this is written after a sober reflection on goings on in Nigeria. In the early sixties when we were undergraduates at the University of Ibadan, Malcolm X an American Muslim Minister and a civil rights activist gave a lecture at the Trenchad Hall. It was a surprise that hall did not collapse considering the sheer quantum of students and staff […]
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Ideally, democracy is meant to be a government of the people by the people for the people, but it has been twisted to be a contrary experience in Lagos State. For so long, the politics of Lagos State has always supported and benefitted only the privileged politicians, the elites, the hanger-ons, the henchmen of politicians, the ruthless enforcers, the transport […]
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• Respect the Constitution, candidates must attend town hall meeting, Arise TV insists • No manifesto, no debate, Tinubu tells Obi • Agbakoba: Presidential candidates must address illegitimacy of 1999 Constitution • Level of vote buying alarming, INEC Chairman laments • UK committed to transparent, credible electoral process in Nigeria • APC targets N5b donation with presidential crowdfunding app • […]
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AHEAD of the 2023 general elections, the immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has expressed worry over the monitisation of politics in the country. Professor Jega was the INEC Chairman when an opposition political political, the All Progressives Congress, APC, edged out the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015 […]
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Some Nigerian netizens have taken to social media to express their anger over the comment made by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in which he denied having a house in the United Kingdom. Buhari had revealed while responding to a question in a 25-second Twitter video posted by his Special Assistant on Digital Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, on Thursday, […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West zone, has kicked against the reported half salaries being paid to lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities by the Federal Government. NANS, in a statement by its SW zone, obtained on Thursday, and signed by its Coordinator, deputy Coordinator and Public Relations Officer; Adegboye Olatunji, Alao John and […]
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The Presidency has rejected the requests for the resignation of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk for his comments on the recent flooding that has devastated many states across the country. The Niger Delta Caucus in the House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fire Ms. Farouq for her comments that […]
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yourself having two daughters traveling along a route and you suddenly receive information that the very direction they were headed, a kidnap incident had happened some eight hours before and that vehicles from where the hapless victims were snatched away were still left on the road, with no one knowing the fate of the captives. That was my situation early […]
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By Temidayo Akinsuyi Lagos – The Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday said it is adopting the indirect primary method for the emergence of the party’s flagbearer in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in the state. The National Working Committee (NWC) had in the early hours of Friday said it has adopted direct primary […]
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Market women from the five Local Government Areas of Esanland – Esan West, Esan Central, Esan NorthEast, Esan SouthEast and Igueben shall be involved in an all Esan discussion on COVID-19 today at 4:30pm today, Monday 11th of May, 2020. Join in the streamed programme at any of the following facebook pages: 1. Johnbosco Ezehi 2.Esanbinoculars 3.Holy family media house […]
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