Month: March 2022

Celebration of an Icon, as Professor Durosinmi bows out of OAU on Thursday

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All roads lead to Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Osun state on Thursday March 31, as a renowned Professor of Haematology, Prof. Muheez A. Durosinmi takes a bow of the University system with a valedictory lecture after 35 years in service. The three-in- one event put together by the family , associates and the entire staff of Department of Haematology and Immunology OAU/OAUTHC lecture include the valedictory lecture, his 70th birthday and a book launch in his honour. According to the organisers, the topic for the valedictory lecture is “Evolution of…

NHRC Boss urges Lawmakers to make Socio-economic Rights Justiciable

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The Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu SAN has called on the lawmakers to use the instrumentality of their office to make Socio-Economic Rights justiciable in Nigeria.   The Human Rights Boss who was the Keynote Speaker at the parallel side event at the margin of the 66th UN Commission on the Status of women, the hybrid event which held in Abuja, said the greatest gift that the politicians can give Nigerians is to make Socio-Economic Rights justiciable.   Ojukwu who was represented by his Senior Human Rights…

Women And Being Body Shamed, by Chinyere Obi-Obasi

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You see when you fell in love with your wife was it her outward appearance or her inner beauty?   I know a woman on the verge of divorcing her husband because his favourite line for her was she was ‘morbidly obessed.’ it did not matter that she has children for him or had done for him what many women will never do for their husbands.   When you were marrying her, did you tell her that you are marrying her because she was slim or delectable or did you…

Osinbajo: A Pastor’s Political Dilemma, by Gimba Kakanda

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The storm rippling across the political camp of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has initiated a difficult conversation in which, as usual, there’s no room for nuance. As the intellectual poster-child of the executive branch of the federal government, the trending colouring of the politician in two scathing critiques by US-based writer and columnist, Professor Farooq Kperogi, has left his political appeal, especially in the North, diminished.   Kperogi’s ten-point case against Osinbajo, he claimed, would instigate a “religious civil war” if overlooked. Either in assessing the Vice President’s affiliation to…

The New APC leadership: Stop the false narrative By Ismail Omipidan

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When a piece of information is dished out, most times we don’t bother to crosscheck before feasting on it and making it go viral. This is one of the challenges of the social and new media era.   My intervention this afternoon is, therefore, to help unsuspecting Nigerians have understanding of the issues at stake on the just-concluded national convention of the ruling party, the APC. And I am making it in good faith to help refresh our memories and put issues in perspective as a former Political Editor.  …

REMARKS BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI DURING THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) NATIONAL CONVENTION AT EAGLE SQUARE, ABUJA ON 26TH MARCH, 2022

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I am pleased to be here with you for the National Convention of our great Party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). This occasion provides us with yet another opportunity to write a new chapter in the history of the Party. The Convention also comes with the opportunity to elect new officials for the Party.   I want to congratulate us all for being part of this history making event and to specially appreciate the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) which has been on a rescue mission, under the leadership of…

Inside the whoredom and harlotry preceding the 2023 election by Festus Adedayo

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In Russia’s 1998 St. Petersburg local assembly elections, incumbent Oleg Sergeyev had been a thorn in the flesh of totalitarian governor, Vladimir Yakovlev. Upon Sergeyev’s launch of his bid to replace him, Yakovlev waited till the election date to sting him with his amusingly ingenious strategy. On voting day, voters, the majority of whom were illiterate, were at sea when they found two of their adored candidate’s namesakes on the ballot – Oleg Sergeyev and Oleg Sergeyev. The former was a pensioner and the latter, an unemployed man, both of…

IWD; Refocusing Global Solutions On Gender Inequality In Nigeria Through SDGs By ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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International Women’s Day , IWD is a global commemoration and rejuvenation of women’s consciousness both in the private and public sector, civil society organisations, non governmental organizations, corporate bodies and voluntary agencies and organisations, the global awareness and campaigns on the need to bring women at par with their men/male counterparts in all areas across the globe.   Consequently, 8, March, 2022, and every year round was always a day to reckon with, particularly on issues that bordered on women emancipation, gender equality, empowerment of all women and girls in…

How Governor Abubakar Sani Bello Inspired APC to a Superlative Convention

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For every event, there is always a trigger. The history of the just concluded All Progressives Congress, APC, cannot be written without the pivotal role of the governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello.   Recall that preparation for the APC National Convention was in a state of push and pull or lull, untill, Governor Sani Bello, who also doubled as the Chairman, North Central Governors Forum, took over as the Acting Chairman 2022 APC National Convention, on 3rd March, 2022, following the absence of Governor Mai Mala Buni on…

Buhari ‘ll remain the compass of APC beyond 2023 -Lawan

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will continue to provide leadership to the All Progressives Congress (APC) beyond 2023 after his exit from office. Lawan stated this in his remarks at the National Convention of the ruling party which held at the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Saturday. According to him, President Buhari’s ability to sustain unity within the party against all odds, positions him favorably as the “compass” needed to give direction to the party at all times. “Your Excellency, Mr. President, we can…