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Share AT the current rate which the nation is spiraling, it is hard to conclude that Nigeria will remain intact till the end of the 21st century, i.e., another 80 years from now. This is very optimistic. Why do I say this? I grew up during the colonial days and our teachers in Emmanuel Primary School, Ado-Ekiti, the only educational institution I ever attended, taught us about the sanctity of life. To drive their point home, they taught us such poems as “Yi ese re si apa kan, ma se pa kokoro ...

May 11, 2021 Lowani Mtonga 2 Comments On 14 July 2014 I wrote an article in The Nation newspaper under the headline ‘Do better on mining’ in which I urged government to establish a parastatal to actively participate in mining sector and not just watch foreign companies extracting minerals. Seven years down the line the government has done what it should have done many years ago. Actually Malawi used to have Mining Investment and Development Corporation (MIDCOR) which was vanished d...

All the principal officers of the University, colleagues, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. I wish to thank you immensely for giving me the opportunity to join and share this important 22nd Founder’s Day with you. I am here at a very significant time for our country and for Africa. What we choose to make of the challenges and as well, opportunities presented, will be critical for the development of Africa and our dear country.  COVID-19 has more than wreaked havoc on all areas of society....

The Abacha template might be one to look at again, with respect to setting up a dedicated Banking Malpractices Tribunal, given the critical place of banking in the economic development and the refusal of our bankers to live up to the requsite billing. We need such a Tribunal to save banking from the hands of bank ‘owners’ and their friends… As I ruminated the other week over the N21 billion Cosmas Maduka-Ifeanyi Ubah-Access Bank fiasco, one of the intriguing things that stood out for me, ...

Vanguard News I totally support CBN action on FBN On By Dele Sobowale Sometimes, there is divine intervention in what a regular columnist publishes. I had prepared another article which more or less told Nigerians to be prepared to eat grass as millions of farmers have now abandoned their farms. My Personal Assistant, PA, was asked to send it to the newspapers and online publications.  He discovered that more than half of the text had been mysteriously deleted. That was late Thursday, April ...

Tribute To An Exemplary Comrade And Leader By Denja Yaqub For us, younger people, we still learn from the humility and strong commitment of a comrade who have been deeply involved and still courageously and undauntingly leading us in the struggle, even at 80 when so many others had faltered. Professor Omotoye Olorode remain one of the heroes of my generation and even those before and after mine. He stands tall in all our struggles. by Denja Yaqub May 02, 2021 During the years when defiant acade...

By Femi Falana Comrades, friends, fellow compatriots, Ladies and Gentlemen, we are here to celebrate one of our very best; one of the best our continent can offer not just in terms of academic achievements and intellectualism, but also in clear-headed and consistent political activism and revolutionary practice. Professor Omotoye Olorode is not just an example in selflessness and sacrifice for the liberation of Nigeria and Africa, but also a study in humility and mentorship of generations. He i...

Vanguard News Innocent Chukwuma: Evergreen legacies that never fade On By Adewale Adeoye His death struck like lightning: swift, decisive and frightening. How can we humans disappear, like a loose kite in the sky, just like that, with all the knowledge, the wits, the future we all look at, like a far off blistering star? If death was thoughtful enough, Inno should not have been the next victim. If death had listed excellent people at the bottom of its roll call and villains on the top, Inno wo...

Punch Newspapers Sections ENIOLA AKINKUOTU Published 12:12 am In this piece, ENIOLA AKINKUOTU examines the life and times of activist, Yinka Odumakin, who died of COVID-19 complications on Friday Soldiers are formed not within the confines of quotidian comforts, but in the middle of struggles against tribulations in pursuit of a higher cause. This perhaps explains why the All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said on Saturday that the story of Nigeria’s current democratic di...

3 min read Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has narrated how late Yinka Odumakin, the ex-spokesperson of Afenifere, was expelled from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). Mr Odumakin died on Saturday at the intensive care unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital where he was being managed for respiratory issues due to complications from COVID-19. President Muhammadu Buhari and other dignitaries in the country had described Mr Odumakin as a man of conviction and a s...