By Chinyere Ukpokolo Introduction This paper is a product of fieldwork at Orile-Owu, southwest Nigeria in 2011 when the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria carried out a field school at Orile-Owu. The general research theme of the fieldwork was Migration and Settlement: Contested Origin and Diasporic Identity of Owu People in […]
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By Adekunle Adesida The show of resolve to take over Alagbaka’s seat of power will assumeintensity across the state in few weeks. The gubernatorial poll whichfell short of two months already will hold on 10th October, 2020.Already, in the bid to retain occupancy, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has putin good stead by commissioning more infrastructure projects, […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Much as a great many Nigerians are pushing for devolution of powers, it has been shown that this Administration, driven by President Buhari does not believe in it. The more people press for decentralisation, the more he consolidates powers at the centre. The manifesto of the APC is unequivocal on the imperative […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It is incontestable that a great many people have broadly come to the recognition of the duality of man. He is body and soul, they say. The body in this recognition depicts the material part of every human being and the soul the animating core. The material part, that is the body, […]
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By Abdu Rafiu When a country is in danger of its freedom and liberty being threatened, bold men step forward, putting their chests out and stretching out their arms to form a rampart in protection of the citizens. We have a long list of them in this country. We had those who went to jail […]
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By Abdu Rafiu When Professor Chidi Odinkalu, lawyer, public spirited and an indefatigable activist, raised an alarm on the tinkering to the Companies And Allied Matters Act (CAMA) by the National Assembly, he spoke of a bill before the legislators to regulate Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Although, most people believe the NGOs have done marvelously well […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It cannot be for nothing that every man longs for a day he will be driven out of his mind and swept off his feet to land in the warm embrace of a woman. Similarly, a lady looks forward to meeting a man of her dreams by whose side she desires to live […]
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Uncompleted Faculty of Science Building. This is one of the over 20 uncompleted Building Projects at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, OAUSTECH, Okitipupa By Banji Ayoola Irked by the high number of uncompleted infrastructural and building projects dotting the landscape of the Olusegun Agagu University, OASUSTECH, Okitipupa, formerly Ondo State University of Science […]
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By Abdu Rafiu It does not cease to amaze me how we human beings are wont to make simple matters complicated. I am a lay man, I should say from the beginning. My understanding is that the whole world is looking for a cure for coronavirus. Fatalities have kept mounting. Social and economic activities have […]
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Divorce papers. Photo; USATODAY By Abdu Rafiu The divorce rate in the world today is disturbingly high. When a marriage breaks down, the woman is the one more severely hit. What races through her mind is how does she cope as a single mother now having to single-handedly raise three children? The woman is the […]
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