Environment & Health

Prologue In the early 90s, he took the music industry by storm with hit singles like Madam, You Is the One and Say Me Well. Born as Olalekan Fadeyi, he…

There’s no denying the place of quality healthcare in assessing human development. Human beings have to be first of all hale and hearty to engage in any meaningful socio-economic activity.…

Nigeria’s decision to ‘unwind’ the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the capital, Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States refers. As we strive to “balance the need to protect health while also preserving…

Prior to the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, hospitals in Nigeria were (and still are) little more than mere consulting clinics. The rich and powerful, and prominent Nigerian leaders…

Many of the people who clamored for President Buhari to address Nigerians on the Covid 19 pandemic did so apparently because of what the US President was doing. President Trump…

“Lockdown has immediate ramifications for individuals who live on a hand-to-mouth basis, and for the networks of their dependents. If people cannot eat, they will not obey a lockdown, nor…

I know that the dominant health topic now is Coronavirus (or, if you like, Chinese Virus), but I feel compelled to draw attention to some egregious practices by some callous…

“Well travelled visitors often say Ibadan is the most genuinely African  City”, so revealed William Borders in The New York  times on December 25, 1970.  Ibadan has come a long…

The Wetland is a Wealth land. The Wetland is the boundary between a water body and the land, giving nothing but comfort and great services to human kind. Let’s protect…

Civil society group, Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), has expressed its sympathy for the victims of the recent flooding in Okekere, Oloje, Ode Adana, Okelele, Dada area, Aduralere, Alagbado,…

We live in a world that is governed by laws; in order to enjoy the beauty, glamour, splendor and the luxury of the planet earth, human beings must understand several…

You get accidentally knocked down by a car in the middle of Ibadan…knocked down hard into unconsciousness…what do you think bystanders would do (or can do) to help save your…

Professor Temidayo Shokunbi was believably flown into the glittering city of Abuja from his humble base at the University Collge Hospital, Ibadan, to attend to the power-biking son of the…

You go in for severe headache. Without checking your pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature; without taking fluid samples and testing them, they diagnose you with Typhoid fever.…