By Moyo Okediji The University of Ife professors who agreed to share the high table with Fela—on that fateful day in 1973—should have known it wasn’t going to end well for them. The Oduduwa Hall, where the event took place, was bursting at the seams with spectators—packed like a Roman gladiator amphitheater. That symposium gave […]
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Speech made by Chief Obofemi Awolowo at the first press conference he held at Ikenne on 4th August, 1966, after his release from prison The political crisis which started in Western Nigeria in May 1962 has acted on the entire Republic of Nigeria like a fairly big stone dropped in a big calm lake. It […]
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By Babafemi Ojudu Friday December 5,2025 was a remarkable day in Ile-Ife. A befitting and imposing statue of Chief Obafemi Awolowo was unveiled at a strategic location on the campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, the great institution that bears his name and which he conceived. Standing with quiet authority behind the architectural masterpiece known […]
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STATEHOUSE STATEMENT PRESIDENT TINUBU DECLARES A SECURITY EMERGENCY, ORDERS ARMY, POLICE TO RECRUIT MORE PERSONNEL Today, in view of the emerging security situation, I have decided to declare a nationwide security emergency and order additional recruitment into the Armed Forces. By this declaration, the police and the army are authorised to recruit more personnel. The […]
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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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