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Sunday Igboho and the Malala Yousafzai spirit, By Babafemi A. Badejo The Federal Government can only shoot a body or jail a person. They cannot shoot his/her dreams. Sunday-Igboho Sunday Igboho’s dream of a just, fair, equitable treatment for his people has already been kindled and it cannot be killed through incarceration or elimination. In fact, the FGN is unwittingly making Sunday Igboho a martyr when he should not have been one, among a sophisticated and highly educated people. But since the Yoruba lack selfless visionary leaders, there is room for an activist like Sunday Igboho. I am a...

The battle to renew the Nigerian union based on equity, justice and fairness has undoubtedly gained some significant traction. It is perhaps only the standpatters that are recalcitrant to this quest because of short-term gains from a badly skewed state structure. The path of wisdom is to negotiate and do the right thing for the interest of present and unborn generations in line with changing global dynamics so that our country becomes truly a place where peace and justice shall reign.  This is the inclination of the Southern governors who within a space of two months gathered twice to under...

Segun James The 17 governors of the Southern states will today meet in Lagos to continue their search for the solution to the problems confronting the country. The first meeting of the forum held on May 11, was hosted by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State with 15 of the 17 governors in attendance. The meeting was chaired by the Chairman of Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu. The governors had at the end of the meeting, issued a 12-point resolution, which included the ban on open grazing in all the states and the call for restructuring, among others. T...

Interview Prof. Tunde Adeniran, a former Minister of Education and the immediate past National Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP), has served Nigeria in diverse capacities between 1985 when he was part of the Nigerian delegation to the 40th Session of the United Nations and 2020, when he announced his disengagement from partisan politics. In this interview with Gboyega Akinsanmi, Adeniran spoke extensively about hydra-headed challenges undermining Nigeria’s unity and proposed multi-tiered solutions to pull the federation from the brink In September 2020, you resigned as the Nation...

Segun James Seventeen governors of Nigeria’s southern states will on Monday converge on Lagos for the second time this year to continue their search for solution to the myriad of problems confronting the country. At the last meeting, hosted by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and attended by 15 of the 17 southern governors, they arrived at a 12-point resolution, which included the banning of open grazing in all the states. Sources said the meeting on Monday in Lagos would examine the progress made regarding the Asaba Declaration, examine oppositions to some of the demands and come up w...