Category: Opinion

Stakeholders want Akpabio to conduct the affairs of his office with dignity and integrity

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People of the Christians faith and those who are inclined to history and learning are familiar with the Biblical story of how God blessed and promoted Haman and how he deployed his office to denigrate, attack and attempt to annihilate Mordecai. How Haman ended is better read from the Holy Book. While one may situate this story in history, the ensuing disposition of Mr. Akpabio, Senate President of the 10th Assembly, reaffirms “history repeats itself” and those “who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat”. At such a time…

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Road users lament as weeds take over Ibadan Expressway

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Concerned motorists and other road users have expressed concerns over the uncompleted Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, after so many years. A concerned citizen by the name, F.O, in a viral message wrote: “It was disheartening to see that there are weeds growing in the inner edge and thick bushes between the to/fro median of the road, already! 😳 Haba! “Our well known lack of a maintenance culture again! We like to appropriate money for projects, loot a good percentage of it, utilize the balance over a long period of time, revise the…

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Controversy Erupts as Former President Obasanjo Orders Yoruba Traditional Rulers to Stand Up and Greet Him

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent actions at the commissioning of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology’s College of Agricultural Science and Renewable Natural Resources in Iseyin, Oyo State, have sparked controversy. In a video circulating online, he ordered Yoruba traditional rulers to stand up and greet him, chastising them for failing to do so earlier. This has drawn criticism from some prominent figures in the South-West, including the Oluwo of Iwo, who condemned Obasanjo’s actions and called for an apology. Additionally, a socio-cultural group, Ebedi Frontliners, Iseyin, has urged Obasanjo to…

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Winner of the 61st FirstBank Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship gets listed in The World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR)

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Emmanuel Ojeabulu, winner of the 61st FirstBank Lagos Open Golf Championship has been listed in the WAGR. The premier golf championship which was held from 18 – 20 November at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 was keenly contested by over 190 low handicap players from several golf clubs in the country. Benin based Emmanuel Ojeabulu won the 3-day championship. Playing three-shots off the pace going into the last 18-holes, Ojeabulu played one of the best golf of his life, maintaining steady pars for a closing 74, 3-over the…

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Nigeria is in it’s darkest hour -Catholic Bishop

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President of the body, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji, stated this, weekend, at the opening session of the 2022 Second Plenary of the CBCN at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, Imo State. He lamented that Nigerians had been subjected to high level insecurity, high rate of unemployment and soaring prices of good and services, now priced beyond the reach of a larger portion of the population. Ugorji said: “The level of insecurity in the country is very worrisome. We are passing through what might be deemed as the darkest chapter…

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Why Bola Tinubu May Not Be President

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By Mayor Akinpelu Former governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the main story as to who could be President in 2023. Though he is yet to declare for President, the momentum is building quite strongly around his candidacy. There is no better proof of that than when he travelled abroad for knee surgery and then went to his London home to rest. His London residence became a Mecca of a sort. Everybody, almost everybody that is important in the political space, went on a get-well-soon pilgrimage. The…

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