UNILORIN: Egbewole’s First Year of Transformative Leadership
“My vision for the University of Ilorin is all about attaining global reckoning as a 21st Century University and the best in Africa. This is not a tall dream as I believe strongly in the human capital of this University. Together, we can take the University to the topmost league in Africa if we are…
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Ajia @ 44: The Beautiful Bride and His Political Riveting Factors in Kwara Politics
By Abdulrahman Aliagan In the heart of Kwara state and Nigeria, there is an emerging political figure that has captured the attention of many. Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia, The President and Chief Executive Officer of Funab Group of Companies – a name that evokes admiration, respect, and awe. He is a beautiful bride who…
Obaship in an Era of Palliatives
By abiodun KOMOLAFE In an interview with journalists recently, the _Elegboro of Ijebu-Jesa_ in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Moses Oluwafemi Agunsoye stated that _“no one can sit on the throne as a monarch nowadays without having good money”._ According to the first class monarch, _“gone are those days when…
Like Betta, Nigerian Youth Can Do Better
By Sunday Oyinloye As the world marks International Youth Day today, what comes to mind is how the President of Nigeria, Ahmed Bola Tinubu has broken the jinx by appointing a 36 year old youth as a Minister, the youngest in the history of the 4th Republic of Nigeria. President Tinubu in July nominated…
Politics of Subsidy Removal and Citizens’ Expectations
By Ola Raheem All the three leading candidates in the Nigerian Presidential election held in February 2023 namely, Bola Tinubu, Abubakar Atiku and Peter Obi promised to remove fuel subsidy when anyone of them is declared a winner. This meant that the price of petrol will be determined by market forces as denominated in…
Assessing New NNPCL Consolidation Deals, Crude Oil Production Benchmark
By Emmanuella Anokam, The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was first presented to the National Assembly in 2008, during the leadership of President, Umar Yar’Adua, now late. Energy experts were confident that the bill would turn around the misfortunes of the oil and gas industry in the country. In spite of the several roadblocks encountered…
Unveiling the New NGF Chairman: AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State
By Rafiu Ajakaye AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Governor of Kwara State and new chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), looks many ways like the iconic US President Harry Truman: strategic, humble, foresighted and exceptionally deeper than his critics may admit, and not flippant or garrulous by any stretch. He is a man of consensus who…
Withheld Salaries: Adeleke’s Faulty Steps
By abiodun KOMOLAFE _Mutatis mutandis,_ politics is not the same as repudiating the ethics of public administration. To say that the executive governor of a state has the right or power to stop the payment of workers’ salary – what they earn legitimately – is, to say the least, an evolution throwback! That the society…
Development : Gov AbdulRazaq Providing Enabling Environment for Dream Actualisation – Salahu
Development : Gov AbdulRazaq providing enabling environment for dream actualisation – Salahu The AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Administration has achieved tremendously in creating enabling environment for all indigene of Kwara State to actualize their individual dreams, the Special Adviser on Strategy to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Alhaji Saadu Salahu has said. The Vision While highlighting the vision and…
Romancing the Frankenstein’s Monsters
“Fulani people” that killed her and finally came for her husband. For the record, Dora was attacked by gunmen on December 26, 2003. The Yar’Adua episode was in February 2010 — six years later.You cannot stop people from blaming “Fulani herders” for the crimes in the land — freedom of speech could also lead to…
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