How Not To Prevent Businesses From Furloughing Staff, By Uddin Ifeanyi
In a sense, the CBN has not strayed too far from this path. The snag is just that the non-inclusion of a sun-set clause in its communication on the ban on banks’ firing their staff will make for an unwieldy policy environment post-pandemic. When, recently, footage of the chief executive…
COVID-19: Time To Go To Madagascar, By Festus Adedayo
Like many other societies in the world, Africa boasts of a past that is ambivalent, a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly. She had villains, despots, tyrants, developmental leaders and all sorts as rulers. As she had a ruthless hero in leader of the Zulu Kingdom, Shaka kaSenzangakhona, better…
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To God Be the Glory, By Femi Aribisala
Every creation of God declares the glory of God, except natural man and demons. I was born into a Christian home and family. Nevertheless, all my life I had been fighting against the glory of God. Paul asks: “Who has resisted the will of God?”(Romans 9:19). I am ashamed to admit…
Keeping Children Emotionally Resilient During the COVID-19 Pandemic, By Adetola Salau
We need to understand that children are particularly susceptible to the emotional and psychological impact of COVID-19 due to their desire for security and comfort. Their inability to fully comprehend what has been taking place all across the world is also another issue. Given their need for security and comfort…
A Souless, Leaderless World, By Owei Lakemfa
At this quite crucial stage, the world is left leaderless, with heads of some countries disregarding science, playing the role of quack doctors, faith healers, and placing the economy far above human lives. The world is cowed by COVID-19. But not tough Jair Messias Bolsonaro, former military officer and current…
Kano Against COVID-19, By Jibrin Ibrahim
...Kano stakeholders and community leaders came together to establish the citizen initiative – Kano Against COVID-19. Its objectives are to engage in advocacy and mobilisation along the three tiers of government, within the community, the private sector, civil society and international partners, to combat the pandemic; identify the key problems…
COVID-19: Dangers Of Spreading Fake News and Blind-Following Religious Speakers, By Murtadha Gusau
Friday, Ramadan 15, 1441 AH (08/05/2020) In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all creation. May Allah extol the mention of the Prophet in the highest company of Angels and may the peace and blessings of Allah be…
Herbert Wigwe’s Burden, By Azu Ishiekwene
The aristocrats in the system must manage their appetite. To rebuild the wreckage of the post-COVID-19 world demands not only a containment of the virus, but fundamentally a containment of Wigwe should not be mad at the leaking of the video. In hindsight, it was for his own good and…
Life Or Economy, the Choice Is Ours, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
Despite the existential challenges associated with the lockdown, the alternative is the risk of unmitigated community transmission if we fail to adhere to laid down protocols. Government might have capitulated to pressures from all angles, because it has no answers to the possible unrest that would follow the lockdown. After…
Corona Encounters, By Reuben Abati
In Lagos, yesterday, people trooped out in their thousands. The hitherto empty roads were busy, jam-packed. There were large crowds in front of every Across the country, Nigerians besieged markets, banks and bus stations as if COVID-19 is a fictional tale. Apparently, what the people heard was that they were…
