Day: September 24, 2023

Why Tinubu must sack his US lawyer By Festus Adedayo

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When Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in 1987, amid a deluge of musical tributes in his honour, a line among those offerings stood out, evergreen. Sang by Fuji music lord, Kollington Ayinla, while extolling Awolowo’s panegyrics, he sang: “ookan ile l’osa gbe, Baba Yinka//eyin t’o funfun kii gbe koro enu.” This line profoundly articulated the open life of Awolowo, as well as his trackable history and pedigree. As short as the lines were, they drilled deep into the most granular of Yoruba’s concept of openness and transparency. Literally translated, it means…

Tinubu’s Certificate Burden By Olaleye Olawale

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A lot of people had been hitherto miffed at former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for continuously pressing hard for President Bola Tinubu’s disputed certificate, awarded by the Chicago State University and other related documents. It’s understandable and justifiable!   These people had questioned: What good are those documents to the disputed presidential election, now at the Supreme Court? This writer, too, had thought it was sheer distraction and a waste of time by Atiku, who probably just wanted to keep the government on its toes for opposition purposes.   But this…

Sen Mark to 10th Assembly : Set a Legislative agenda to tackle national malaise ….. Wants end to controversial , inconclusive elections in Nigeria

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A former President of the Senate, Senate David Mark has tasked the 10th National Assembly to prioritize its legislative agenda that will address national malaise including to forestall controversial or inconclusive elections in future .   Senator Mark listed some of the problems facing the nation to include deteriorating economic situation, high crime rate, unemployment, farmers/ herders clashes, banditry, terrorism, food shortage , insufficient and decaying infrastructure, out of school children and poor health facilities among others .   Addressing Principal officers of the 10th National Assembly at a two…

Navy denies Text Message on selection of candidates for Nigerian Navy Basic Training School

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The Naval Headquarters has described as fake,a text message allegedly emanated from fraudulent miscreants informing some unsuspecting applicants to report for military training at the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School (NNBTS) Onne, Rivers State following their purported selection. The criminals further claimed in the text message that the Exercise will commence on 6 October 2023 at NNBTS, Onne. The fake text message being circulated by these dubious entities further reads that, “Recruitment Interview conducted from 1 August 2023 – 1 September 2023, I am delighted to inform you that you…

Nigerians Expecting Much From An Ineffective Legislature By Mon-Charles Egbo

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A legislature that is alive to its roles and responsibilities is a symbol of hope, a shield and a voice for the people. It is marked by robust debates, strict commitment to checks and balances, and deliberate accountability to the people. Also, it confers legitimacy on the government because governance is productive and the citizens are fulfilled.   However, in developing nations, the legislature is defined by weak institutional capacity. It faces the challenges of executive dominance, public trust deficit, poor democratic culture manifesting as a weak electoral system and…

NAF to acquire vehicles for Intelligence Surveillance … enrolls 1,476 personnel for training

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The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has stated that his command philosophy which is, “To transform the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) into an agile and resilient force that effectively meets the airpower demands of national security in all operational environments” is critical towards building the capabilities of the NAF for future air warfare He also noted that any armed forces that fail to prepare for the probable future will always be reactive rather than proactive in its approach to national security issues. The CAS made these…

Is Ishaku Abbo Truly a Political Villain? By Sammy Ted

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In the realm of politics, villains often emerge, wielding power and influence to advance their own agendas. Such individuals manipulate the system, exploit the vulnerabilities of others, and leave a trail of chaos in their wake. Semantically speaking, a villain is an evil or wicked character that enacts evil actions and/or harms others. A villain may have a justification for his actions that is in line with his own principles, but his actions inflict harm and create ruin in the process. Villainous individuals manifest in different moulds such as classic…

NADECO, where are you? (2) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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Wait a minute, how many of the original NADECO members are still alive and what’s their current attitudinal disposition and worldview to the democracy that we claim to be enjoying? We need to interrogate this premise so that we can appropriately gauge if what we have in place is worth what they have put into the struggle. Otherwise, we will only be deluding ourselves with the notion that NADECO lives, whereas it is long gone and lives only in the abstract. For example, Nigerians remember the name, NADECO, and what…

Zacch Adedeji: A technocrat with a big assignment By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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There is nothing wrong with a very big dream. What is wrong is not having a dream at all. But with a dream, there’s also the possibility of a deluge of hindrances to its actualization. So, dreamers don’t go to the office to sleep. They go to the office to work. Actually, the dream that motivated President Bola Tinubu to appoint Zacchaeus Adedeji as the Acting Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) must be big and vibrant. But how much the Iwo Ate, Oyo State-born technocrat can achieve…