Your Mandate We Shall Stand’ was composed and sung for Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola because he submitted his ambition to a…
By Humphrey Ukeaja | Nigeria’s sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) market is not just growing; it is expanding its product lines and accelerating the establishment of new plants in a country already carrying a heavy and costly burden of non-communicable disease (NCD).…
