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On Fashola’s Reversal Of LASU Fee
By Tayo Ogunbiyi One vital attribute every leader must possess in good measure is courage. Courage is the ability to…
Outcome Of Conference Of APC State Publicity Secretaries
By Jo Igbokwe On September 2, 2014, APC State Publicity Secretaries held a summit in Lagos. The body of State…
Can The Youths Deliver This Country?
By Rasak Musbau There is evidently the general agreement now that we need a fresh focus on governance and leadership…
Amosun And Ogun Housing Delivery
By Femi Onasanya My recent visit to the three newly constructed housing estates in Abeokuta by the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led…
Ikimi’s Diatribe Against Asiwaju And The Limit Of Political Buffoonery
By Idowu Ajanaku In the desperate search for political relevance, not a few Nigerian politician behave like common whores, throwing…
Boko Haram Republic Of Gwoza; A Bad Idea And Bad Omen
By Obinna Akukwe Boko Haram Republic of Gwoza is both a bad idea and a bad omen for Nigeria because…
Governor Amosun: A Man Of The People
By Ade Osijo Whenever a situation compels me to travel outside my populated abode in Apapa, Lagos state, as a…
Jeddy-Agba: A Governorship Aspirant At 56
By Michael Jegede Godwin Jeddy-Agba, an accomplished administrator and leading aspirant for the 2015 governorship contest on the platform of…
Terror On All Sides
By Richard W. Kropf In the biblical book of Jeremiah (20:3-4), the prophet tells the commander of the temple guard…
Ogbeni: On His Mandate They Firmly Stood
By Peter Claver Opara Nothing can best demonstrate the danger stalking democracy in the land, with PDP’s desperation to retain…
CCRSP: Creating A New Socio-Political And Economic Lifeline For Cross River
By Jacob Ajom The banquet hall of the Transcorp Hotels Calabar witnessed a different kind of gathering on 13 August,…
Treating National Security Issues With Parochial, Selfish Passion
By Mac Durugbo Recently, the national dailies carried on their front pages the arrest of 486 suspected Boko Haram members…
Need To Probe Illegal Issuance Of Nigerian Passports
By Rashid A. Balogun A rejected tiger cub is doomed. The lawyer might say, why would a tiger reject its…
Enugu Secret Impeachment Trial And Implications For Democracy
By Law Mefor Nigerian Governors have since become absolute rulers. Like ancient monarchs, those in whom all power is vested…
Tackling Illegal Mining And Dredging In Lagos
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The waterways stretching from Badagry to Epe, (with a Peninsular in between, a lagoon at the back…
Scoring Winning Goal Through Breastfeeding
By Bilikis Bakare Breastfeeding in practice and application is viewed as a human right issue by several international organisations including…
How Ebola Crisis Could Be Contained
By Mohammed M. Youssouf Following the death of more than 900 people in West Africa from the worst outbreak of…
Anambra Central And Umeh’s Senatorial Ambition
By Michael Jegede Chief Victor Umeh, an accomplished estate manager and surveyor is the national chairman of All Progressives Grand…
Behold The Wind Chaser Called Femi Aribisala
By Joe Igbokwe I remember I used this quotation from Dr. Edwin Madunagu when a certain leader from the South…
NIPR’s Strategy For Professionalism, Sustainable Democracy
By Nduka Uzuakpundu There is a plan being implemented, punctiliously, by the skippers of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations…
Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles A Fascinating Life
By Chimamanda Adichie As he turns 80, a look at Wole Soyinka’s unique memoirs, including his latest, ‘You Must Set…
Boko Haram: Before It Is Too Late
By Raymond Oise-Oghaede Countless advice and strategies have been offered by people from all walks of life to solving the…
Can Ndigbo Survive If Nigeria Implodes?
By Oscar Onwudiwe It is a fact that is self-evident that our country is plagued with ethnic/cultural prejudice, socio-political instability…
Serena Williams’ Resolve: A Great Lesson To Humanity
By Lajuwon Lasisi “Whatever happens to a man happens to him for his own good”. We are born as free…
Osun Governorship Election: Let’s Get It Right
By Raymond Oise-Oghaede All is now set for the Osun State governorship election slated for Saturday, 9 August and expectations…
C/wealth Games, Football And The Neglect Of Other Sports
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, represents one of the finest hours in the annals…
The Lagos Paternity And Maternity Leave Policy
By Bilikis Bakare Maternity leave, often called parental or family leave, is the time a mother or father takes time…
State Of Osun, The Land Of Chief Bola Ige Will Speak Loudly On August 9
By Joe Igbokwe History has shown that we forget things easily in Nigeria. We do not remember things easily, we…
The Metamorphosis Of Rural Lagos
By Adepeju Adeyemi Being the commercial nerve centre of the West African sub-region, the metropolitan outlook of Lagos has often…
Between Boko Haram And Ebola Virus
By Tayo Ogunbiyi These, indeed, are unusual times for mankind. Like never before, natural disasters, poverty, hunger, international conflicts and…