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As it was in Ekiti, so shall it be in Osun

By Kunle Oyatomi Stare Decisis is a legal term that refers to the doctrine of precedent. It is a principle well established in common law that states that court rulings can be guided by previous judicial decisions. The term itself is derived from a Latin phrase which means “to stand by things decided’’ or “let ...

Of Osun APC, PDP’s campaign outcome

Let Tinubu be, he is not the cause of your problem

PDP’s unfounded allegation of politics of billboard destruction in Osun

OYETOLA’S COMPENSATION TO OSUN #EndSARs VICTIMS

Peter Obi the new deal; A country in the woods’ fighting chance?

World Environment Day 2022: Chevron Nigeria’s Commitment to a Sustainable Future

Every year on June 5, the world commemorates World Environment Day (“WED”) tocelebrate and promote environmental awareness and sustainability across the globe. Led by the United NationsEnvironment Programme (“UNEP,”) and held annually since 1974, each edition focuses onraising awareness and mobilising the world to take positive action to protect nature and our planet. The theme for this year ...

2023: Prospects of a third force

By Dakuku Peterside The political evolution of party systems in the world follows a binary trajectory. We see this political evolutionary trend in most democracies where although multiple parties exist, two dominant parties emerge, dominate the political space, and compete as alternate power wielders that form governments as government and opposition at the centre. These ...

And God decided to show up

By Femi Adesina There’s something called snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. That was what happened Sunday at the conclusion of the 2021/2022 season of the English Premier League (EPL). I’m an avid follower of both local and international soccer, and that is the way I let my hairs down. Weekends, particularly, are soccer ...

THIS JACKSON HAS SHAMED OSUN

This citizen Ademola Adeleke, is he a failed comedian or he actually wants to run for office? He never ceases to shock and shame. When he's not promising to buy a plane for royal fathers, he's lecturing them (including an Oba with a PhD) how he will start 'something called procedure' to start a university ...

On wills probate practice, administration of estates in Nigeria

Adewale Kupoluyi Learning, they say, is a continuous exercise. This time around, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ibadan Branch Continuing Legal Education Quarterly Seminar Series presents an opportunity for a discourse at the Aare Afe Babalola Bar Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State. The lead paper titled, “The Law and Practice of Wills Probate and Administration of Estates,” was delivered by Prof. ...

2023: Opportunistic aspirants and the gullible public

By Dakuku Peterside The holy grail of democracy is the widespread participation of people in the business of power, legitimised by the representation of elected leaders. Participation is so meaningful that the noun derivative of democracy, democratisation, means “the action of making something accessible to everyone.” So, on face value, the democratisation of “presidential aspiration” ...

On the need to curb ritual killings in Nigeria

By Abimbola Abatta At least seven ritualistic murders have rocked Nigeria recently. The House of Representatives, following the alarming incidents of ritual killings, urged the Federal Government to declare a national emergency to address the spate of ritual killings. Similarly, President Muhammadu Buhari described ritual killings as hate crimes while calling for the strictest punishments ...

Would our lives be better if our traditional institutions were given a constitutional role in our democratic dispensation? — Prof Cookey

By Amaike Ihuoma Okoronkwo, Port Harcourt A professor of History and the 2nd Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Sylvanus J. S. Cookey also an endowed Chair at the University to promote teaching and research in Malaria and Phytomedicine has raised a fundamental question before Nigerians seeking answers for the way forward in ...

Akinwumi Adesina strikes again!

By FEMI ADESINA Anytime he traverses the land, air or sea like a troubadour, he must bring good tidings. Each time the Nigerian President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) comes to see President Muhammadu Buhari, he never comes empty handed. He must bring goodies and goodies for his home country. Tuesday this week was ...

With Amaechi “Hope is around the corner”

By Dr. Ogu Emejuru “The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong in the broken places....” — Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1929 Back in the days of Watergate, people were summoned to serve in the jury. To each potential juror, the same question was posed. Have you ever heard of Watergate, a ...

Social media as purveyor of fake news: The Obawara-Ife factor

When information and culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, announced sometimes ago that the Federal government was tinkering with the idea on how to inject sanity into the social media space because it is out control, Nigerians reacted spontaneously that it was a conscious attempt to stiffle free speech. But the minister responded by saying that social ...

Osun 2022: INEC’s caveat, Oyetola’s ambition and his appointees’ 2023 aspirations

By Jimoh OLOREDE Osun governorship election will be held in the next three months, precisely on 16th July, 2022. It is expected that all hands would be on deck with all efforts jointly made towards bringing the ambition of the incumbent Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) seeking a re-election ...

Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s love for Womenfolk

By Kunle Somorin “The gig economy is empowerment. This new business paradigm empowers individuals to better shape their destiny and leverage their existing assets to their benefit.”— John McAfee Three years ago, precisely on the 29th of May, 2019, Ogun State witnessed a watershed that has continued to define its identity. That day, the eventful ...

Oyetola, keeping Osun satisfied and asking for more

By Funke Egbemode It’s good for a man to know where he’s going and how to get there. It’s even better for him to know the route, the shortcuts, that lead to his destination. Better still, it is important for a man to have the right tools and know how to deploy it. That is ...

Politics of rotation in Nigeria, way forward

For a long time now the polity has been awash with the annual rehash of agitations for political inclusion of the country’s geo-political divides on whose turn it is to produ ce the country’s president in 2023. In the past days, prominent politicians have been declaring their intentions to run for their party’s tickets for ...

Lisa Town: The neglected tourist Haven

Lisa is a town located in a suburb between Sango axis to the South, Ijoko axis to the east bound of Lagos and to the West end of Ifo. It is under Ifo local government and as well Egba settlement. The town Lisa came into the world limelight on 22nd of October, 2005 when a ...

Nigeria’s 2023 outlook, the looming danger

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D I am neither a prophet nor a clairvoyant, but from the manifestation in my crystal ball, I see Nigeria in 2023 being shaped by upheaval fueled by miseries and hopelessness. Agitation reminiscent of the ENDSARS protests will break out. Primary triggers are the country’s pathetic economic indices, including growing unemployment, cynical ...

Tinubu 2023: Show me a man with a bigger heart

Nigerians should be proud of how much progressive politics has helped in tackling our challenges of development in seven years. It all started when Buhari’s CPC, Tinubu’s ACN and Oyegun’s ANPP as well as others came together to pull off the greatest political coalition in Nigeria’s history. They, through the ballot, booted out an incumbent ...

APC convention, the night after…

By Dakuku Peterside It has been a long road to the APC convention, after 22 months of uncertainty and another long night at the historic and symbolic eagle square that ended the waiting game. At the end, the president and the conclave of governors triumphed. The fundamental tenets of democracy – freedom to choose candidates, ...

APC: Where’s the implosion?

By Femi Adesina A lot of auguries have attended the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), which holds a crucial National Convention on Saturday. And most of the prognostications have not been good. Implosion. Explosion. Schism. Scatter, are some of the words often used to describe the fate that would befall the party. But don’t forget. ...

Why unity is necessary in APC

By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta This is a personal plea with the members, leadership and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to please close ranks and unite to sustain the nine-year old political party that has been wholehartedly trusted by Nigerians to manage their affairs. Unity is essential for the party to remain strong, relevant ...

Emefiele focused on the job at hand

…Who is afraid of Godwin Emefiele? In recent times, there have been media reports on the purported interest of the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, in the 2023 presidential race, leading to stampede by interested parties and vested interests who are resorting to all sorts of blackmail, sponsored articles and choreographed comments on ...

Ekiti: APC, PDP primaries of controversies -2

By Bolanle Bolawole On June 1, 2018, there was pandemonium (“b’oolo, yaa’mi) at the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Ado-Ekiti as a chieftain of the party, Opeyemi Bamidele, was accidentally shot by a policeman at a rally organised by the APC; the rally was to welcome Dr. Kayode Fayemi, its governorship candidate in the ...

A nation of adulterated fuel and adulterated stories

By Dakuku Peterside For decades, Nigerians have been living in denial about the state of our country’s petroleum refining and distribution system. Even non- specialists without any training in elementary petroleum economics know there is something wrong with our petroleum products refining, importation, and distribution regime and regulatory systems. Unfortunately, even with enacting the protracted ...

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