Opinion

Silent Killers on Our Shelves: Why Nigeria Needs Nutrient Profile Models

“Instead of relying on often-confusing nutrition facts labels at the back of the pack or misleading marketing information, the NPM takes a holistic approach to assess food items. It identifies products that contain injurious amounts of salt, sodium, sugars, unhealthy fats, and other ingredients of concern, highlighting the need for front-of-pack labels that are visible at a glance and easy to comprehend, enabling the consumer to make healthier food choices.” – Olukemi-Odele

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Thoughts on identity

                                                        By Temitope Fagunwa    Book Review (A review of Toyin Falola’s African Identities: Absence, Loss, and the Quest for Self-Definition, Pan-African University Press, Austin/Ibadan, 2026. 544

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The Junks we love: A tale of lies

“They make claims that are not substantiated, fund alternative research, and use the media against the public. They sit at policy tables to arm-twist the government through their well-planned Deny, Dilute, and Delay tactics. When it fails, they rally innocent citizens against the government. Their lies about paying taxes to help the economy do not reflect the pain of consumers who bear the cost of paying these taxes and their health problems” – Abayomi Sarumi

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LIFE CHALLENGES[1]

  By Toyin Falola   Life is a rolling wheel with all of us holding to each side that faces us. It is transient, unstable, and unpredictable. It is a

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Sweet Poison

Film review: By Olayinka Oyegbile What does a bottle of sugary drink have to do with literature and books? Quite a lot, actually.   For many bibliophiles, reading is often

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