Is Soyinka, The god, Unraveling? By Festus Adedayo
Kongi, Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, a deity before whom many Nigerians tether goats, sprinkle oil, pour libations and offer ekuru
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Opinion
The CJN On Wheelchair By Festus Adedayo
“If you are unlucky not to have a representative in the judicial council, even if you are innocent,
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Emilokan – A Dubious But Very Brilliant PR Strategy
This was going to be a very tough campaign. It would have needed the most brilliant PR strategist in the
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Tinubu, Atiku, Obi and The Game Of History By Dare Babarinsa
In 48 hours, Nigerians will troop out to elect their next President. It would be the 11th General Elections since
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EKEDC: Improving Quality of Lives Through Reliable, Stress-free Services
In its business of distributing electricity to its teeming customers, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has not relented in improving
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Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Accepting The Child of Necessity
By Sen Soji Akanbi Expectedly, the announcement of Senator Kashim Shetima by the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag-bearer,
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Dowen College: Is The Chicken Coming Home To Roost?
By Olu Adebayo When the news of the death of Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos first
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Why Ogun Chieftaincy Law Is Human-oriented
Beyond this historical facts and analysis is to examine the arguments of stakeholders, the ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ of the new Ogun Chiefs Law. The argument of the traditionalists and quoting a frontline “Osugbo” Remo leader and the group’s Vice Chairman, “a dead person has lost his right under the law”, and that nobody forced people to become an Oba. They stated that the law was an affront on the traditional institution, insisting that government is playing down culture and traditions by passing the law.
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Why Tinubu Must Never Be Nigeria’s President
Within the span of his Lagos governorship of eight years, from someone who those who knew him said was passably well-to-do, Tinubu grew a monstrous wealth, such that a 2015 back page opinion piece in the Sun newspaper claimed he owned almost half of Lagos and urged Buhari to clone the Vladimir Putin method with which the Russian president neutralized drug czars who funded his presidential emergence. Within this period, Tinubu also acquired a humongous political influence in Lagos and outside of it that could rank that of Pharaohs and emperors of old. In 2007, an ex-governor, who witnessed the miasma of power flakes encircling him as he arrived the Lagos airport, jealously told me that it was godlike.
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Sylvester Oromoni: Now That The Autopsy Report Is Out
By Olu Adebayo This will be my second intervention since the unfortunate demise of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr.; the
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