By Owei Lakemfa THE FRENCH, following its revolution in 1790, gave humanity the enduring slogan “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” They are ideals worth dying for; but the same French turned out to be some of the most bestial colonialists for whom human life meant nothing. The French colonialists were so vicious that famous African ...
By Humphrey Ukeajah THERE IS a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria’s more publicised health crises. It does not arrive in sudden outbreaks or make international emergency headlines. It builds slowly, meal by meal, sip by sip, until it arrives as a stroke at the age of 45, a diabetes diagnosis at 38 years, a hypertension […]
By Joke Kujenya TRAGEDY OFTEN comes quietly, but sometimes it crashes through the headlines and leaves the public groping for answers that never come. The death of Arise News anchor Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu is one of those moments that demand not just sympathy, but scrutiny. Reports say the 29-year-old journalist and lawyer died during ...
