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Nigerian Insecurity: Buhari Rise Up! By Tony Ademiluyi Listen to article Boko Haram which was founded in 2002 by the late Mohammed Yusuf assumed a militant and deadly approach in 2009 after his untimely death in the hands of the security agencies. Before now Nigerians were once referred to as the happiest people in the globe and the thoughts of suicide bombing in our shores seemed so far fetched. Borno, Yobe and Adamawa became theatres of war overnight as bombs were freely detonated with alarming alacrity. Abuja, the political capital wasn’t also spared as the United Nations building and Thisday were bombed with Boko Haram claiming responsibility for it. ....
Michael Jackson was a legend in his lifetime and even a bigger one in death as he sold more records after he passed on than he did in his entire lifetime. He was a very controversial figure known for his morbid love for the Caucasian race which made him do a plastic surgery to look white which later added to his plethora of challenges. One recurring decimal in his life was his alleged sexual molestation of male minors. This haunted him throughout his chequered life and saw him lose a vast fortune to court settlements. It was only by a hair’s breadth that he avoided any form of conviction. ....
The Platform was conceptualized by Pastor Poju Oyemade to be the hub for intellectual discourse among the news and policy makers to tackle knotty national challenges plaguing the nation. Year after year, it offers robust interventions and each edition is usually a delight to watch by journalists as well as citizens both high and low. The May 1 edition for this year featured the Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi as one of the speakers with the theme: Is Devolution of powers the solution to Nigeria’s problems? In his speech, Fayemi stirred the hornets’ nest by making a subtle attack on a core aspiration by the majority of the current crop of Nigerian youths when he said: “Don’t succumb to despondency, there is a lot to hail in this country. There is a lot to frustrate you, a lot to want to make you give up and pick that visa and go to Canada,” the governor told the youths. ....
Jose Mourinho means so many things to different people. Some see him as very controversial. Others see him as loud mouthed and arrogant with poor human relations. Few people know that the special one as he is fondly called even though many of his critics question that sobriquet is that he was once a professional footballer. Yes, his father was also a manager of Rio Ave, a club in his native Portugal and he played there as well as in two other clubs. He quit the round leather game at the tender age of 24 as a midfielder as he lacked the pace and power required to be a successful professional. His concerned mother tried to enroll him in a business school but he dropped out on the first day to focus on coaching. ....
1984: Return Of Press Gagging, By Tony Ademiluyi During the struggle for the emancipation of Ireland, some members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) granted interviews with private media houses in England without the sledge hammer falling on them. by Tony Ademiluyi Apr 27, 2021 The Caption of this piece is taken from George Orwell’s Master Piece ‘1984’ arguably one of the best books written in literature and his second most popular novel after the Evergreen ‘Animal Farm.’ The novel describes the agony of the proletariat in an unnamed Socialist State and how their every word is muscled. Freedom of Speech is alien there and those who dare to speak up pay dearly for it. The concept of ‘Big Brother’ which is the Sobriquet for the gagging of the press has its origins in this literary work. ....