Category: Opinion

This Group, Agbarijo Egbe Odo Yoruba, Grand Council of Yoruba Youths, founded October 2001, 23 years ago, inside Trenchard Hall, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, with the blessings of prominent Leaders in Yorubaland as well as that of their Bosom Friends from far North including former, but then sitting, Governor Buka… Continue reading

Intellectual pursuit and excellence are traditionally built on empirical facts. When facts are deliberately twisted to achieve partisan goals, the public, the citizenry, immediately identifies intellectual deceit and a prelude to a likely jaundiced academic thesis. Applied to the public space and as facts are sacred, governance analysis from dispassionate… Continue reading

On Wednesday 30th August 2023, the news of the death of Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, OFR, the designer of Nigeria’s flag took the media space after it was announced via his son’s Facebook page. Pa Akinkunmi, a national hero designed the green-white-green flag in a competition in 1958 and thereafter… Continue reading

CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND STATE POLICE BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.  Date: 22 April, 2024  Venue: Abuja Continental Hotel, 1 Ladi Kwali Street,  Wuse, Abuja.  Time: 10:00am  UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF STATE POLICE: Benefits, Challenges and Implications for National Security in a Developing Society Some significant policy pronouncements were made… Continue reading

Monday, April 8, 2024 will remain indelible in the memory of Messrs Nurudeen Abiola and Taiwo Adeagbo Adigun of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) as well as their families because of the visit of Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, to both men in their modest homes at… Continue reading

Our organisation, a leading Civil Society group in Nigeria with mandate for peace advocacy and propagation of non-violent culture is using this medium to call on relevant authorities, especially the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission as well as security agencies to quickly come to the aid of Eko Electricity Distribution Company… Continue reading

Our organisation, a leading Civil Society group in Nigeria with mandate for peace advocacy and propagation of non-violent culture is using this medium to call on relevant authorities, especially the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission as well as security agencies to quickly come to the aid of Eko Electricity Distribution Company… Continue reading

In her evaluation and submission on quality leadership and administrative skills, the former Prime Minister of Philippines, Gloria Aroyo, posited that:”The greatest test of a leader is ability to be at the fore-front leading with vision; at the middle inspiring with passion; and at the back defending with courage”. The… Continue reading

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up- Thomas Edison (1847-1931) American inventor and businessman. Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors of all time, was said to have filed an estimated 500-600 unsuccessful or abandoned applications in… Continue reading

“What is the State?” Louis Blanc, politician and historian in 19th century France, asks himself. He answers: “The State, under democratic rule, is the power of all the people, served by their elect; it is the reign of liberty. “The State, under monarchical rule, is the power of one man,… Continue reading