A ‘thank-you’ and birthday tale By Yinka Fabowale Yes, Love is a song! … Delightful, soothing, scintillating, exhilarating, moving. It’s a force that enlivens and lifts up the souls of men not only with the harmony of the melody but also the cadences of light it beams on the one who hearkens to and absorbs […]
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The handling of judicial appointments by the President, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), leaves the judiciary with uncertainties, instability and avoidable burden, Ade Adesomoju reports. If the drafters of the Nigerian Constitution envisaged a situation such as currently playing out regarding judicial appointments, they would perhaps have made a provision to have acting Supreme Court Justices. […]
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Children engaged in an online learning If education is expensive, one is often told to try ignorance. However, the various fees charged by private schools in Nigeria to provide online classes seem to have left parents between a rock and a hard place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Head, Education Desk, Iyabo Lawal. Easily excited […]
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The feud between Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has continued unabated with the duo firing salvos and tantrums at one another on a daily basis. RRazaq Ibrahim examines the implication of the brawl on the fortunes of the All Progressive Congress (APC) […]
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By Ayo Ogedengbe I have crossed 66 and I am heading to 70. What sort of change am I feeling in me? And this is it, I share with you all….. After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children, my friends, now I have started loving myself. I have just realised that I […]
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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 Abdu Rafiu The brutal killing of George Floyd in the hands of a white policeman in Minneapolis 25 May has taken the centre stage in the last two weeks displacing the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic to the second place in the consciousness of the human race. Horrified humanity in the free world spoke in unison: Enough […]
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By Femi Adesina By his bow tie, you know him. And that distinguishing feature was firmly in place when Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), breezed into the Presidential Villa in Abuja on June 3, 2020. One of the hallmarks of seasoned, methodical people is patience, refusal to be rushed or […]
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By Abdu Rafiu For the faint-hearted, having to receive a report of a rise in the cases of the coronavirus pandemic is enough to dampen the spirit and for one to throw up his arms in resignation. For Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the young man in the saddle in Lagos State, there is no discouragement. The governor has […]
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Ever before the first ballot in the 2019 presidential elections was cast, some members of Nigeria’s leadership elite, across the political spectrum, were already signaling their intention to run for the presidency in 2023. It seemed as if the president’s term, when re-elected, would be for 48 weeks rather than 48 months. It is one […]
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