Standing ramrod straight, I’m patently dumbfounded on how best to express my sincere appreciation to you all, our noble delegates. I am greatly overwhelmed with joy, this day, beholding my people, as in a sea of heads, largely exultant in partial fulfilment of their common dream. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has once more demonstrated […]
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I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your Name, O Most High. Those who know your Name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those […]
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Full Text Of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s Broadcast To The People Of Ondo State on Monday, June 6, 2020 My dear people, I come to you today with a heavy heart. A heart full of pain and melancholy. It is now five days since we lost one of the most illustrious leaders of Ondo state, […]
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Thank you for inviting me here for the first anniversary of the Oyo State Ninth Assembly. It is always a pleasure to be among you, honourable members of the house. It is even more so, as you have given me another opportunity to present a state of the state address, an account of my stewardship […]
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By Gbemiga Ogunleye Two events made the distinguished lawyer, Chief Richard Akinjide, who has just passed on, stuck in my memory. As the legal adviser to the defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN, in the Second Republic, Akinjide it was, who argued his party’s case up to the Supreme Court that 2/3 of 19 states was […]
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Youths and facilitators under the auspices of the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria on Monday, August 4, defied threats of security agencies to hold the ‘Revolution Now’ protest in four states of the country and Abuja States where the Revolution protests took place are Lagos, Osun, Ondo and Cross River. It would be recalled […]
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Early years and education Born in 1959, Lawan completed his primary education at Sabon Gari Primary School, Gashua in 1974 and then enrolled at Government Secondary School, Gashua where he obtained his O’Level in 1979. From there, he proceeded to University of Maiduguri where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Geography in 1984. Same year, […]
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By Olusegun Obasanjo Being the full text of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the 2019 elections. “I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice of democracy, we can get over most of our political problems and move steadfastly and surefootedly on […]
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By Akinwale Akinyoade 14 November 2018 Born on this day in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1864, Herbert Macaulay helped to lay the foundation of modern Nigeria and he contributed majorly to the shaping of popular perceptions of a modern nation and its obligation to the public.Macaulay belonged to a distinguished missionary family with roots in the […]
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– Being full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Address at the opening of the 2018 Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Abuja I am delighted to address this distinguished gathering on the occasion of the 2018 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association. Let me thank your Association for the invitation to declare this […]
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