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OPINION: PUBLIC HEALTH SCHEMES: GETTING IT RIGHT

Ghana grapples with making health care universally accessible When Bernard Natey could not find a qualified cardiac surgeon in his native Togo to implant a pacemaker in his heart to manage an irregular heartbeat, he promptly packed his bags for...

OPINION: TO DEVELOP, NIGERIA MUST GO BACK BEFORE GOING FORWARD

The slogan for Nigeria’s development ought to be in the words of Booker T. Washington in 1895, at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Convention, during which he called on Blacks to “Cast down your bucket where you are.”...

OPINION: AFRICA’S PUSH BACK FROM THE ICC

There are heated debates in  Africa and in diplomatic circles across the globe over the January 31,  African Union(AU) Assembly decision that African countries carry out a collective withdrawal from the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) Although the decision...

No Provision Was Made For Repair Of Abuja Airport In 2017 Budget – Saraki

BEVERLY HILLS, February 10, (THEWILL) - Ahead of the March 8th closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for repairs, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki has disclosed that no provision was made for the repair of the...

THEWILL Editorial: How Not To Handle The State Of Health Of A Nation’s Leader

BEVERLY HILLS, February 9, (THEWILL) - Alas, it has somewhat been confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari has medical issues. This followed the presidency’s disclosure that he extended his vacation to enable doctors conduct further medical tests on him. This rather...

OPINION: VALENTINE’S DAY IS NOT A DO-OR-DIE MATTER 

I am going to be completely honest: I am a huge romantic. I love love…and as such, I certainly adore the idea of a specific day being set aside to celebrate love. Unfortunately, though, I haven’t had much luck...

OPINION: PORTABLE ULTRASOUND DEVICE TO TACKLE CHILD MORTALITY

The puzzle of the high maternal and child mortality rate in Africa, especially for children under the age of five, remains a major concern even as all efforts are made to reverse the trend. The figures are bleak: 1 in...

OPINION: PRESIDENT BUHARI AND THE FOUR WISE MEN

The category of Nigerians who withstood all the oddities for the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari and were immediately recognized and rewarded is few. The reward I mean is not the monetary but the call to serve the nation...

OPINION: ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOWARD 2030 

Taken together, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – contained in U.N. Resolution 70/1 involving the 194 member states and civil society in its deliberation – seek an encouraging level of development of humanity’s social and environmental existence. They...

OPINION: WHY IS HEALTH NOT MAJOR NEWS IN NIGERIA? 

Two decades and still counting that yours faithfully has been engaged in media practices and other allied advocacy activities, one issue that mystifies me is why traditional media gate keepers like editors have failed to scale up reportage of...

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