[responsivevoice] The act of a combined team of soldiers, DSS and Police, numbering about 40, attempted to arrest and detain Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo Igboho was too much in the form of a kidnap attempt. Igboho was said to have been waylaid along Ibadan/Lagos Expressway whilst on his way to see Pa Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos.…
The New EFCC Chairman: When History Beckons on the Youth
[responsivevoice] The EFCC was created as an anti-graft agency by the EFCC (Establishment) Act of 2004. Section 2(3) thereof gives the President absolute powers to appoint the EFCC Chairman. However, this appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate. Without such a confirmation, the appointment remains inchoate and incomplete. The President has done two right…
Akeredolu Will Do More For Ondo
From Olatunbosun Oladimeji [responsivevoice] Another page will be opened in the history of Ondo State on Wednesday , 24th February when Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (SAN) will take the oath for his second term of office. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria earned his right to another four years in Alagbaka Governor’s House with his overwhelming…
Mad Cows and Madder Narratives by Wole Soyinka
[responsivevoice] The most distressful aspect of my recent interaction with cows and herders is that it has created a most unwanted distraction from the ongoing life and death Nigerian narrative. One has to take time off to deal with distortions and fake versions, while students are being reportedly waylaid and killed and/or kidnapped in Ondo…
President Buhari’s Extension of IGP’s Tenure Patently Unconstitutional, Illegal
[responsivevoice] The just announced extension of the tenure and reappointment of the Lafia, Nassarawa State-born retired 20th Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Adamu is patently and out rightly unconstitutional, illegal, and even immoral. Adamu had served Nigeria for 35 whopping years, when his tenure expired February 1, 2021, by effluxion of service years…
Fulani Criminal Gangs Vs Ondo: Why Akeredolu Will Stand Firm
[responsivevoice] From Olatunbosun Oladimeji Recent events across the South West Nigeria again point to the urgency for institutionalisation of a stronger security architecture to rein crimes and criminals without regard to ethnic or religious backgrounds of the perpetrators of all hues if we don’t want the country to go up in flames as we pander…
Those Who Enforced Sanwo-Olu’s Curfew!
It was the second day of the 24-hour curfew imposed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state. I was returning from the office, confident that as a staff of a media house I am covered by the exception by the governor that essential services workers , like media and health staff, be allowed to move…
Buhari, Read Riot Act to Herdsmen Now!
BEING A SPEECH BY LT. GENERAL ALANI AKINRINADE ON THE VISIT OF GENERAL TY BURATAI, COAS TO OSUN STATE TO COMMISSION PROJECTS AT KUTA AND ASAMU ON MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 Please allow me to join my Governor and the good people of Osun State to welcome you to our State, the State of ‘Omoluabi’.…
How LASUSOC Cultivated National Leadership for LASU
On Tuesday September 1, 2020, two days before the announcement of LASU as the nation’s second foremost university according to Times Higher Education Tertiary Education Ranking, the tone was set for another trans-generational landmark at the Lagos State University School of Communication, LASUSOC. That day, without any tone of compulsion, nearly all of us as…
Dr. Indimi’s Quiet 73 Birthday
from Liman Sandabe There are very few influential and rich businessman like Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Indimi who will decide to mark his birthday as quietly as he did recently. The day was observed with prayers and reflections as well as thanks to Almighty Allah. Despite his prominent position in the society the elderly business icon’s…
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