So, the University of Ibadan, at 70, the nation’s premier, will now act as the proverbial lamp lacking the capacity to see its own underside? What has happened to all the promises of the supposed progress made in peace and conflict studies, for which it has no rival in Nigeria? What has happened to the […]
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Not known to be a protégé of any ‘big’ political dynasty in Oyo State as such, suddenly, Seyi Makinde manifested prior 2015 governorship election. He began by handing out scholarships and other forms of empowerment to indigent people of Oyo State. From Ibadan, the reach extended inwards into other parts of the state. Branded vehicles
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Incontrovertibly one of the most intellectually engaging historians of our time, Professor Abdul Gafar Siyan Oyeweso, manifests by the day in several discourses on account of his selfless services. I had just been part of a radio programme on Friday, January 8, when one of the promoters of the online broadcaster, Spirit of Nigeria, Dotun Atilade,
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Humanity
Not given to easy predictability or bandwagonism in thinking or acting, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu hardly makes the list of early commentators on issues. Often triggering deep reflections and occasionally stirring up pun where suitable, his interventions, whenever they come, however, get to register profoundly in the public space. This gets done often with their
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Between Alhaji Abdul Lateef Olumide Lawal and the late first executive governor of Osun State, who later became a two-time senator, Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, exists a most mysterious but pleasant tie. Adeleke died in 2017 but no year has passed without Lawal dispensing tributes with a fresher angle each year. Countless fellow compatriots from Ede
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