It is a delight to be part of this unveiling of a chapter of our history – a story that has not been told in full until now. The story of The Guardian Newspaper is significant, for the redefinition it meant for print media in Nigeria, and for its uniqueness in bringing public intellectuals and […]
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By Kunle Ajibade Since Dele Giwa was killed by a letter bomb on 19 October 1986, every anniversary of his death has remained for me a moment of sobering reflection on the precarious nature and power of journalism. It has also remained for me a time to re-read Giwa’s essays, remembering the indebtedness of many […]
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By Chinyere Ukpokolo Introduction This paper is a product of fieldwork at Orile-Owu, southwest Nigeria in 2011 when the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria carried out a field school at Orile-Owu. The general research theme of the fieldwork was Migration and Settlement: Contested Origin and Diasporic Identity of Owu People in […]
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Standing ramrod straight, I’m patently dumbfounded on how best to express my sincere appreciation to you all, our noble delegates. I am greatly overwhelmed with joy, this day, beholding my people, as in a sea of heads, largely exultant in partial fulfilment of their common dream. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has once more demonstrated […]
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I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done. I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your Name, O Most High. Those who know your Name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those […]
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Full Text Of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s Broadcast To The People Of Ondo State on Monday, June 6, 2020 My dear people, I come to you today with a heavy heart. A heart full of pain and melancholy. It is now five days since we lost one of the most illustrious leaders of Ondo state, […]
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Thank you for inviting me here for the first anniversary of the Oyo State Ninth Assembly. It is always a pleasure to be among you, honourable members of the house. It is even more so, as you have given me another opportunity to present a state of the state address, an account of my stewardship […]
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By Gbemiga Ogunleye Two events made the distinguished lawyer, Chief Richard Akinjide, who has just passed on, stuck in my memory. As the legal adviser to the defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN, in the Second Republic, Akinjide it was, who argued his party’s case up to the Supreme Court that 2/3 of 19 states was […]
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Youths and facilitators under the auspices of the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria on Monday, August 4, defied threats of security agencies to hold the ‘Revolution Now’ protest in four states of the country and Abuja States where the Revolution protests took place are Lagos, Osun, Ondo and Cross River. It would be recalled […]
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Early years and education Born in 1959, Lawan completed his primary education at Sabon Gari Primary School, Gashua in 1974 and then enrolled at Government Secondary School, Gashua where he obtained his O’Level in 1979. From there, he proceeded to University of Maiduguri where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Geography in 1984. Same year, […]
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