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Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Do not pity President Tinubu

“We have corruption, insecurity, and many problems confronting us … but don’t pity me. I asked for the job. I campaigned for it. No...

How long can Nigeria go under Tinubu?

I have always been fascinated by a phrase in the marital vows of Christians during wedding rituals: “till death do us part”! My candid...

Governor Godwin Obaseki And The ‘First Eleven’

"To choose not to choose is still a choice for which you alone are responsible" _ Gary Cox (British philosopher) The whirlwind that blew through the...

Nnamdi Kanu: The Path The Nigerian Government Should Thread

The buzz activated by the arrest and subsequent extradition to Nigeria of the leader of Biafra Zionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,...

When Obasanjo & Uba Brothers Dealt with Anambra State

In the halcyon days of his regime, President Olusegun Obasanjo touted Christianity and Pharisaical prayers. He had a sedulous apostle in then Anambra Governor,...

Electoral Act Amendment Bill: Exclusion of E-Transmission Of Results Must Be Resisted

 The exclusion of electronic transmission of election results from the final version of the Electoral Act amendment Bill expected to be passed into law...

Why Antagonists of Restructuring Will Not Shift Ground

Restructuring is a smoldering topic that has continued to gain ascendancy in public discourses as the search for a magic formula to cure Nigeria...

Don’t Mind Mr. President, This Crooked Structure Must Be Refurbished

At the launch of the Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari Peace Foundation, In Zaria, Kaduna State, President Muhamadu Buhari, via a statement by the Executive...

When Journalists Became Guerrillas

Going to work could mean your death. It was indeed a bad time. The June 12, 1993 election won by Bashorun MKO Abiola had just...

Wike’s Unnecessary Diatribes

It is becoming a kind of ritual for the Rivers Governor to pummel perceived political opponents each time he schedules a program to commission...

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The State of Ibadan should be seen as a vehicle of development and social engineering. It has proved its worth both in gold and silver. Ibadan has accommodated the Egbas, Ijebus, Ijeshas, Ekitis, Deltans, Igbo, Hausas and other nationalities for centuries...

The Murder of Oluwatoyin Olusesan

I read with utmost disgust, the detailed news reports of the gruesome and needless murder of one Ms. Oluwatoyin Olusesan...

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In today’s Nigeria, the contradiction is stark and unsettling....

All Hail the Cave-man of Otta!

I wish to announce the tragic demise of Olusegun Obasanjo the statesman. OBJ the man still kicks and lives on but OBJ the statesman is dead!

The Underdevelopment of Ijebu-Jesa, my Native Nazareth (1)

I am an angry Nigerian! I am angry because...

Femi Fani-Kayode Needs our Love!

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The Fragility of the Throne

By Adeola Ojo In his incisive critique, Governor Adeleke and...