OPINION

OPINION: By Maxwell Njarika LAGOS: Child abandonment is when a mother or a couple physically abandon a new born baby right after delivery, either by dumping the child by the road side, some in the river, waste bin or the lucky ones in churches. Research has further shown that this …

OPINION: By Kolawole Lawal Recently, in London, United Kingdom, H.E President Mohamadu Buhari reiterated that the Nigerian Land borders will remain closed until he receives and considers the final report (and recommendation) of a committee set up on the matter. This is an unpleasant news for our constituents and our …

USA: Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has continued to receive knocks since he installed the Fuji star, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal as the Maiyegun of Yorubaland, with an instruction not to prostrate for any monarch in Yorubaland. The US-based, Erelu Mabel Tinuade Onaneye, while reacting to the title said …

Opinion: By Dr. Kayode Bowale NLC, TUC, ASUU and other civil societies including press are expected to be pressure groups; they are supposed to raise their voice and organize protests or strikes against corruption, policy somersault and other social ills in the society. Gone are the days of sensible and …

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 …