Even as I struggle amidst deep pains, sorrow and tribulations to scribble an Elegy for departed activist, public intellectual, erudite scholar, accomplished journalist and professor of Political Science, Ayodele Samuel Olukotun
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The policy makes it compulsory for the teaching of indigenous languages at the first six years of child‘s education
Different classes of people have now migrated back to the use of the very clean and alluringly beautiful trains. We left the Babatunde Fashola station, Agege by 8.30am and were at the Ladoke Akintola station, Omi Adio in Ibadan by 10.30am. We had a two minute stop at Funmilayo Ransome Kuti station,
The Dangote refinery, an integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, will have an annual refining capacity of 10.4 million tonnes of gasoline, in addition to 4.6Mt of diesel and 4Mt of jet fuel.
He was named along with other outstanding journalists, Ovation Publisher, Dele Momodu, Publisher, Africa Today, Kayode Soyinka and Ladi Ayodeji, managing director, BMG Promotions, having garnered overwhelming votes from readers of the international newspaper, Naija Standard, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
The group spoke in a Christmas message by its President, Matthew Egbadon, and Public Relations Officer, Tony Iyare.
Though I greatly appreciate the concerns of self determination advocates and believe that only policies genuinely ensconced in justice, equity and fairness rather than some empty rhetorics on unity can take the wind beneath their sail, unwittingly, I may be a victim if Nigeria crumbles as a country.
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Sponsored by tough talking Joseph Malema, leader of the leftist leaning Economic Freedom Fighters, the motion which will usher in a review of the constitution, was passed by a majority of 241 votes with 83 members voting against it.
Relaying how one of the female professors at the University of Lagos proposed at a senate meeting that since professors deliver “Inaugural Lectures” to herald their height of academic attainment soon after their appointment, Oyebode said it was the lady’s view that they should also render an “Exogural Lecture” at their point of exit.
Padeola Aderibigbe, 81, hardly betrays the looks of his four scores. Still radiating some glimpses of his very active youthful years, his well honed delivery roused many participants who had become a bit dozy after a sumptuous lunch of pounded yam with vegetable soup. “I’m blessed with good health, I thank God for his grace”, he says with the gait of a man in his early 70s.