Waiting for Dapo Olorunyomi’s voice
BANJI OJEWALE All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish historian and writer. So, all that...
View ArticleMark it; hate speech bill will haunt its promoters
I am not a lawyer and I do not professtobe one. But today, I plan to dabble into this delicate and tricky terrain and to do this, I will simply rely on common sense to guide me. On Tuesday, news...
View ArticleDeveloping Nigeria and citizens’ mindset
Olu Da-Silva It’s the people within a society that can only foster development. No one from the outside can transform your own home for you if you are not willing to. They can give you a helping...
View ArticleFriendly advice to Soyinka, Falana
Yinka Olujimi Whoever has access to the right ear of that big grammar-man who calls himself Professor Wole Soyinka should pull it – yes, pull it! – and tell him that we are no longer finding his...
View ArticleKogi’s bullionaire guber polls of integrity
Three days to the Kogi governorship election, the Ahmed Lawan-led Senate on Wednesday approved the release of N10 billion refund to the state, as requested by the patron saint of integrity, President...
View ArticleRe-instatement of Baales
On December 31, 2018, Alaiyeluwa, Oba Rilwan Oluwalambe Taiwo, the Oba of Ojokoro land and the Akeja Oniyanru (Akanbiogun 1) of Ojokoro Local Council Development Area, Lagos State, issued and served a...
View ArticleOgun-Osun flooding: Task before the governments
Tim Amosun As a result of 1972-74 drought, the defunct Supreme Military Council (SMC) promulgated Decree 25 of 1976 to promote the development of Nigeria’s water resources. That step was followed...
View ArticleRegulate poverty, not social media
Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Sometime in 2014, and prior to the 2015 General elections, most Nigerians were shell-shocked at the sort of language which certain highly-placed politicians flung here and...
View ArticleClamour for denominational zoning of governorship in Anambra
Nze Nwabueze Akabogu The reported agitation by the Anglican Communion in Anambra State for the zoning of the governorship position to the Communion during the upcoming gubernatorial election in 2021...
View ArticleNdigbo, leadership and ghosts of our heroes past
Steve Oruruo Society is a contract among the living, the dead and those to be born. – Edmund Burke Politics is a mirror held unto the society. The society reappraises itself using the weights and...
View ArticleThe unconstitutional bills against free speech
Emmanuel Onwubiko Freedom of expression is one of the fundamental rights provided in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended). By virtue of same and other international...
View ArticleThe unconstitutional bills against free speech (2)
Emmanuel Onwubiko As much restriction or qualification of the right to freedom of expression is desirable and also constitutional, the operating words for any such restriction or qualification is that...
View ArticleOsinbajo’s aides: Now that Buhari has spoken
The recent dominant tone of public sentiments and reactions to the rumours of disagreement in the presidency, specifically, between President Muhammadu Buhari, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo -widely...
View ArticleOtedola’s heart of gold and Nigeria’s preventable poverty
Ayo Oyoze Baje “Let’s create wealth through the diligent, pioneering and innovative spirit of entrepreneurs, and share this wealth through the generous, selfless and dedicated spirit of...
View ArticleNew NDDC board needs a free hand
Richard Imafidon A popular adage says when the cat is away from the house the mouse has a field day. It does appear that the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from Nigeria has given the mouse in...
View ArticleAchebe: The doyen of the African idiom
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu IT is well-nigh impossible for November 16 to go by without much of the world remembering that the date is the birthday of Chinua Achebe. It needs stressing that Achebe is arguably...
View ArticleThe arcana of statecraft
Steve Osuji DISAMBIGUATING the above title, it simply means the secrets of running a government. You can also interpret it to mean the little things that matter the most in the art of governance; the...
View ArticleFashola, roads and the oil production sharing contract
MINISTER of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, must be shell-shocked at the outcome of his recent parley with the press. The event, at which he had hoped to obtain the understanding and cooperation...
View ArticleAchebe: The doyen of the African idiom
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu T is well-nigh impossible for November 16 to go by without much of the world remembering that the date is the birthday of Chinua Achebe. It needs stressing that Achebe is arguably...
View ArticleThe arcana of statecraft
Steve Osuji DISAMBIGUATING the above title, it simply means the secrets of running a government. You can also interpret it to mean the little things that matter the most in the art of governance; the...
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