OPINION

By Chief Bisi Akande OSUN STATE: I feel shocked, sad and shattered to learn about the sudden death of Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa – a longtime friend of mine since the formation of the Awolowo’s Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). Akinfenwa, among others, led the UPN into victory in Ijesaland. Akinfenwa …

Opinion BY ABIODUN LAWAL It’s sad to note that most of the Nigeria political elites have not seen the urgent need to rescue the country from impending economic crisis as the present government seems not ready to provide the Nigeria’s poor masses a lease of life. There are so many …

By Olusola Balogun That Prince Dapo Abiodun is the new Governor of Ogun State is no longer contentious. But what fascinates is how the multi-millionaire oil magnate defied daunting odds to triumph at the March 4, 2019 fierce Gubernatorial contest. Abiodun, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defied sniffling opposition …

BY AARE WOLE ARISEKOLA If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. It is your attitude, more than your aptitude, and that is what determines the height of your achievement in life. Many people think that luck plays a major role in the …

Opinion By Bayo Adeyinka You dig your own borehole. Every house in Nigeria has its own private source of water. You are your own Water Corporation. Some people in this generation have never seen pipe-borne water. You hire your own security guards- your estate or community hires one and because …

Remi Oyeyemi, one of the greatest and one of the most prolific contemporary journalists and historians of my generation has titled his amazingly truthful  write-up above as “the Destruction of the Yoruba Nation. It sounds to me like a total falsification of Yoruba History but I would like to reserve …

BY JOEL MAKINDE The outcome of Ogun State governorship election symbolises different things in the polity. Naturally, the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate in the poll, Prince Dapo Abiodun, considers it an electoral triumph, but it means the opposite to many. The popular opinion about it is …

BY HON SEGUN OLULADE Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the quintessential political icon of our time is a man of several definitions to several people. A leader is one whose personality is so influential that it connects even with the people he never met. A leader becomes light that beams hope …

BY OMACHI ISAAC ACHOR As the Nigerian political space opens up for proper campaign and rally across the nation, us in the Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji campaign organization are not only ready to start engaging the electorates, but are heavily ready to start making the facts obvious to the electorates. …

A PAPER PRESENTED BY MUYIWA POPOOLA, (PH D)., PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM, COMMUNICATION & MEDIA STUDIES AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY, OYO, OYO STATE, NIGERIA AT THE 6TH TRIENNIAL DELEGATES CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS (NUJ) HELD ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 4, 2018 AT THE JUNE 12 CULTURAL CENTRE, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, …