Editorial
EDITORIAL: Rains are here, as people live in panic
In Maiduguri, not long ago, the skies opened — not with hope, but with fury. Floodwaters swept through communities, killing and displacing thousands. It was a horror that should have sparked immediate national alarm. But before the shock could fully settle, tragedy struck again — this time in Mokwa, Niger…
Read More »EDITORIAL: Aiding the enemy: Time to expose the rot
In the week that just ended, Nigeria was again jolted by a brutal reminder of the unchecked terror plaguing its northeastern region and other parts of the northwest and central. Over 50 lives were violently cut short in Borno State as Boko Haram’s JAS faction descended on the villages of…
Read More »Editorial: Why Nigerians don’t Vote, why forcing them won’t fix it
It’s a Saturday morning. The sun is rising over a sleepy polling station in rural Niger. An elderly man leans on his cane, staring at the ballot box. He’s been here before—four times in the last sixteen years. Each time, he hoped his vote would bring water to his village,…
Read More »World Asthma Day 2025: Making inhaled treatments accessible for all, a national imperative for Nigeria
By Prof. Chiwuike Uba, Ph.D In July 2016, I lost my beloved wife, Amaka, to a preventable asthma crisis. Her untimely death was a tragedy that shattered my world and changed my life forever. But from that devastating loss, I found purpose. I established the Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF) to…
Read More »The Mirror Editorial: Lopsided appointments: Let’s look beyond Ndume’s accusation
The other day Borno South Senator Ali Ndume during a television interview reportedly accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of benefiting the people from his part of the country (southwest) with all the juicy appointments to the detriment of other regions of the country. Specifically, the senator directed his ire…
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