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By Ismail Omipidan After watching his video last night, I thought of ignoring him because clearly from the outset, he demonstrated a lack of knowledge and understanding of the issues he attempted to dissect. If someone, who claims to have been involved in the alleged struggle for a better tomorrow cannot differentiate between an official ...
By ISAAC OLUSESI Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and Dr Thomas Olaleye Ogungbangbe, the scion of the Ajagbusi Ekun Ruling House of Iloko Ijesa have urged the communities of Ilobu and Ifon in Osun State to always nip in the bud social tortures and combustions which could wreck the Yoruba collective ...
By Emmanuel Asika, Country Head, HP Nigeria Given the ongoing evolution in the digital technology realm, it is now unmistakably clear that the upcoming significant frontier, reshaping employee convenience and enhancing workplace productivity, can’t be confined to the traditional office space anymore. A workspace can literally exist anywhere. And this will not necessarily alter the ...
By Dr. Jimoh Olorede A Nigerian child born thirty years ago (1993) who, by now, might be a father or mother, knows that the ‘Self-actualisation Priority Need’ of the former Vice President, and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, is utmost attainment of the Nigeria’s ...
By Olamide Lawal It takes a strong heart to immortalise a deceased son. In the African and religious parlances, it is widely believed and often prayed for, that a son outlives his father. If the case reverses, it is beyond the control of man and the man is expected to forget about the deceased in ...
By Ismail Omipidan I admire Chief Dele Momodu’s passion and unwavering support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the current Osun Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. However, the air he claims has been cleared over the lingering controversy surrounding Atiku Abubakar’s educational background is still hanging. I implore him to go back to our former ...
By Isaac Olusesi The nation’s Hon. Minister of Marine & Blue Economy, Mr Gboyega Oyetola has been described as one who consistently stands on high moral ground in terms of development and sustenance of Osun State that has continued to elicit polite expressions of admiration in socio-political matrix, regardless of the assessor’s progressive cast or ...
By Dakuku Peterside Too many unusual events in politics point to the fact that democracy is under threat. A few events, some recent and others very current, will demonstrate this point. The first is Donald Trump, possibly the most controversial US president, who set democracy back when he refused to concede to President Joe Biden and ...
By Kunle Somorin Saturday, September 30, 2023, was a day like no other in the political calendar of Ogun State. Although it was the day the State Governorship Election Tribunal delivered its verdict on the petition of Oladipupo Adebutu and the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) against the reelection of Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, ...
By Jimoh Olorede, Ph.D Before its official removal in May 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, fuel subsidy regime had been in Nigeria for more than 53 years, having begun in the 1970s. However, following the promulgation of the Price Control Act in 1977, it (fuel subsidy) became institutionalized. By implication, the promulgation made it ...
By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Hon Somtochukwu Udeze is a good man. His looks, attitudes, speech and everything about him exudes honesty, sincerity of purpose, tolerance, equity, discipline and humanity. He has no betrayals in him, showing signs of good family upbringing. He desires more solidarity and ...
By Jesutega Onokpasa Even if Atiku Abubakar had “discovered,” “uncovered,” “recovered” or “miscovered” what, in his low mentality, he suspected might be a fake Chicago State University, CSU, certificate that President Bola Tinubu might had submitted to INEC, he would still have to subpoena CSU to come to court and repudiate the certificate in their ...
By ISAAC OLUSESI The dividing line between one and significant others as well as the limits one can violate must be the defining factor in Nigeria’s Constitution 5th Alteration (No. 45) Act that forces the submittal of the names of Minister, Commissioner-nominees, respectively to the National Assembly (NASS) and State Houses of Assembly for confirmation ...
By Jimoh Olorede, Ph.D. Before its official removal in May 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, fuel subsidy regime had been in Nigeria for more than 53 years, having begun in the 1970s. However, following the promulgation of the Price Control Act in 1977, it (fuel subsidy) became institutionalized. By implication, the promulgation made it ...
By Rotimi Makinde With no shred of doubt, Senator Dayo Adeyeye is the National Coordinator of South West Agenda, SWAGA, a pro-Tinubu political pressure group and under his esteemed leadership, the group established a link between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s candidacy and the late Chief MKO Abiola’s outing 30 years ago making history to repeat itself ...
By Funmi Branco When in January 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari visited Ogun State to commission projects, he could not help exulting in the sheer beauty of the roads constructed by the Dapo-Abiodun led government in Ogun State. He said: “I arrived early today and commission the 14Km Ijebu-Ode, Mojoda Epe road which is reconstructed to ...
By Bola Bolawole The Yoruba traditional institution and the Obas and Chiefs that perch on it are no longer what they used to be in terms of effective power and royal – even regal – bearing and esteem. In those days, an Oba is someone who sits (perches) atop everything (O ba l’ori ohungbogbo). He ...
By Mohammed Idris, Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation Having hit the ground running at home, with a series of very bold and unprecedented reform decisions, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has gone ahead to seize the opportunity offered by the month of September 2023, to make a grand entry onto the global stage. In ...
Building resilient public health systems is crucial for effective response to emergencies and preparing for future challenges. Thirty-seven years old, Mr Anthony Yohanna, a plumber, lives at Iche near Kagarko, a town on Abuja-Kaduna highway. Like many families in the area, his family heavily relies on subsistence farming for livelihood, because they live in a ...
By Femi Ogbonnikan Emotion has been running wild in social and conventional media platforms following the partial demolition of DATKEM Plaza, Ijebu-Ode, belonging to the wife of former governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, Yeye Olufunke. Two issues have been involved in the unfounded insinuations surrounding the misinterpretation of the action of the Ogun State ...
By Ememmaria Offiong It is no longer news that the 16th President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) has appointed new ministers, establishing new Ministries in the process. We now have a Ministry for Tourism, headed by Mrs. Lola Ade-John. A Lagosian by birth, the new Minister holds a first degree ...
By Tunde Rahman In the last one-week since President Bola Tinubu clocked 100 days in office, commentators and analysts, political observers and politicians have busied themselves, dissecting the President’s performance in office, particularly his major decisions and policy options. Many have also commented on the achievements recorded and the areas that require improvements. The newspapers ...
By Isaac Olusesi The dividing line between one and significant others as well as the limits one can violate must be the defining factor in Nigeria’s Constitution 5th Alteration (No. 45) Act that forces the submittal of the names of Minister, Commissioner-nominees, respectively to the National Assembly (NASS) and State Houses of Assembly for confirmation ...
By Femi Adesina I spent three days in Daura, Katsina State, about a fortnight ago, visiting with our former President and my principal, Muhammadu Buhari. I got more than an inkling into how he spends his days in retirement in that modest abode and verdant community. Even out of power and office, Buhari is in ...
By Dakuku Peterside In August 2023, the federal, state, and local governments shared 1.26 trillion Naira from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), the highest in our history. In July, they shared N966 billion, and from June till date, FAAC has distributed almost 3 trillion Naira. By Nigerian standards, this can be described as jumbo allocations. ...
