By Seye Olumide. The Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) of the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), formed and headed by the party’s national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wielded the big stick recently. In a swift move, GAC proscribed all groupings in the party after its meeting on Wednesday. The shock wave reverberated across … Read more
By Fredrick Nwabufo One of the many contraptions that have defied contrivance and evolution in Nigeria is our politics. We still practise the basest, vilest and crudest kind of politics. In fact, there is a more transparent and disciplined political system in the animal kingdom than there is in our country. Some studies have shown … Read more
The last couple of weeks have been a baleful one for the united state of America. This is so as the once bastion of human freedom became the hotbed of political unrest and civil disobedience. The death of 46-year-old Floyd George further validated the social inequality and racial discrimination that have become ingrained in the … Read more
By Adewale Abdul Twenty-seven years after the historic election of June 12, 1993, globally adjudged to be the freest, fairest and most peaceful election in Nigeria to date, Nigerians at home and abroad will be celebrating, for the first time, the real D-day as the ‘Democracy Day.’ Any honest review of our nation’s political history … Read more
CNN; SKY; AL Jazeera; BBC; NBC; Netflix, and the other major global news channels have a new rival – RESILIENCE TV. Its “USP” [Unique Selling Proposition] is that it does not repeat any news item and no streaming either. If you miss an item, its gone forever. No Breaking News either for that matter. The … Read more
The best institution in the world was not chosen based on how beautiful the structure was! It was appointed as the best institution because the impact of the students was felt! When you and I do something beyond extraordinary in the society, the glory will definitely go to NIJ because someone will ask someone else … Read more
This Friday, the Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu’s administration will be one year old in office. One year in the life of an administration means a lot to it: it is good enough time to assess a government whether it is in course or it is floundering. The Sanwoolu Administration is a child of circumstance and necessity. … Read more
I have picked up my pen to write on what politicians in Edo State and Ondo State should consider as a paramount value before and after the coming elections. What is that supposed to be if not Love! Love is an essential prerequisite to getting good governance in our country, Nigeria, at this political level … Read more
Why a photojournalist should be well respected on any occasion we find him or her! A reporter that attended a newsworthy event may rewrite his story from all the reports he gathered from different sources at the event but a photojournalist could not readjust his shots after the event. So, this means the photojournalist … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the entire world – the future of everything and the world of work, but perhaps the most visible effect of this disruption is most felt in the financial services sector, the markets and the global economy. In this regard, the banking sector is one of the most gravely impacted. It … Read more
Experts have predicted that COVID-19 may remain a crisis much longer than 2022, with “up to 70% of the world’s population” becoming infected. Amid this mess, elections are billed to hold in Nigeria in 2023, in line with constitutional provisions. If, in the worst-case scenario, COVID-19 subsists beyond 2022, what then does the future hold … Read more
Everyone is born with a special endowment that could either be polished with education or naturally acceptable in society. However, I have not said that education is not a priority in the life of individuals, as gifts or talents do need education back up to be well accepted by society. Well, some of the endowment … Read more
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was just struggling to be a banker right from her childhood, but the determination with persistence has taken her somewhere else better. Okonjo-Iweala is one of the Nigerian citizens who have gone beyond fifty years of age but worth emulating by youths who have been dreaming to be great in life. Well, let … Read more
Detest him with every fibre in your vein, treasure him with every air you breathe or be apathetic to his style, philosophy, and essence, Ayobamidele Abayomi Ojutelegan Ajani Momodu is a man you could say has fulfilled his destiny at 60. Dele Momodu is a member of the exclusive club of personalities who have unlocked … Read more
By Ambassador Dapo Fafowora What I have written in this long piece is just some of my personal experience and encounter with him. Everything I have written here is in my memoirs ‘Lest I Forget ‘which he has seen and read. I know him quite well. I was the one who in 1981 brought him … Read more
Thursday, May 14, 2020, will mark Leah Sharibu’s 17th year of existence on earth. By that day, she will also have gone deeper into her 3rd year as a captive in Boko Haram’s custody, ministering to the needs of the terrorists in an unfamiliar desert terrain. Lest we forget, Leah was abducted, alongside 109 other female … Read more
In my opinion, if the First Lady of a country is wished well other mothers in that country are automatically blessed. Read Also: Bukky Wright Joins Other Colleagues To celebrate Adebayo Salami At 67 However, one of the major clauses which are familiar with the president of Nigeria and which Nigerians will always recall in … Read more
There are many insinuations going on that the Lagos State Government may call for another locked down if attention for the social distancing rule is not taken accordingly. Read Also: Is Nigeria Really The Giant Of Africa The general rules to contain this deadly pandemic in the whole world is to take the social distancing … Read more
About thirty years ago at the Metropolitan Club, Kofo Abayomi Street (named after Kole’s father, Sir (Dr.) Chief Kofo Adekunle Abayomi) on Victoria Island, Lagos the hugely cerebral artist (Sculptor and Painter) Professor Ben Enwonwu pulled me aside just before the weekly Tuesday lunch to conspiratorially whisper as he surveyed the empty tables which would … Read more
It is very essential to look at any phenomena or occurrence that calls for public intervention from different perspectives. Many experts have reacted to the issue of the Al-majiris playing adamantly to the rules of the government against coronavirus pandemic. Read Also: Obey The government’s Order, Ali Baba Urges Nigerians Al-majiris are some people that … Read more