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By Festus Adedayo One phenomenon that cannot be denied in Nigeria today is hunger. Nigerian people are hungry. Very unusually, no one – politicians, elected government functionaries or their appendages – has been able to allege…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that electricity generation in Nigeria began in Lagos in 1886. Therefore, one…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE We are in a time of pronounced change of thinking in a positive direction in Nigeria after decades of misadventures. To support this change, we must focus on the key policies and drivers of reform in order…

By Festus Adedayo Nigeria of the 1950s and early 1960s had very many interesting personalities. Western Region had its fair share of such. One of them was a man named Suara Sobo Akande (Sobo is pronounced as Sorbor). He was a…

ʙʏ ᴄᴏᴍʀᴀᴅᴇ ᴠɪᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴏᴊᴇɪ ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀʀʟʏ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴡᴏɴɢ ʙᴏx ʟᴇᴀᴅ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪsᴛ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ɴɪɢᴇʀɪᴀɴ ʀɪɢʜᴛs ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ғᴇᴇʟ ғʀᴇᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ᴜs ᴠɪᴀ ᴡʜᴀᴛsᴀᴘᴘ ᴏɴ 08038785262 ɪɴ ʀᴇᴄᴇɴᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇs, ɪᴛ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ʟᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ…

By Festus Adedayo Nigerians have indeed suffered tremendously in the last one year. Not strictly the hunger tugging at our bellies. That pestilence of hunger was brilliantly conveyed by the whammy soundbite, “Ebi npa wa o” as…

By Festus Adedayo Last Tuesday’s cultural display of the Ijebu people of Ogun State in their yearly Ojude Oba festival caught the eyes of the world. Translated as Festival of the King’s Courtyard, it has over the years been one…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE From the track records of Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, his appointment into the hitherto moribund National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) is well…

By Christian ABURIME Is Governor Soludo a magician? This is the poser most ndi Anambra are still grappling to decipher! Magicians are known to be persons who can conjure something out of nothing, can perform…

By Festus Adedayo President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day broadcast of June 12, 2024, did Ibadan incalculable dishonour. The speech celebrated the heroes of Nigeria’s 25 years of civil rule with a very scant mention of Ibadan’s…