Nigerian Current

By Segun Olulade Leadership is not merely about occupying an office; it is about understanding the responsibility that comes with the office, appreciating the history that produced the institution, and possessing the competence to take that institution into the future. For me, the conversation about who should become the next Governor of Lagos State must therefore go beyond political sentiments.

By Mohammed O. Hussein About two months ago, I had a discussion with Aisha, a nurse who works in the Intensive Care Unit of a public hospital in Abuja. Her disclosures about the plight of critically ill Nigerians were deeply disturbing. She told me that at that stage of medical care, patients are often required to deposit not less than ₦450,000 before they can be admitted or before treatment can commence. Then, daily each patient will pay a fee of ₦150,000.

By Toyin Falola When We Remembered Our Names We had been bending so long that our children thought that the human body was meant to have a curved back. We had whispered so long that silence became our inheritance, passed from grandmother to mother, from father to frightened son. They took our ancestral names and gave us numbers. They took our histories and called them darkness. They took our gods, our languages, our memories and returned them to us inside museums with labels written by strangers.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sadness over the sudden death of Mr Dotun Oladipo, former Political Editor of The Punch newspaper and Publisher of The Eagle Online. The President in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, described his death as a painful loss to Nigeria’s media industry and the nation at large.

By Desire Onuzurike Last July 3, the world marked the annual International Plastic Bag Free Day, an occasion that encourages people to reduce their dependence on single-use plastic bags and embrace more environmentally friendly alternatives. In the past two months, heavy rainfall has left roads submerged, homes flooded, and businesses damaged in many Nigerian communities.

By Desire Onuzurike Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) request with the National Assembly, demanding comprehensive legislative records on the National Tobacco Control Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, following concerns by public health stakeholders that proposed changes would weaken Nigeria’s tobacco-control framework.

By Toyin Falola In the previous part of this reflective piece, I have been able to show that the crisis of democracy in Nigeria cannot be resolved using institutional reforms alone. Although constitutional reform, integrity of elections, and robustness of public institutions are crucial, they cannot change the nature of a political culture that has always been informed by discrimination, distrust, and instrumentalist use of identities.

By Robert Egbe Plans to make the fortification of bouillon and seasoning cubes with micronutrients mandatory in Nigeria could jeopardise Nigeria’s sodium reduction target and worsen the country’s non-communicable disease (NCD) burden, a food scientist has warned.

Ondo State Government has reiterated its readiness to partner relevant organizations to strengthen the reach and effectiveness of health-related messages with a view to achieving affective healthcare delivery system in the State. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Idowu Ajanaku stated this while playing host to Larva Source Management Advocacy Team, led by Mr Ralph Onyilo from the Federal Ministry of Health.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate preparation of a comprehensive National Threat Assessment and a rolling five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan to strengthen coordination across Nigeria’s defence, intelligence and security capabilities. The President’s Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka A. Famadewa, will coordinate and provide secretariat support for the 11-man committee the President constituted to draft the strategic defence operations plan.