NIGERIA: DISSECTING THE ISSUES TEARING DOWN THE POLITY By Law Mefor

Whether Nigerians like it or not, what he nation is passing through today are self-inflicted injuries In football rules, it is call an ‘Own goal’. Take for instance the issue of insecurity. The current state of insecurity in Nigeria has become a worsening concern to all reasonable citizens. Abduction by gunmen has become an industry in the country to the point of many governors paying ransom to kidnappers. This is an aberration and embarrassing. The way the government is going about the solutions to insecurity, there seems not to be…

All hands must be on deck to arrest moral decadence , Oyetola charges religious institutions

Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola on Sunday tasked religious institutions on the need to promote and strengthen moral standard among the populace, as part of efforts to rescue the country from its present socioeconomic and religious woes among others. He said all hands must be on deck to arrest moral decadence in the society, noted that national development and nation building remains the duty of all. Oyetola also called for societal reforms in line with moral standard which he said, remained the panacea to the nation’s socioeconomic and…

Pastor T. B. Joshua: A Friend Of The Poor By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Death is a necessary and natural rite of passage – a transaction. For the Christian faithful, death is also a vindication for resurrection to be true. As I watched the funeral of Pastor T.B. Joshua on TV and seeing the mammoth crowd that accompanied him to his final resting place, no doubt the mist was broken, the sunlight came, Joshua breathed the free air of the mountains of God on his way to his maker. Whether or not you agree with his theology, you must admit that it was a…

Osun Int’l Fashion Week: Oyetola launches mass production of Adire Osun … declares every Thursday Adire Osun Day

The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola on Saturday launched mass production, promotion and marketing of Adire Osun. This is even as the Governor made it compulsory for all the public and civil servants to wear the local fabric, as he declared every Thursday of the week ‘Adire Osun Day’. The initiative was in furtherance of the administration’s efforts to preserve and promote the production of Adire Osun as well as bolster the image of Osun as a culturally correct and indigenous product inclined State. He said the…

Will Buhari learn from Zuma in Estcourt Prison?, By Festus Adedayo

In ex-President Jacob Zuma’s jailing for 15 months by South Africa’s Constitutional Court, Africa and humanity in general are dragged to school by the nape of their dresses. Author of celebrated Yoruba classic, Igbi Aye Nyi – Life swivels like a wind – Chief T. A. A. Ladele, had earlier taught the world one or two of the Zuma lessons. Written in 1978, Ladele, an Okeho, Oyo State-born History teacher at Durbar College, Oyo and pioneer Headmaster of Baptist School, Iwere-Ile, was one of Nigeria’s early writers. In, Igbi Aye…

BREAKING: Sad! Popular Nigerian Singer, Song writer,Sound Sultan dies

The 44-year-old popular singer and Jagbajantis crooner, Lanre Fasasi better known as Sound Sultan, is dead. He lost it to his battle with cancer of the throat. A statement, signed by his brother, Kayode Fasasi reads: “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Multi-talented veteran singer, rapper, songwriter, Onlanrewaju Fasasi a.k.a Sound Sultan. He passwed away at the age of 44 following a hard-fought battle with Angoimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma.” “He is survived by his wife, 3 children and his siblings. We, his family appreciate the…

Gov Sani Bello promises sustained welfare of Medical Doctors ….. immortalises late Commissioner, Dr Ibrahim Sule

Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has said his administration will continue to improve the welfare of Doctors in the state to ensure good and efficient service delivery in the health sector. The Governor stated this in Minna at the memorial lecture and book lunch in honour of one time commissioner for Health late Dr Ibrahim Babaminin Sule, who died about a year ago. The event was organized by the Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria (IMAN) Niger State Chapter. He said the efforts of his administration in the sector was…