By Oludamola Adebowale Ifẹ̀ Oòdáyé, Ilẹ̀ òwúrọ̀. Ibi ojúmọ́ rere gbé ń mọ́ wáyé. (Translation) Ifẹ̀ Oòdáyé. The ancient land Where the breaking of the day began Between 1910 and 1912, Leo Viktor Frobenius (1873 –1938), a renowned ethnologist and archaeologist worked on archaeological sites in Nigeria. Ile-ife in Osun State was one of the […]
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Nigeria’s Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), on Monday, formally threw his hat into the 2023 presidential ring, ending years of conjecture that he is interested in succeeding his principal, PresidentMuhammadu Buhari by May next year. He said in a broadcast posted on all his verified social media handles, that he is running for the top […]
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Your Excellencies, Distinguished Senators, Gentlemen of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen, all other protocols respectfully observed. Why His Excellency Prof Yemi Osinbajo SAN, GCON, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should be the APC Candidate in the 2023 Presidential Election It gives me tremendous pleasure to welcome you all to this historic event, […]
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By Adedeji Oladipupo Akinwalere Local Government Autonomy as Panacea for National Development To intensify call for true federalism Deepen practice of constitutional democracy Achieve National Development through Local Government Autonomy Current Travails of a Nation Threats of Disintegration or Implosion Preponderance of Ethnic, Religious Wars General Insecurity – Insurgency, Ritual Killings Cybercrime – Yahoo Yahoo […]
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Continued from yesterdayThe Action Group was the first to propose and establish the institution of “SHADOW CABINET”. This is the practice in parliamentary system whereby the opposition party has permanent people to oversee different departments of government with a view to getting themselves well acquainted and knowledgeable about their ministries so that if their party […]
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Ayo Opadokun, former General Secretary of Afenifere and National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), founding Convener, Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform (CODER) and former Assistant-Director of Organisation of the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) reflects on the 70th anniversary of the pan Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere. By Ayo Opadokun Permit me to open this unique […]
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By Folu Olamiti A lot has been said and written about the late elder statesman Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, popularly known as LKJ, who passed on to the world beyond and was laid to rest recently. He was a man of many parts that no single individual comment or testimony can exhaustively cover. Though it is […]
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Ever since Olori Badirat Olaitan Ajoke tied nuptial knot with revered octogenarian and monarch, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, she has not failed to show the world that she was properly trained and nurtured for royalty all her life. The Marketing graduate of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, oozes royalty with blue blood flowing […]
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Being Full Text of Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s Broadcast to the People of the State as he imposed an indefinite dusk to dawn curfew on the State on Tuesday April 14, 2020, following the discovery of the third COVID-19 case in the State “My dear people, I address you today exactly ten days after […]
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Being full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide broadcast on COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja on April 13, 2020. : “Fellow Nigerians, In my address on Sunday, 29th March, 2020, I asked the residents of Lagos and Ogun States as well as the Federal Capital Territory to stay at home for an initial […]
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