BEING A SPEECH BY LT. GENERAL ALANI AKINRINADE ON THE VISIT OF GENERAL TY BURATAI, COAS TO OSUN STATE TO COMMISSION PROJECTS AT KUTA AND ASAMU ON MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 Please allow me to join my Governor and the good people of Osun State to welcome you to our State, the State of ‘Omoluabi’.…
How LASUSOC Cultivated National Leadership for LASU
On Tuesday September 1, 2020, two days before the announcement of LASU as the nation’s second foremost university according to Times Higher Education Tertiary Education Ranking, the tone was set for another trans-generational landmark at the Lagos State University School of Communication, LASUSOC. That day, without any tone of compulsion, nearly all of us as…
Dr. Indimi’s Quiet 73 Birthday
from Liman Sandabe There are very few influential and rich businessman like Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Indimi who will decide to mark his birthday as quietly as he did recently. The day was observed with prayers and reflections as well as thanks to Almighty Allah. Despite his prominent position in the society the elderly business icon’s…
Mallam El-Rufai: The Flogging of a Dead Horse
For the better part of this and the previous week, Nigeria’s social media space has been agog with arguments for and against the invitation of Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to speak at the 60thAnnual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA). Following the protestations against Mallam El-Rufai’s invitation, the NBA National Executive Committee…
In Osun, Mother and Child Health Suffers Neglect
From Raheemat Adeniran I decided to seek antenatal care at the State Hospital, Ede after my family’s recent relocation to the state. That was my first delivery in the state. My two previous pregnancies and births were managed at a military hospital in Ibadan where I was managed as a civilian patient. It was my…
Magu: The Ephemerality of Power – Mike Ozekhome, SAN
Mr. Ibrahim Magu has been acting as EFCC Chairman for over five years. The Senate, on two occasions, refused to confirm him based on clear report on damning allegations of corruption levelled against him by Government secret agency, the DSS. Magu’s compromised supporters and cheap publicists eating from his table, and those afraid of public…
The Fault Is In Our Stars
The despoliation of the African continent did not start with the people from the most populous country in the world, China. It certainly did not just find expression in times as recent as the last millennium. Indeed, the exploitation to which Africa has regularly found itself is a tragedy, which is not modern just as…
Much Ado About “Bow and Go”
The screening of ministerial nominees by the Senate has come and gone but the dust it raised may take some time to settle. The announcement of ministerial nominations is always greeted with public excitement. And the case was not different this time round too, for obvious reasons. The President needs ministers to help him in…
All Hail Our Virtual President
The citizenship of Facebook is over one billion, those who inhabit tweeter are in competition with Facebook. The citizens of this world often pride themselves as being the most literate, flaunting the best ideas. They connect across the world, mostly with little or no physical contact. With them is the island of wisdom and virtue.…