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Remembering Professor Ade Ajayi
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Sulaiman Abimbola Ogundijo – Monatan Constituency, Ibadan, Oyo State. The late Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi gave me the inspiration to write Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow which was first published in the Nigerian Tribune of Wednesday June 5, 1991, hence my re-writing it now as […] More
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Stopping Child Abuse
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Imagine living every day of your life with multiple personality disorder as a result of an abuse; imagine you are that child who cannot explain his or her pain. This is the kind of situation the Ugandan toddler was when her nanny tortured […] More
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Nigerian Youths and Value Decline
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Did you ever consider it a mischief or an absurdity the description of the present generation as a waste by our own Nobel laureate, Professor ’Wole Soyinka? The sordid story of the Nigerian youths suggests that the man fondly called “Kongi Harvest” in […] More
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Time to Tame Dame
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Although it is not recognised by the Nigerian constitution, the office of the first lady has, somehow, found its way into governance in Nigeria. It appears to wield much power at both the federal and state levels (even at the local council level, […] More
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Austerity: Stop Wastage, Corruption
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Comrade Abdulbaqi Aliyu Jari – Internet Constituency. Nigeria recently updated its economic database and proclaimed itself the largest economy in Africa. Nigeria has GDP of over $326 billion. Nigeria, the 26th largest economy in the world, has over $40 billion in its excess […] More
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Tackling Terrorism
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By Fadare Olushola Peter – Intelligence and Security Constituency. One of the major reasons for people becoming terrorists is unemployment, social injustice, social inequality and lack of education. Those innocent minds that are facing such problems are brainwashed and forced to indulge in […] More
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Robbery at Switch Point
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By: Olugbenga Olayiwola, – Igbo-Ora, Oyo State Constituency Apart from profit making, other major reasons adduced for the privatisation of most of our public utilities such as NEPA, NITEL and others are greater productivity and tremendous improvement in service delivery as well as social […] More
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Coping with Corruption
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By: John Adebisi, Internet Constituency Everybody talks about corruption. Everybody laments the level of corruption in the country. One way or the other – consciously or unconsciously, directly or indirectly – everybody fuels corruption. We pretend to fight corruption. Frankly speaking, one doesn’t have […] More
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in People's ParliamentFashola, Reconsider the Hijab Policy
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By Abdulbaqi Aliyu Jari Katsina – Usmanu Danfodiyo University Constituency. Another Look at hijab: It was a sad development when I first heard that Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has banned wearing of hijab (Islamic veil) in all public schools in the […] More
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Using ICT for National Development
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By John Adebisi – Internet Constituency. Nigeria, like most developing nations around the world, has come to recognise the importance of information and communication technology, ICT, as catalyst for sustainable socio-economic development. This recognition is well captured in the National Development Plan – […] More
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Power of the People
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By: Dayo Oladeji – Saki, Oyo State. I refer to your special report, How The People Won In Osun, TELL, August 25, 2014. Weeks before the battle, an average non-partisan resident of the South-west geo-political zone could bet with his or her life […] More
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in People's ParliamentWe Need to Step Up Our Modus Operandi
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Fems Alabo – Ekowe, Bayelsa State. I refer to your cover story, Boko Haram: Why The War Drags On, TELL September 1, 2014. The security forces have a herculean task ahead of them and they should not play politics with this issue because […] More