VERBATIM: What retired naval officer said on Channels TV about Boko Haram, NDA attack by CableNg

Kunle Olawunmi Kunle Olawunmi, a retired commodore of the Nigerian Navy, is currently in the news following his recent comments on Nigeria’s security challenges when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television. Olawunmi, who is currently the head of the department of criminology and security studies at Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun state, …

Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African childrenBy James Gallagher BBCHealth and science correspondent

Children across much of Africa are to be vaccinated against malaria in a historic moment in the fight against the deadly disease. Malaria has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity for millennia and mostly kills babies and infants.  Having a vaccine - after more than a century of trying - is among medicine's …

Africa: The Terrible Cost of Vaccine Inequality by Prinesha Naidoo

A crippling shortage of coronavirus vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa isn’t just a health risk, it’s having a major impact on economic growth. While richer countries roll out booster shots from their abundant supplies, only 3% of people in the region are fully inoculated. That risks the emergence of new, more virulent strains of Covid-19 that …

As Anambra confronts an organised crime family by CHIDI ODINKALU

Andy and Chris Uba On 6 November, 2021, Anambra State, at 4,844 km² the second smallest state by landmass in Nigeria – Lagos State with 3,577 km² is the smallest – is scheduled to go to the polls to elect a new governor. Preceded by no campaigns or debate and defined by an orgy of mass murder, …

“A day in the Life of Sue the Trump supporter…By Occupy Democrats

Karen Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With her first swallow of coffee, she takes her daily medication. Her medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal …