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From inception, there had been a seeming misconception that feminism was about rivalry between male and female genders. But Ekiti State First Lady, Erelu Bisi Fayemi thinks otherwise, writes Victor Ogunje Most appalling has been the fact that most of the proponents of feminism on the African continent, had painted an erroneous impression that it was a muscle-flexing game between the two opposing sexes and a desperate contrivance to bring men under control and suppress their chauvinistic posturing. But, for Erelu Bisi Fayemi, the First Lady of Ekiti State, her brand of feminism negates this be...

By Victor Ogunje The federal government has disclosed that Nigeria has lost thousands of its citizens to substandard products, saying the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has been empowered to arrest, confiscate and prosecute any person with substandard products. The apex government, therefore, urged the SON, Nigeria’s sole statutory body vested with the responsibility of standardising and regulating the quality of all products, to work out strategies that will rid Nigeria of counterfeit goods. The Minister of Industry, Trade & Investments, Chief Niyi Adebayo expressed this concern at...

Victor Ogunje An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court in Ekiti State has remanded Muhammed Abubakar Ardo Duni, 50, and Bello Mohammed, 35, in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly kidnapping a monarch in the state, Oba David Oyewumi. The Magistrate Court presided over by Abdulameen Lawal granted the order to remand the duo pending legal advice from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The prosecutor, Bamikole Olasunkanmi, requested for the order to allow him forward the duplicate case file to the office of DPP for legal advice. The accused persons were alleged to have...

Victor Ogunje i The Ekiti State Government has distributed 70,000 various species of tree seedlings to serve as a springboard for aggressive afforestation move in the state. Speaking in Ado Ekiti yesterday, the state Commissioner for Environment, Iyabo Fakunle-Okieimen, said the gesture became imperative to prevent the forests from going into extinction. The seedlings are those of Obeche, Afara, APA, Teak, Parkia, Brachystegia, Ayunre, Mahogany, Gmelina, Mansonia, Nutmeg), Ure, Ijebu, Ayin and Idigbo. The commissioner, who frowned at the indiscriminate deforestation without replacement, which...

Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti A Yoruba rights activist, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo (a.k.a Sunday Igboho) yesterday threatened that there would not be any election in the Southwest in 2023, saying the people of Yoruba Nation were weary of Nigeria. Igboho added that the Yoruba people could no longer tolerate the feudal and political dominance in the federation, which he said, had been a source of concern nationwide. He made these remarks yesterday during a pro-Yoruba Nation rally he addressed in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, where thousands of youths trooped out to welcome him. Before his arrival, a...