Bolaji Aregbeshola

Bolaji Aregbesola contributes from Nigeria.

Nigeria’s choices: right or wrong?

The last national assembly failed to impact positively on the lives of ordinary Nigerians with no single bill passed for the purpose of lifting the people out of poverty. This has been the case since the country returned to democracy since 1999...

Dangers of smoking tobacco

Smoking of tobacco has been listed as one of the major causes of preventable deaths. It is a risk factor for lung cancer, hypertension, emphysema, cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, prostate cancer...

One too many death…

Many Nigerians, due to the killing of some corp members who were deployed as adhoc staff of INEC in the 2011 general elections, have been clamoring for the scrapping of the NYSC scheme...

Health care financing in Nigeria

Financing health systems is a major challenge in both developed and developing countries, but Nigeria has yet to show the ability to face this challenge so that the health system can benefit all the citizens of the country...

I Will defend the right of all citizens…

President Jonathan seems to have hit the ground running. This is so because Nigerians unanimously gave him the mandate to be the president for the next four years...

The cost of life

What is the cost of life to human creation? Health is often neglected when it is supposed to be accorded an important place; a lorry load of people die almost everyday on Nigerian roads; citizens die mostly from preventable deaths...

2011 General Elections: So Far, So Good

The just concluded 2011 general elections in Nigeria have been widely acclaimed to be successful but not without the usual problems, drama and controversies which characterize Nigeria’s elections since independence...

The 2011 General Elections Debates

Nigerian electorates are getting wiser by the day and can no longer be taken for granted. Politicians must learn to come forward and speak on issues that matter most to the voters...

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