Category: Opinion

The people who cluttered around the place were in a state of flux; their moods switched nearly every minute from apprehension to bewilderment, despondency, anxiety, helplessness, resentment and back to apprehension. The scene was a perfect picture of commotion; victims wondered about what had happened with some loudly asking why… Continue reading

By Sarafa Ibrahim There have been a lot of commentaries on the content of a white paper report on chieftaincy matters released by the Osun State Government on Thursday. Some are honest assessments of the findings and recommendations in the report while the other parts are deliberate misinformation in an… Continue reading

by Idowu Olayinka At 11:00 pm on Tuesday, 4th January 1944, a baby boy was born to the family of the Very Reverend Emmanuel Akinrolabu Falase and Madam Janet Omolayo Falase. Baby Falase, later christened Ayodele Olajide Falase, who turns 80 today has since grown to become, in the words… Continue reading

By Bola Ige Centre for Justice The Bola Ige Centre for Justice and Pro–democracy group, Coalition for a Better Nigeria has decried the inability of Nigerian security agencies to arrest and  prosecute killers of the Deputy leader of the Yoruba pan social cultural group, Afenifere and Minister of Justice, Chief… Continue reading

The Coalition of Pro-Democracy Groups for A Better Nigeria says the nation has lost a democracy life wire with the demise of Chief Frank Kokori, a former labour union leader, who died on Thursday. National Coordinator of the coalition, Mr Awa Bamiji in a statement in Lagos, said that the… Continue reading

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju In the dead of the night on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, Governor Seyi Makinde was on the streets of Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State, to have first-hand information about the state of readiness of public schools ahead of resumption of students for the new academic… Continue reading