By Ben Ezeohagwu Happy 86th Birthday, to our very own, Prof. Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde SOYINKA, better known as Prof. Wole Soyinka. You have come of more than age at 86, a hallmark of literary ingenuity, woven in theatrical creativity, May your evolvement be through in closing cycle of return, from sphere of this turning point, upwards! […]
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State of political analyses The state of public discourse and analysis in Nigeria seem to have hit Rock bottom. It is at an all time low. Pretenders and charlatans come up with skewed analyses, skip the inconvenience of facts, pack their pieces of analyses full of innuendos, insults, speculations and personal prejudices, reveal of history, […]
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By Banji Ayoola This moment may be a beautiful gift to the world, a rich opportunity to change many of the things that are wrong on the earth, contrary to the Volition contained in the wonderful Wisdom, Which lovingly permitted us a sojourn here, and granted us fabulous opportunities to explore, experience and develop into […]
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By Banji Ayoola These times in which we stand, during which all earthly humanity are being ravaged by a strange affliction defying several traditional therapies. Which does not respect boundaries between the weak and the strong, the rich and the poor. Which has forcefully penetrated, smashed down, tore down, indeed crashed all social boundaries, to […]
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By Kayode Fayemi Africa’s most iconic literary maestro and one of the world’s most influential citizens is 86 today. With his ageless physique, it is almost difficult to acknowledge that our own Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka, affectionately called KONGI by his numerous admirers, is 86! Even though 86 might not be a remarkable milestone, it was […]
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A recent advertisement placed in some national dailies by the Management of the University of Ibadan (UI), signed by the Registrar, Mrs Olubunmi Omobolanle Faluyi entitled “Appointment of Vice Chancellor” clearly indicated that the five-year tenure of Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka is gradually coming to an end! How time flies! The tenure which began like yesterday ends […]
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By Banji Ayoola The way we handle the crisis arising from the present horror determines so much for us individually as human beings. It may mark either a desirable progress or another woeful and disastrous failure for us individually. As regards our inner development or maturity into better human beings, the main purpose of our […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has blamed the poverty and growing insecurity in Nigeria, on the alleged unbridled looting and extortion by a cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. This was contained in a statement titled, “Corruption in Buhari Presidency, APC, Responsible for Poverty in Nigeria – PDP…Says Treasury Looting […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has expelled the lawmaker representing the council area’s constituency in the state’s House of Assembly, Hon Success Torukerijoh. He is one of the nine lawmakers opposing the impeachment of the state’s deputy governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi. Fourteen […]
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Umar El-Yakub, has said the decision of the Presidency to increase the 2020 Budget despite drop in revenue was meant to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s economy. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday signed the Appropriation […]
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