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Opinion
By Bola Bolawole While he was visiting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently, the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said he would give the president one year of grace before rating his performance in office. As would be expected, Tinubu and or Soyinka haters have read negative meanings into that. Soyinka, some have said, was only ...
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By Bayo Onanuga Amidst what some sections of the media perceive as general gloom, some silver linings are emerging, signposting that with a little more patience, our material conditions will improve and inflation will be tamed. The removal of fuel subsidy and the move to merge foreign exchange rates, two headline reforms introduced by the ...
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By Femi Falana (SAN) Corruption clearly represents one of the most serious political, economic and societal problems. Corruption harms communities and impacts the global economy. It victimizes society’s most vulnerable and marginalized individuals because it affects their ability to meet their basic needs, and reduces their chances of overcoming poverty and exclusion. Corruption also discourages ...
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By Yekeen Olawale Wakeel Osun Osogbo sacred grove is an immovable cultural and natural heritage site, which was declared, and gazetted as a national monument in1965. The groove harbours many shrines; 16 sacred worship points, palaces, structures and sculptures dedicated to Osun and other Yoruba deities. The groove contains about 450 species of plants and ...
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By Isaac Olusesi Don’t hold your breath for it. The airline operators in Nigeria had, a few days ago, alleged that marketers were hoarding aviation fuel and caused artificial scarcity of the product as the jingle bells with lyrics, sound jingly, announcing it’s festive season with transportation worst hit by traditional hikes in fares. Not ...
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By Isaac Olusesi The issues for agenda setting, also continue around why, and when will the local government councilorship aspirants’ monies for the expression of interest form, mismanaged, diverted or converted, be refunded? How could the disobedience to the state party leader, former Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s order to the party to refund the monies ...
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By Fredrick Nwabufo It has been months of bold decisions, strategic re-engineering, and studied statecraftship. The expectations effusive, the yearnings harkened, the promises certain, and the hope ever so sure. Nigeria is in planned drive under an ambidextrous and masterful pilot, President Bola Tinubu, and destined for majesty. The road has not been without a ...
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By Isaac Olusesi For the All Progressives Congress (APC) Osun State, it is now a new beginning, and newest. The other time, a certain number of the members of the state APC were procedurally disciplined, permissible in party politics. Quite a good number of them were suspended, appropriately, driven by explicit reasoning skills and effective ...
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By Adémólá Òrúnbon In Ogun State, at least, the signs of what to come have begun to manifest. The ray of hope appeared on the horizon on Wednesday 30th November, 2023 when the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, presented the 2024 Budget to the state House of Assembly. To say the least, it is obvious ...
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By Dr. Owolabi Ajibade As a country, the management of our energy resources plays a crucial role in shaping our economic stability, environmental sustainability, and energy security. Nigeria, with its vast natural gas reserves estimated to exceed 208 trillion cubic feet (TCF), holds the potential to become a key player in the global natural gas ...
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By Ismail Omipidan The popular saying, ‘Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver’ appears apt in situating the promise made in July last year by a business mogul and elder brother of current Osun Governor, Dr. Deji Adeleke, that he would be the first to address the press if his brother, Ademola ...
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Fixing Africa’s under-development through novel leadership set By Mayozi John African countries have continued to contend with under-development; many try to snake out of the situation, which is directly linked to leadership failure and poor governance systems. Apart from some of the countries under military dictatorship, others are also struggling even in their democracy, with ...
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By Olamirewaju Olatunde Taking Nigeria out of its unfavourable state to a favourable state – addressing budget deficit, balance of payment in relation to foreign policy. A government that owes international countries will be forced to pursue foreign policy toward other countries that will be detrimental to the country. The purpose of this article is ...
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By Waheed Adekunle Without any sense of prejudice, malignancy, impugnancy, hatred or vilification, an empirical assessment of the administration of the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke in the 365 days of being in the saddle has been the worst in the history of the state. Since the creation of Osun in 1991, ...
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By Isaac Olusesi The insertion of something of a different nature into something else is the latest misfortune of the government of Osun State, going by its decision to convert the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, funded Skills Acquisitions Center in Iragbiji into a soccer base. The centre is built by the federal ...
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...Leadership is not a pleasure but a deep and heavy responsibility — George Orwell By Paul Ibe From the get-go, he set his eyes on the horizon, visualising the big portrait that would later show him to the world as a leader, mentor, politician, businessman, and fulfilled family man. The journey was often punctuated by bumps, some ...
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By Kunle Akogun For keen watchers and followers of his enthralling trajectory, the recent news that the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has become a hot cake for five African countries that desperately covet his services, is not surprising nor is it unexpected. His sterling ...
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By Tshepo Ntsane The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) represents an important international forum for countries to gather to discuss and address global climate change issues. However, to date these conferences have tended to be high level and process based, and COP 27 was no ...
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By Isaac Olusesi Nigeria’s pursuit of peace and development, away from the scourge of insecurity and social injustice lies at the heart of the nation’s harmonious existence as the government endeavours at better quality of life for the governed. His Grace, Baba Aladua Prophet Samuel Adefila Abidoye dropped the hints at the 83rd international conference ...
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By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber Six months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency, it’s still difficult to fully grasp the far-reaching damage the pandemic has inflicted, from the tremendous toll on lives to economic devastation. The chaos certainly was felt in the oil industry, ...
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The Nigerian economy depends significantly on the oil and gas sector. Despite persistent challenges, recent technological advancements, including robotics, advanced instrumentation, drones, and rapid progress in artificial intelligence solutions, are bringing about a transformative era for the industry. This article explores the potential of these cutting-edge technologies to enhance sub-surface production monitoring, enabling real-time measurement, ...
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By Dr Bosun Tijani Following a series of engagements with my colleagues from the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy and our agencies, I am pleased to share a comprehensive map highlighting community spaces and digital labs supported by the ministry and agencies, including USPF, NCC and NITDA. The spaces on the map ...
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By Waheed Adekunle Painstaking assessments of the happenings within the corridor of power in Osun state are disheartening and disturbing: outcome is capable of raising the public curiosity as to who is really in-charge of the affairs of the state. The quest to establish whether or not the affairs of the state are being run ...
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By Emmanuel Asika, Country Head, HP Nigeria There’s no doubt that hybrid work has become the new norm, an irreversible way of working. This necessitates every business leader to not only establish a secure and interconnected flexible workplace but also provide the right tools to enhance employee collaboration, communication, productivity, and, most importantly, well-being. Many ...
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By Ismail Omipidan I have never met Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before. But I have followed her political engagements over the years. She comes across as a politically savvy Nigerian, who is passionate about addressing the plight of her people. This is why I am reaching out to you today with this message. Before I proceed ...
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By Sola Oni The trends in the global financial markets have become a wake-up call for those who manage the Nigerian economy. In Nigeria, the inflation rate hit 26.72 percent in September, but this is a mere official figure.The Naira has been devalued by almost 1000 percent. Exchange of the Naira to Dollar and other ...
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By Erhomo Richard Egbedi The rise in digitalisation underscores the crucial role of cybersecurity. Nigeria’s corporate sphere magnifies the significance. This research examines the cybersecurity management structures within Nigerian corporations, focusing on the assets, threats, and vulnerabilities they face. The global digital landscape is rapidly changing, amplifying the importance of cybersecurity. For Nigerian corporate entities, ...
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By Fredrick Nwabufo Excellence needs no hype, makeover, or agitprop. Good work manifests itself in palpable reality. The security bent of the Tinubu administration is an exercise of deliberate, coordinated, meticulous and prescient deployment of strategies and actions to secure Nigeria. It is securing Nigeria pluck by pluck — with inexorable courage, purpose, and urgency. ...
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By Mayozi John Africa has a complex and longstanding challenge with governance. It is not surprising therefore that the continent is at the bottom of the development ladder, despite its over 1.2 billion population, land mass of over 30 million square kilometers and abundant natural resources. To the discerning, beneath the African skies, a complex ...
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By Temitope Ajayi It has become a pattern for some individuals, CSOs and a section of the media to pick one or two line items every budget cycle for sensational headlines, deliberately ignoring context in their reporting. The public that should benefit from good journalism, which should primarily educate and adequately inform, is left confused ...