By Festus Adedayo In 2018 when news sieved in that that constellation of emeriti, Prof Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, had crept into Akure, Ondo State, our association, Ooye Development Initiative, (ODI) bated him like mousetrap does mice. Was Akure big enough to contain that hippopotamus-statured literary giant? I wondered. I, perhaps, was the most excited of […]
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Why I wrote Just Before Dawn, why South Africans call me Yebo Gogo Man and why Nelson Mandela said I was more popular than him – Kole Omotoso In this interview with Festus Adedayo, held in his Oda Road forest-like home in Akure, with no electricity and no neighbour, Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, writer and professor, […]
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By Martins Oloja I wish the new authorities in Abuja would listen to the many voices of reason and wisdom, which continue to pour in at this time that photo opportunities should be frozen immediately. The new strong man in Africa needs to freeze the meretricious visitations and photo sessions so that he can observe […]
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Sequel to the observed rising food inflation across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, last week declared a State of Emergency on Food Security to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians. The highlight of the policy include the re-introduction of the National Commodity Board to review food prices; […]
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720 kegs of smuggled petrol Confirmation by the Nigerian Customs Service that petrol is still being smuggled out of the country to neighbouring countries is worrisome. The revelation signposts an anomaly in the deregulation of the downstream sector that has recently featured the removal of fuel subsidy, thus shooting up the price of fuel and […]
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One, two, three. Every three seconds, someone, somewhere, is receiving blood, and he or she doesn’t know where it comes from. The person could be an accident victim with a broken leg, a woman bleeding after birth, a sickle cell patient hanging on to life, a man with hemophilia whose blood just won’t clot, or […]
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 suspects for conveying solid minerals from Kaduna State and Plateau to Port Harcourt in Rivers without relevant permits. The Commandant of NSCDC in Edo, Mr. Samuel Dan, disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja. According to […]
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Mr Bola Babarinde, a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in South Africa, says government palliative measures to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal should not be limited to cash distribution. Babarinde in a statement made available on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to make provision for all sectors of society in […]
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Costain section of the Eko Bridge •Please, Be Merciful With Us — Market Leader Pleads “We are using this medium to warn those trading under the bridge that we will not tolerate any form of illegal activities under this bridge and other bridges in the state. The bridges are important assets to the state and […]
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“We are mourning the loss of our father, husband, and grandfather, Prof. Bankole ‘Kole’ Omotoso, who passed away after a long period of illness in Johannesburg on July 19, 2023.” That was how the family of Kole, the late Professor of English and renowned writer, announced his death in a terse statement. “A born scholar, […]
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