………Critical improvements necessary to help scale up vaccine access, save children’s lives – Baltimore, MD – A study released today by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has identified the most feasible and impactful solutions for Nigeria’s immunization program that could offer the best hope yet for scaling up vaccine access to the nation’s most rural areas and taking aim at the country’s precipitous number of child deaths. While the nation has made progress on child survival in recent years, Nigeria is still responsible for one out of every eight child... Continue Reading
Children of Mother Africa, Mother of the World We are all children of our mothers, Our mothers are our blessed mothers. Our mothers are the best gifts for us Be they rich, poor, educated and non-educated, Be they physically impaired or whole Our mothers have the same love for us “Sweet mother I no go forget you… for the suffer wey you suffer for me,” sings Prince Nico Mbarga. « L’amour d’une mère ne s’éteind jamais » confirms Patience Dabany in her song. Children of Mother Africa, Mother of the World Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, Pratibha Patil of India, Julia Gillard of Australia,... Continue Reading
Sister….. See the ballot dust bins seething with propaganda condoms, political abortions, Freedom stillborn Violence is a see through pit coat that uncovers city buttocks marked with political boils Bring me beer bottles frothing with sanctions venom and slogan vitriol Cigar butts dripped by tears flowing from hardy sandy faces of street vendors, Blood gushing from rough clay palms of peasants Empty promises and concrete bread from executive offices Sister….. Propaganda is the appetizer before the ballot dinner Bring the slogan gloves to condomise against imperialistic gonorrhea Marxist encyclopedia potassium to my intellectual blood Leninist Wikipedia calcium to my mental... Continue Reading
My dear countrymen and women, I am using this urgent and important open letter to congratulate all Nigerians from all ethnic and religious individuals, groups, associations, and communities living outside the shore of Nigeria for a Happy New Year, 2012. I pray that this new year will bring peace, love, unity, freedom, safety and sustainable development to the citizens of our fatherland that are no doubt in a critical and undeserved situation that calls for immediate action. Fellow Nigerians, history is the memory of mankind and philosophy of history is the analytical ability of man to distinguish correct from incorrect.... Continue Reading
August 18, 2011. Your Excellency, Accept my warmest patriotic greetings. Mr. President, the political controversy concerning the yet-to-be-announced presidential election and your candidature as incumbent, leaves us uncertain. There is a popular saying that, “If you don’t do politics, politics will do you,” and this pertains to dialogue, agreements, disagreements, and voting. A friend of mine declared that politics are “all we have to help us as a nation, to live together in peace, harmony and be each other’s keeper.” That said, contrary to what some people may believe, I believe politics is not a bad, evil practice and a... Continue Reading
