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When the state turns the law against dissent under Tinubu’s watch

When the state turns the law against dissent under Tinubu’s watch

By KOLAWOLE OLANIYAN  It is happening again. Under President Bola Tinubu, Nigerians are facing an increasingly repressive political and legal environment. Like the Muhammadu Buhari government before it, the Tinubu administration is making an utter mockery of Nigeria’s constitutional and international obligations to respect human rights and uphold the rule of law. There is something […]
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PDP: Time for defectors to return

PDP: Time for defectors to return

When I take a graphic look and do not see some persons that were our men and women anymore in the PDP political ship, I ask, what happened?

Celebrating Otuaro at 50

Celebrating Otuaro at 50

I found it most instructive of recent when the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, described his deputy, Dcn (Barr.) Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, as a choice God had made for him, going further to note Otuaro’s contribution to peace-building across the state, quite apart from his other sterling credentials as an able deputy.

Boosting rural agriculture in Ogun

Boosting rural agriculture in Ogun

It was another historic day in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Friday, April 13, 2018. One thousand (1000) rural women from the three senatorial districts of the state received ten thousand (10,000) Noiler chickens under the state government’s women empowerment programme in collaboration with the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation.

Reviving the Steel Industry for Economic Development

Reviving the Steel Industry for Economic Development

Thanks to corruption, poor management, sponsored sabotage and  fake news/barriers created by competitors/importers afraid of competition, professional litigants, many Nigeria’s industrial initiatives have either collapsed or were abandoned. Nigeria’s steel industry is one of the key economic sectors abandoned by the past administrations in the country, and no reasonable government can afford to see such huge investments go into waste.

2018: Why I want to be Ekiti governor – Muyiwa Coker, APC aspirant

2018: Why I want to be Ekiti governor – Muyiwa Coker, APC aspirant

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Muyiwa Coker, has explained why he is in the race.  According to Coker, he wants to use the office of governor to better the lot of Ekiti people. Coker spoke during his tour of the 16 local government areas of the state to meet with  party members during which he presented his  agenda. The governorship election holds in July.

Segun Oni and the sports revolution we missed

Segun Oni and the sports revolution we missed

There was once, in the recent history of Ekiti State, when an administration deliberately set out to ignite genuine sports development of a creative and mass dimension involving young people at the earliest moments of formal learning.

Inside the UNIBEN Academia Industry

Inside the UNIBEN Academia Industry

Prof. Faraday Osasere Orumwense, on November 30, 2014, assumed office as the 9th Vice-Chancellor of UNIBEN. Prior to his appointment, he had over two decades of experience in university administration, the last being his appointment as pioneer Rector of Efo State owned Institute of Management and Technology, Usen.

Why I’ll vote Buhari again and again – Adesina

Why I’ll vote Buhari again and again – Adesina

The greatest talking point in our country this week has been the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would seek a second term in office next year. And naturally so. Desire by any President, whether positive or negative, should elicit great interest in the citizenry. The President that should be pitied is the one that says something, and the people just shrug, unconcernedly. He is of all men the most miserable.

Ekweremadu: Diversity Not Our Problem

Ekweremadu: Diversity Not Our Problem

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has faulted the notion that the Nigeria’s diversity is the cause of her internal divisiveness and wrangling.