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Share The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, speaks on issues of national importance in this interview by BOLA BADMUS. Excerpts:   What do you make of security presently in the South, particularly the South West? I think the security threat in the region has reduced drastically through the efforts of the different security groups. There are lots of things that happen behind the scenes. We are making every effort to ensure adequate security in the South West. We are using differ...

By Olusegun Adeniyi The bombshell memoir of the late Eme Awa, a professor of political science and former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), was completed 25 years ago in December 1995 and six years before his death in March 2000. Mrs. Selome Awa (Mummy Awa as we call her) published it posthumously. I was availed a copy ahead of its presentation. It tells a compelling story of the political journey of Nigeria before and after independence, the mutual ethnic suspicions that ult...

Yinka Olatunbosun A beat freak would certainly move to the signature drums that often precedes the music of the original bad boy of Apala music, Ayinla Omowura. Also known by the moniker Anigilaje, he was a successful musician who lived a troubled and flamboyant life in his Abeokuta roots. Born in Itoko, Ayinla built a music empire and battled for supremacy on and off the stage all his life. In 2021, which incidentally makes it 41 years since Ayinla’s death, the ace cinematographer and cultur...

Daily Post Nigeria Published An Egba Chief, Toyin Amuzu has lamented the sudden rise in untimely deaths among Nigerians, especially youths in their prime. Amuzu expressed worry that Nigeria is fast losing brilliant and promising citizens of all ages to the cold hand of death. The Leragun of Igbein Abeokuta said most of the deaths were avoidable if Nigerians had made it a habit to regularly examine themselves medically. According to him, most diseases killing Nigerians could have been treated or...

Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City Youths and motorists in Urokuosa community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area in Edo State, blocked the road yesterday to protest against incessant insecurity on the Benin-Auchi-Lokoja Road. The protest, which was the second in less than a month‎, forced long vehicular queues on both sides of the road and left commuters stranded for several hours. It was gathered that the protest was provoked by an alleged attack of a Toyota Sienna space bus by suspected Fulani he...

Education. Photo: GOOGLE Sir: Beloved, there are more churches and mosques put together than educational institutions on the African continent. This is why it has been so difficult to achieve meaningful progress and development. This is why mediocrity and poverty pervade the land as religion has been the opium of the masses. Knowledge is power.   Lack of meaningful education that leads to acquisition of knowledge which in turn brings along with power, is what has kept our continent at the bot...

Femi Ezekiel Governance in any form transcends the old practices of making empty promises whereby the people would easily fall for half-truths, deceit and pretence in the name of playing politics. Aside from the well-known primary duty of any responsible government in improving the lots of the citizenry in terms of economic empowerment, it is remarkable that taking dividends of democracy to the doorsteps of the people is to reward them for the trust they have in the leadership to provide basic ...

Share Prominent Nigerian filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, has once again proven his theatrical rendition in ‘Ayinla’ as he has done in his previously directed groundbreaking movies. After about six years of interregnum from movie production, Kelani chronicled the life of Apala music maestro, Ayinla Yusuf with the stage name “Ayinla Omowura” aka “Anigilaje”. The choice of Lateef Adedimeji playing the lead role of Ayinla in the movie grows the love of the audience for the celebrated actor. Hi...

June 12 carries huge significance for older Nigerians. It was on this date in 1993 that the presidential election was held for the first time since the 1983 military coup.

The election, adjudged to be the most peaceful, credible and fair in the history of the country, was annulled by the military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.