By Wole Soyinka Wednesday, December 23, 2020 marked the 19th year rememberance of the gruesome killing of the then Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. Till date, his assailants or their sponsors are yet to be found or prosecuted. Pundits believe that the failure of the state to resolve this kind of high- Read more
OPINION By Yusuph Olaniyonu Even outside public office, the Waziri of Ilorin has not stopped the philanthropic endeavours he inherited from his late father, Dr. Olusola Abubakar Saraki who was the immediate Past Wazirin Geri Ilorin. Since he left the Nigerian Senate in June 2019 as its president, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has remained relevant Read more
OPINION By Layi Deinde Shame! Shame!! Shame!!! Shame number 1: 1965 Nigeria’s first oil refinery, at Alesa Eleme near Port Harcourt, began operations in late 1965 with a capacity of 38,000 barrels per day, enough to meet domestic requirements at the time. Please note 38,000 BPD! Shame 2: Money spent to import fuel in five Read more
OPINION By Agbaje Wale The Greek gift of the Joju – Ojuore road measuring 1.3km is a slap on our collective face as a people. It is a shame that while Ado-Odo / Ota Local Government got 1.3km road, Ijebu- Ode North got 7km and Abeokuta that already has several good roads got additional 3.41km. Read more
Opinion By Bolaji ADENIJI It is a dark time in Nigeria and the environment is enveloped in gloom and the putrid smell of human blood. I warned in an article, #EndSARS Protests: Deepening And Calibrating The Agitation, I wrote two days ago and also on a radio programme same day that, Mr President and his Read more
By: Bolaji ADENIJI Opinion As the #EndSARS protests continue, let me salute every Nigerian Youth that has persevered over the last 14 days. The protests started as a rejection of Police Brutality but within the past few days, it has transformed and raised more fundamental issues of governance. The Youths now demand wholesome reforms in Read more
Opinion From the “directionless, unstable” and “nose-diving” state of the economy, to the deplorable security situation of the country On a day like this, I remember President Muhammadu Buhari’s 60th Independence Anniversary Address to Nigerians and my heart bleeds! From the “directionless, unstable” and “nose-diving” state of the economy, to the deplorable security situation of the country, only a fool will fail to recognize that the story of Nigeria has become one, same, worn-out, yearly ritual. While human beings are still Read more
Opinion First off, the Nigerian “Lazy” Youths have woken up from their long slumber and now roaring. For far too long in our tainted history, the capacity of the masses – to rise up to the status quo – has been pathetically low. The Nigeria state and it’s institutions have subjugated the people and forced Read more
Opinion By Bolaji Adeniji After sixty years of independence from the superintendence of British imperialists, the Nigerian nation – just like a somnolent spider – lays recumbent on the web of time and continues to luxuriate in its own arena of stymied socioeconomic development. Not even the frenzy by other nations of the world to Read more
By Victor Ganzallo “This throws up a pertinent question about a growing ominous trend that has been noticed in Lagos in recent time, the situation of siting gas plants within residential areas.” Opinion The very unfortunate explosion of a gas plant that occurred yesterday around Iju-Ishaga-Ajuwon axis in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State Read more
