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I do not blame those who are saying ‘Enough is enough’. I do not blame the Biafra protagonists. I do not blame the protagonists of Oodua Republic, Oodaye Republic, Yoruba Republic, Oduduwa Republic or those of the Middle Belt Republic or the Niger Delta Republic

Osinbajo is God’s gift to Nigeria at this time. His calm temperament and intellectual fecundity suit him for the challenges of his office

What you believe is good for the Igbo or what you prefer for them is neither here nor there.

But in Nigeria, anything is possible as people no longer feel ashamed over the consequences of their actions.
In trying to understand the motive

Bello gave the advice while delivering a lecture at the 4th Annual distinguished lecture and award organised by the Association of Nigeria University Professional Administrators, LASU branch on Tuesday in Lagos

I believe that he exhibited immense strength and courage by letting go of power even though he did NOT lose the 2015 presidential election but was rather rigged out of it and even though he did NOT need to do so. 

Before the assumption of duties as the rector of the institution by Prof. Ezeama, one of the major constraints of the institution was that its graduates were not mobilized for the compulsory one year National Youth Service Corps programme. This perhaps may have affected its intake over the years. But today, the narrative has changed as graduates of the institution are now mobilized for the programme.

I describe this as the conflict between the na-my-brother-dey-there syndrome and the no-be-my-brother reactive tendency. It used to be the case in this country up till the time President Olusegun Obasanjo left in 2007, that whoever held power in Abuja was openly and strongly supported by other Nigerians, regardless of ethnicity or religion

Given the several attempts on the integrity of NABDA and the person of its Director General in recent times,

What has got me thinking is the insistence of Northern youths on the rightness of the three months quit notice they issued

As the Yoruba will say, ‘Oro po ninu iwe kobo’ (there are far too many words to encounter in a penny-worth newspaper!). There is so much to reel out about the Ajimobi success story…it will amount to a disservice to the governor, popularly called the game changer, to attempt to lump all his achievements in this single piece

This is an obvious one. An investor needs to understand the business in which he/she is investing

It might be difficult, but if you find that you can’t get a paid full-time job, you can apply to firms for unpaid internships or NGOs for volunteer work

I don’t know the last time Osinbajo spoke with Buhari – assuming he has done so at all – in the last 50 days, but I think it should concern him that the reputation of the government, which he heads even in acting capacity, is unraveling rapidly

But separatist agitations in Nigeria are likely to continue – at least for a while- because they are being propelled by different dynamics

The reports quoted the Pastor as saying that the current political tension in the country which was caused by hate speeches

Now, from the beginning, God related to man through sacrifices. After giving man the freedom to eat every fruit in the Garden of Eden, he went ahead to warn him not to touch or eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

There is one big lamentation. Who will make this possible? The present crop of legislators in the country CANNOT make it

Whether sitting through grueling meetings to make peace and get projects or contracts (which had stalled for years before his assumption of office), moving from one power plant or transmission station to chair going again, chairing the monthly meetings of the Power Sector Operators, in different cities and states or enduring hours of bus travelling by road to inspect roads, housing or power projects under his watch, Fashola displays a remarkable strength of character and intellect as well as energy

In fighting corruption, it is the task of the bar and the bench to ensure that justice is served and preserved. Justice Oputa left us with the tripod concept of justice –Justice for the accused, justice for the victim and justice for society