Awo: Humanising an earthly god
THE select crowd that gathered at the Obafemi Awolowo’s Efunyela Hall in Ikenne, Ogun State on that Thursday, May 4,…
Edo: Breaking the yoke of chaos, filth
Anyone who was familiar with the unsightliness and disorderliness that defined the King’s Square and its environs in the famous…
PMB and the limits of endurance
WHEN President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) entered the presidential race in 2015, he might not have appreciated, as a fact, that…
Maximising Ogun’s potential as industrial hub
One is almost tempted to suggest to school heads to take secondary school students on a “formal” excursion to the…
Tribute to Senator Adegbenga Kaka @ 65
twO events will coalesce to bear testimony to the passion and person of one of the very illustrious sons of…
The return of Chibok women
WHETHER the deal with the Boko Haram insurgents to secure the release of the then abducted girls of Chibok is…
Of 2017 Hajj fare, NAHCON’s reforms
WHAT will the Hajj fare for the 2017 Hajj be? Without any atom of doubt, this is the most resounding…
The state of IDP camps
OFTENTIMES, we hear of IDPs. Perhaps most of us know that IDP stands for Internally Displaced Persons, but what more…
Humanising Saraki’s persona
SENATE President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki means so many things to so many people. To some, Dr. Saraki is a…
Corruption: The rotten barrel
A proverbial saying that has been used by many to describe how corruption spreads is “A rotten apple spoils the…
Herdsmen and farmers clashes, for how long?
IN the 60s while we were attending primary school, we were taught the history of the early man. We were…
Antidotes to the sacred cows
BLOOD and tears flow like the river in Benue, Nassarawa, Enugu, Niger, Plateau, and the Niger Delta states as the…
Ambode’s peculiar humility
I have read some articles about the Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration since he mounted the saddle two years ago. I read…
The denouement of Babachir Lawal
“WE are victims of our actions; our destinies are controlled by the cosmic rolls of the dice, the whims of…
Tribute to Prof. Isaac Adewole at 63
HIS story vividly illustrates the popular saying that the best reward for hard work is an opportunity to do more.…
Democracy, nation-building and national development
HISTORY has shown that once a trend starts in the international system, it usually runs its full course as we…
Tackling the North/South dichotomy
THE North-South dichotomy is not a subject that one talks about without understanding. It evokes a lot of passion from…
FG, Discos, let there be light…
many electricity subscribers are still wondering why a country that prides itself as the ‘Giant of Africa’ with huge natural…
Still on the legacy of NA 7
ADEBAYO: The Commander-in-Chief and myself agreed….. Ojukwu: No: we have not appointed anyone Commander-in-Chief. Adebayo: Can we not appoint a…
MMA2 @ 10: Lessons for private investors
THe 16th American President, Abraham Lincoln, once said: “It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to…
