“You have enemies? Good. That means you have stood up for something.”Winston ChurchillIdowu Akinlotan is a confirmed loathing hater of…
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We cannot doubt people of goodwill. If you ask an average African what is the definition of Civilization, he would…
The government played a very key role in attracting foreign investments. We built the infrastructures and provided well-planned industrial estates,…
Of recent, a preponderant number of Northern elite have been talking about the social and security threats posed by the…
“Politicians are often very intolerant of contrary views to theirs. If one differed from them on any issue one automatically…
A parliament of tears, or at the very least, a chamber of parliamentarians keen to shed tears. It all seemed…
All that we pursue in life is for a purpose or a reason even for as routine as drinking water…
Being a lawyer is in my view a privilege. It is not enough to only wish to bear the name…
It was predicted, warned against and is happening. Universities fattened by the Chinese student market are now in a state…
It used to be that if you go abroad and failed after four years of the first degree, six years…
Northern Nigeria is prostrate. It is the axis of uglies – banditry, insurgency, kidnapping, diseases, ignorance, and drug abuse. Alas!…
It is general knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari, precisely on Friday 30th February 2020 approved the suspension of the Coordinator,…
For a society to develop (in all aspects and areas of human endeavour – technology, agriculture, governance, industrial, infrastructure, communication,…
Hard times, harsh condition, unexplainable situations, difficult times, adversity do come to people unannounced. Some people used to have everything…
It seemed an unlikely prospect. The International Criminal Court has tended to find itself accused of chasing up the inhumane…
Africa has one seemingly terminal disease and, no, it is not coronavirus. Bad leadership has been the most formidable impediment…
Tongues have been wagging on why the South-East Governors Forum reneged on its initial plan to launch a regional security…
I think solidarising in the struggle is more rancour-proof than banding in victory. In 2013, the PDP galloped from one…
Fear is the most powerful enemy of reason. Both fear and reason are essential to human survival, but the relationship…
I have heard many people argue that First Class has become cheap in Nigerian universities. They posit that some universities…
If words could make the dead turn in their grave, the founder of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick…
The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi, Email: olusegun.adeniyi@thisdaylive.com “From 1 January through 9 February 2020, 472 laboratory-confirmed cases including 70 deaths…
Fears of imminent apocalypse tend to be midwives to absurdity. The stockpiling fever that has gripped various populaces in response…
It is very clear from the happenings in our state and country that an average Nigerian citizen, due to no…
At some point, it seemed like a slow burner, gathering attention with each press release from the World Health Organisation. …
The Yoruba people of South Western Nigeria, described by one English Language dictionary as the fun-loving people of the Southern…
Fact Northern elites and the political class have neglected development in the North to the detriment of the whole nation.…
Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any substance or element of truth in the rumoured presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed…
Reviled strongmen of one era are often the celebrated ones of others. Citizens otherwise tormented find that replacements are poor,…
Education is a powerful weapon to destroy the stronghold of poverty in your life. If you can, get both formal…
