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    It is the Turn of Alaafin Owoade

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Every ascension of an Alaafin is an important moment in Yoruba history.  So is it with the coming of our father, Alaafin Abimbola Akeem Owoade, who began his reign with the symbolic outing in Oyo on Saturday March 29, 2025.  The Alaafin traditionally […] More

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    Gov Okpebholo: Because I am Involved

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow From Fred Itua At every defining moment in a nation’s journey, the call to give account of stewardship becomes not just necessary but inevitable. This duty is more profound for those whom providence has favoured to sit at the helm, guiding the affairs […] More

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    Is The Concept of Creating National Industrial Champions Wrong?

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow In recent years, the debate, around granting Tax waivers and Tax holidays to industrialists, has intensified. Some hold the view, that these policies, promote  favouritism, and enrich a few individuals, to become stupendously rich, without giving them credit for what they have contributed […] More

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    Drunken Captains of a Sinking Ship

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ronald Reagan, former President of the US, once said that “African leaders spend like drunken sailors; only that drunken sailors spend their own money while African leaders spend public money”. This opinion decries endemic corruption and the resultant underdevelopment in Africa; it reflects […] More

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    Babangida and The Restless Ghosts of His Friends

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Despite his long absence from the epicentre of power, General Ibrahim Babangida remains a subject of constant fascinations. The attention commanded by his recently published autobiography, My Journey in Service, attests to his hold on the public imagination for good or evil. Love […] More

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    2027 Ogun Guber: Blackmailing Egbas as a Political Strategy

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Another gubernatorial election circle is coming up in Ogun State in the year 2027.As was the case during previous ones in the current Fourth Republic, some arguments are being thrown up, mostly bothering on blackmail, asking the Egbas not to contest. “It is […] More

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    Is The Judiciary Complicit in the Osun State Local Government Debacle?

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow INTRODUCTION In a landmark decision in ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION V. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ABIA STATE & ORS (2024) LPELR-62576(SC) last year, the Supreme Court gave the local government system full autonomy, warning governors to keep their political fingers off Local Government […] More

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    Babangida’s Confession And Atonement: Quo Vadis?

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow I have carefully read and listened to former Nigerian military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s public remorse and regrets over the atrocious annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential elections. He did this 32 whopping years later. I want to very quickly say […] More

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    Is IGP Egbetokun a Pretender to the Throne?

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow INTRODUCTION Is Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun legally recognised as such under our extant laws, or is he but a pretender to the throne (office of the IGP)? I shall attempt in this writeup to answer this question. This is because there […] More

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