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For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday 14 April, 2025). “As an Offa citizen, I am made to look like an inferior being. While competing for anything in the North, I would be told that I am a Yoruba man. If there is […] More
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Lugard: 80 Years After
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 7 April 2025) On 9 June 1913, Lord Friedrick Lugard minuted on a document that Lagos “could never be made a healthy place.” It was his reaction to a proposed sewage scheme estimated to cost £186,000. […] More
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Omololu Olunloyo: An egret flies home
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 7 April 2025) If he had lived one more week, he would have defeated himself. When he turned 87 three years ago, I told him we would celebrate his 90th very big in 2025. He replied […] More
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Chairman Christian Chukwu: The Man and His Aura
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Growing up in the Surulere area of Lagos Mainland greatly exposed me to organised football in Nigeria.The National Stadium, which was opened in 1972, the Teslim Balogun Stadium [then known as the Lagos Temporary Stadium] and the multiple football arenas in Surulere, were […] More
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It is the Turn of Alaafin Owoade
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Every ascension of an Alaafin is an important moment in Yoruba history. So is it with the coming of our father, Alaafin Abimbola Akeem Owoade, who began his reign with the symbolic outing in Oyo on Saturday March 29, 2025. The Alaafin traditionally […] More
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Gov Okpebholo: Because I am Involved
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow From Fred Itua At every defining moment in a nation’s journey, the call to give account of stewardship becomes not just necessary but inevitable. This duty is more profound for those whom providence has favoured to sit at the helm, guiding the affairs […] More
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Is The Concept of Creating National Industrial Champions Wrong?
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In recent years, the debate, around granting Tax waivers and Tax holidays to industrialists, has intensified. Some hold the view, that these policies, promote favouritism, and enrich a few individuals, to become stupendously rich, without giving them credit for what they have contributed […] More
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SENATOR JONAH JANG: A Legacy of Leadership, Service and Fidelity
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In the quiet hills of Du, in the quiet suburbs of Plateau State, a child was born on the 13th of March 1944. On this day in 2025, that young boy turned 81. The winds of destiny had blown softly that morning, carrying with […] More
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PRESIDENT TINUBU CANNOT LEGALLY REMOVE AN ELECTED GOVERNOR OF A STATE
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow INTRODUCTIONIn an era where democracy is supposed to reign supreme giving democracy dividends to beleaguered Nigerians, the nation has once again found itself at crossroads, a sober moment of reckoning where constitutional order is being tested in the most brazen of ways. President […] More
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What Is Holding Up NNPC from Becoming a Publicly Listed Company?
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), now NNPC Limited, is back in the news, announcing that it can no longer supply crude oil to local refineries like Dangote Petroleum Refinery because all its crude production is committed to forward sales. Additionally, reports indicate […] More
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Drunken Captains of a Sinking Ship
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ronald Reagan, former President of the US, once said that “African leaders spend like drunken sailors; only that drunken sailors spend their own money while African leaders spend public money”. This opinion decries endemic corruption and the resultant underdevelopment in Africa; it reflects […] More
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Babangida and The Restless Ghosts of His Friends
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Despite his long absence from the epicentre of power, General Ibrahim Babangida remains a subject of constant fascinations. The attention commanded by his recently published autobiography, My Journey in Service, attests to his hold on the public imagination for good or evil. Love […] More
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