By Tunde Odesola When Frenchman Jules Rimet became FIFA President in 1921, his mission was to wean football off the dominance of the Olympic Games, and project it as the most popular sport, unifying people from all walks of life. EDITOR’S PICKS Another Police Shooting In Lagos As Officer Kills Lawyer NDLEA Seizes Colorado, Cannabis … Read more
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Originally, in the secular world, the State comes before the Church, because, by its institutional characteristics, it is the custodian of all other institutions. In other words, the State is the behemoth institution; co-existing, but superior to other social institutions. And that has been established since 1648! Thenceforward, the marriage between the … Read more
By abiodun KOMOLAFE In his book, ‘Emergency Politics: Paradox, Law, Democracy’, Bonnie Honig urges democracies to “resist emergency’s pull to focus on life’s necessities (food, security, and bare essentials).” According to him, “these tend to privatize and isolate citizens rather than bring us together on behalf of hopeful futures.” EDITOR’S PICKS JUST IN: Again, UK … Read more
By Tunde Odesola Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t born in a manger to a carpenter father and a virgin mother. His father was a soldier who fought in Angola for imperialist Portugal in the 1970s while his mother was a cleaner and cook. EDITOR’S PICKS Yuletide: “Crowd Control, Emergency Evacuation Plans…” – Lagos Issues Safety Tips 2023: … Read more
By Tunde Odesola The wine from the palm tree intoxicates the gourd in Iwo. Explaining the meaning of Oduduwa, the first ruler of Ile-Ife, the Oluwo says Oduduwa means a child that came into the world black – Ó-dúdú-wá. Coming from a supposed custodian of Yoruba culture and tradition, who expectedly should undergo a three-month … Read more
𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑮𝑮𝑳𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑫𝑬𝑴𝑶𝑪𝑹𝑨𝑪𝒀 𝑾𝑨𝑺 𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮, 𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑲𝑼 & 𝑷𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑶𝑩𝑰 𝑬𝒙𝒄𝒆r𝒑𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝑨𝑻 𝒃𝒚 The 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺. 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒉𝒆r 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕. EDITOR’S PICKS Tinubu Makes Fresh Push To Take Over South-South Ahead Of 2023 Elections Tinubu Jets Out To London, Shuns Arise TV’s Town … Read more
By Tunde Odesola The pig – washed off mud, slaughtered, cut up and cooked – becomes pork. Spiced with condiments and spread over a barbecue fire, its cured belly and sides become bacon, ham is the meat from its upper hinds – salted, dried or smoked. EDITOR’S PICKS Opinion!!! Oluwo and the Glorification of Ignorance … Read more
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Jokes apart, I am a fan of Nyesom Wike, the current Governor of Rivers State. He is a visionary and a revolutionary. He is also bold and sincere! Like Rauf Aregbesola, the amiable former Governor of Osun State, Wike has capacity and a bias for action. He is also a listener’s delight! … Read more
By Tunde Odesola Welcome to Ìwó, the ancient Yoruba land where the parrot sings in paradox the poetry of truth and treachery. The parrot is not a treacherous bird. For the Yoruba, the parrot is a sacred bird of historic symbolism, bearing on its head the feathers of truth, trampling underfoot the evil of treachery. … Read more
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE There is a need for a society to exist, to be conscious of its existence, and to have a vision. The values of the society determine the type of politics it gets. The type of politics it gets determines the profile and approach of governance obtainable within the given society. And the … Read more
The Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Gregory Obi has, once again, woven another web of lies around himself. This one happened a few days ago during a project commissioning in Rivers State. EDITOR’S PICKS 2023: APC Drums Support For Tinubu, Shettima In Osun Peter Obi Meets Pastor David Ibiyeomie Amid Election Preparations Drugs Allegation: Tinubu … Read more
By GBADEBO ADEAGBO For so many years, Nigeria bestrides the oil and gas sector in the world like a colossus on the strength of her vast abundance of crude oil reserves and its higher quality. EDITOR’S PICKS Peter Obi’s Investments For Anambra Now Worth Next To Nothing – Soludo 11 Killed, 20 Vehicles Burnt In … Read more
Just as former president Olusegun Obasanjo said in his book “My Watch” about Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his vice president, that he would stop at nothing to realize his set objectives no matter how unethical and morally reprehensible, it is important, once again, for the Tinubu/Southwest Media Veterans Support Group to bring to the Nigerian public … Read more
President Joe Biden’s approval rating edged higher with just a week to go before U.S. midterm elections when his Democratic Party is expected to lose control of the House of Representatives, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday found. Eko Hot Blog reports that the two-day national poll found that 40% of Americans approve of … Read more
By Tunde Odesola ‘Let’s talk about sex’ was a monster hit released in August 1991 by an all-female, Grammy award-winning American hip-hop group, Salt-N-Pepa. EDITOR’S PICKS 2023: Publish Sources Of Your Campaign Funds — SERAP Tells Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, Others JUST IN: NAF Air Strikes Kill Scores Of Boko Haram Terrorists In Borno 2023: PDP … Read more
By Bashorun J.K. Randle While reflecting on the debacle over the demolition of J.K. Randle Memorial Hall and whatever Femi Majekodunmi did (or did not do), I cannot in all fairness draw any conclusion until I engage in further discussions with Femi Adeniyi-Williams, my fellow Trustee in case I am guilty of false recollection (or … Read more
By FEMI ODERE Dele Momodu’s response to the APC Tinubu/Shettima manifesto and action plan released a few days ago, which he called himself interrogating, even if the interrogation was tepid and disjointed, by virtue of his position as the Director, Strategic Communications of the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign for 2023 makes an interesting, if not amusing … Read more
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The value a society places on the philosophy of service to the nation no doubt influences an individual’s decision to work for his or her fatherland. The first prime instinct of man and necessity for human survival is that man works to earn a living and be able to feed himself and … Read more
The attention of Tinubu/Southwest Media Veterans Support Group has been drawn to the meeting, whose video version is now trending on social media, the former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had with the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and other Arewa Groups on Saturday, October 15, 2022. … Read more
For someone who’s desirous of presiding on the governance affairs of a multi-ethnic nationalities such as Nigeria as Peter Gregory Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate is trying to do, his little lies of having only one wrist watch and sleeping in the cheapest hotels when he was governor of Anambra State for eight years … Read more