By Umunna Kalu Dr. Ossai Ossai Edmund, University teacher, Public commentator, activist and international public health consultant, in this encounter speaks on the One year of Tinubu presidency, economy, strike, changed national anthem, reforms, the Nigerian condition with hunger among other national issues. Excerpt How can you briefly assess the one year in […]
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One of the existential threats to Nigeria’s statehood despite its sixty-three-year status as a democratic republic is the absence of Political justice. That might sound somewhat assertive as an opening statement to a very sensitive topic considered by many Nigerian politicians as an elephant in the room. Yet, I make no bones about it […]
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By: Umunna Kalu Salihu Lukman is the former Vice National Chairman, North West of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this chat with select media, he speaks on the President Bola Tinubu leadership, his mistake and why he resigned from the party, among other national issues. Excepts: *Is it correct to say that you resigned […]
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I wrote ‘Visit the Mortuary’ as Tola Adeniyi in my Sunday Times column [1974] and ‘Death I salute You!’ as Aba Saheed in my Daily Times Aba Saheed column in [1975]. The two articles were primarily written on the theme of Vanity, that terrible affliction which is central, nay, dominant in the pursuit of most […]
Continue ReadingMajestically, he sat in authority over all that breathes and lifeless. While he lived, he was the soul and mind of his kingdom and was believed to be the deity’s representative on earth. His subjects held him sacrosanct. When he slept, the dominion with him slept until he woke up. He exercised the power of […]
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Have you ever read or listened to the lyrics of the French National Anthem popularly known as La Marseillaise? Couched in crude but blunt language, it weaves savage words into bellicose lyrics and bellicose lyrics into the most jingoistic chants of war. Laced in admonition, it is an anthem that inspires in very plain language, […]
Continue ReadingProf.Lai Olurode, Former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos and former National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in this encounter speaks on the one year anniversary of President Bola Tinubu-led APC government, suspended strike by the organized labour, and the need for autonomy of local government councils among other issues Except *President […]
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Dr. Mike Omeri has been appointed to lead the German-based Forum for Innovations in African Universities (FIAU) as the new Executive Director for the African Region, effective immediately. Dr. Omeri is expected to spearhead FIAU’s efforts to promote and implement groundbreaking educational programmes and policies that enhance the quality and accessibility of higher education across […]
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