President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Abuja launched the Revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development, stressing the need for urgent measures to address Nigeria’s high fertility rate, through expanding access to modern contraceptive methods across the country. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari also inaugurated the National Council on Population Management (NCPM), chaired by him, and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, as deputy chairman with heads of relevant ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as members. Speaking on the country’s revised population policy, the president said its overall goal is to…

The continued unjustifiable incarceration of Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho by the Benin Republic authorities, obviously with the connivance of the Nigerian authorities, has become a huge embarrassment not only to those who padlocked him but also to all people of conscience all over the world. Adeyemo is a successful Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. He got drawn into activism in response to the nefarious activities of terrorists who were tormenting his ancestral community. He also felt concerned about the second-class citizen position his Yoruba people were reduced to in their land and thought he could do something to redress the…