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‘Chimamanda, don’t go, let go, let God…’ By MARTINS OLOJA,
Deacon Martins Oloja This is ‘so long a letter’ to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a significant brand ambassador of Nigeria to the world. It is an appeal for her to believe an ancient word that is ever so true: that the land of her birth will soon fulfill destiny. And so, the wickedness of the wicked concerning the country she now hates to return to, will soon come to an end. ‘The Interview That Broke Our Hearts’ Last week, “The New York Times” published your interview.
JAMB sets 80% benchmark for underage candidates seeking admission
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced stricter conditions for underage candidates seeking admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. Under the new clarification, candidates below the approved admission age must record at least 80 per cent in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), post-UTME and their O-level screening to qualify for consideration.
Peter Obi calls for thorough, transparent, timely probe of Enugu Air ‘runway excursion’ in Benin
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, has called for “a thorough, transparent, and timely investigation” into the root cause of the Enugu Air aircraft “runway excursion” that took place in Benin, Edo State.
Flutterwave backs Tiwa Savage Music Foundation to champion African creative talent
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, today announced its strategic partnership with the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation, marking a landmark commitment to investing in African creative talent. The foundation’s official launch event took place on March 9, 2025, at the prestigious The Delborough Lagos, bringing together some of Nigeria’s most prominent voices in entertainment, business, and culture.
Bago declares emergency on Minna general hospital, orders total reconstruction
Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State has declared a state of emergency on the General Hospital in Minna, describing the medical facility as dilapidated and incapable of serving the state’s growing health demands. The announcement was made during the State Executive Council meeting held on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by Aisha Wakaso, the Governor’s Special Adviser on Print Media.
Osun 2026: Open Letter to President Tinubu
News Express | 7th Jun 2025 | 3 By OLAWALE RASHEED Dear President Bola Tinubu, I start by congratulating you on your two year anniversary. As much as I am a Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke, this letter is outside my official capacity as I am writing as a Nigerian citizen, a journalist and an indigene of Osun state.
Customs vows crackdown on fuel smugglers in Adamawa, Taraba
The Nigeria Customs Service has intensified its campaign against smuggling in Adamawa and Taraba states, with Comptroller Garba Bashir leading a renewed offensive targeting illegal petroleum exports. Bashir revealed that within four months, his command intercepted and seized petroleum products worth over N195.7 million in duty-paid value. Speaking to journalists in Yola, he emphasized that fuel smuggling was aggravating the nation’s economic woes and placing undue hardship on ordinary Nigerians.
NSCDC seizes truck concealing 70,000 litres of stolen petroleum in Port Harcourt
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted a container truck carrying 70,000 litres of stolen petroleum products in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. In a statement on Monday, the agency revealed that the illicit fuel was hidden in an inbuilt storage tank within the truck, a tactic often used to evade detection. The NSCDC emphasized that the seizure was part of its broader efforts to combat oil theft and illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta region.
OP-ED: Osun politics and governance after multiple storms
Severe storms ravaged Osun political space in the last few weeks. Veteran and amateur of political practice have had various takes on whys and hows. The disruptions now extend to national politics, changing the dynamics of contentions from Osogbo to Abuja. Several failed uprisings were recorded, but the most significant was the local government coup against rule of law.
BREAKING: Eight killed as helicopter crashes in Akwa Ibom
A helicopter crash in Akwa Ibom State is said to have killed six oil workers and two crew members. The chopper ditched and nosed into the Atlantic Ocean while the victims were at work at the OML 123 oil field. Before the tragedy, AFRIPOST learnt that they were working at the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel and the Mimbo platform at around 11:40 a.m. All of the victims on board were thought dead, according to a source who made hints about the development.
Kaduna Govt speaks on taking N36bn loan in six months
The Kaduna State Government has disputed a claim that it borrowed N36 billion over the last six months, characterising it as untrue and deceptive. The government stated that it is paying roughly three times the amount of loans obtained by the previous administration as a result of the significant depreciation of the naira.
Police arrest Islamic teacher for alleged sexual abuse of two
Malam Idris Abubakar, an Islamic teacher in Adamawa State, has been arrested on charges of homosexuality with two of his students. Idris, 22, of Gaya Ward in Mubi South Local Government Area, was taken into custody by Nigerian Police officers after the father of one of the boys gave them reason to suspect him and subsequently reported him to police.
Horror as school building collapses, kills pupil, injures others
Ojiyovwin Salvation, a Primary 2 student of Eghereka Primary School in Ewu town, Delta State’s Ughelli South Local Government Area, has sadly died after the collapse of the school building he attends. Salvation died tragically yesterday when a block of six classrooms collapsed, killing him and injuring three others. Afripost.ng gathered from accounts that the old structure fell during heavy rainfall in the community.
At Erelu's Installation, Governor Adeleke Speaks on Agric Processing, Unity Among Obas
Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on traditional rulers to deepen unity among their ranks even as he spoke on his plans for the agricultural sector. The Governor represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon Tola Faseru made the call at the coronation of the wife of the Governor, as the Erelu Soludero of ErinmoHer Excellency, Erelu Ngozi Adeleke Ijesa. The paramount ruler of Erinmo land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Odunayo M.
National protest: The Adeleke response
AS the national protest reaches a crescendo, Osun State is unique among the federating states because of the governance style and delivery of the Adeleke government. The governor has been essentially pro-people, pro-masses, and pro-prosperity. The five-point agenda, which has workers’ welfare as the first item, is the springboard of most pro-people plans and programs of the state government.
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa commentary on Osun unfair, biased
Our attention has been drawn to the persistent attacks on Governor Ademola Adeleke by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Esq over the state of the judiciary in Osun State. His recent outbursts are consistent with his unjustifiable political attacks of last year which were clothed in judicial advocacy. His piece of last year contained factually incorrect narrations on which he then built an equally jaundiced conclusion.
Tinubu approves N12bn outstanding payments for Super Eagles, others
President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of N12billon to clear outstanding payment for the Super Eagles and other Nigeria’s national teams of various sports. According to a statement on the X handle of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Center, the payment entails the clearing of the senior national team coach salaries running up to 15 months, payments of allowances and promises due to the senior national teams, females, and Under-20 national team.
Supreme Court affirms FG's exclusive control of nation's inland waterways
The Supreme Court has affirmed that the control of activities on the nation’s inland waterways, including levying and licensing operators in the sector, belongs exclusively to the Federal Government. The apex court, in a judgment obtained by our correspondent, held that it was wrong, unlawful and illegal for states to seek to control the sector and impose levies on businesses operating in the nation’s inland waterways.
When Was the Last Time You Listened? By Eloho Tietie — OsunDefender
Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling heard and like your voice mattered? That’s because someone listened. We’re often told to speak up, make our voices count, and air our opinions. But there’s an overlooked skill in communication: listening. Listening is essential in business meetings, negotiating strategic projects, romantic relationships, parenting, and spirituality. It offers us the opportunity to gain fresh insights and perspectives and move away from our blind spots.
Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Governance Model Makes Sense
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FCC Chairman accused of ”selling jobs” in dollars — National Accord Newspaper
Some commissioners in the Federal Character Commission (FCC), have accused the chairman of the commission, Mrs Farida Dankaka of ”selling jobs” in dollars in Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of Government. The commissioners made the allegations during the House of Representatives Ad hoc committee investigating MDA and parastatal and Tertiary Institutions on employment racketeering in Abuja.
Niger’s president, Bazoum makes defiant vow to save democracy after coup — National Accord Newspaper
Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect “hard-won” democratic gains a day after he was toppled in a military coup. The country’s foreign minister Hassoumi Massoudou also issued a rallying cry on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for “all democrats and patriots” to make the coup fail.
El-Rufai, Wike, Oyetola, others make Tinubu’s ministerial list
The immediate former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and legal luminary Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) are some of the names on the list of ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The Nation reports. Also included are eminent medical scholar, Ali Pate, an economist Olawale Edun, banker Adebayo Adelabu, former Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Leader, Mrs.
Fuel subsidy: FG begs as NLC issues August 2 nationwide strike notice
The federal government appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday to shelve its planned strike scheduled to start next Wednesday, saying it was doing everything possible to address issues raised by the labour movement, on the removal of fuel subsidy. The appeal came against the backdrop of the Wednesday strike notice served by the labour movement, which gave the federal government a 7-day ultimatum to address what it described as anti-people policies or face industrial action.
EXCLUSIVE: Wike, Makinde, other G5 governors to endorse Tinubu in January
Sharing is caring! Contrary to some newspaper reports that the G5 governors, led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who are opposed to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, have resolved to back the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi for the 2023 election, facts have emerged that the governors actually reached an agreement to pitch their tent with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard-bearer.
Looting: Oyetola's team confused
By Olawale Rasheed ● We Condemn Attempt to Shift Blame on DSS, Police Few days after Mr Ismail Omipidan’s boss, Funke Egbemode admitted that looting took place under Oyetola administration, it is sad that attempts are being made to shift blame on the Department of State Security Service and the police service.
CJN Ariwoola: Searching for Nigeria’s Marshall
CJN Ariwoola: Searching for Nigeria’s Marshall Posted by News Express | 13 October 2022 | 54 times •CJN, Justice Ariwoola By OLAWALE RASHEED History is replete with judges who shaped their days and nations, judicial officials who imprinted their footprints in front pages of national archives.
CJN Ariwoola: Searching for Nigeria's Marshall — OsunDefender
By Olawale Rasheed History is replete with judges who shaped their days and nations, judicial officials who imprinted their footprints in front pages of national archives. In uncertain times, the nation needs an activist reformer, a man ready to crusade for a transformative judiciary, issuing federalist corrective landmark rulings, focussing on unanimity in apex court decisions and deploying the bench as a weapon of national restructuring.
Nigeria@62: Resetting the Federalist Button — OsunDefender
By Olawale Rasheed The convoluted debate about our national existence elicits depression among most citizens. A sense of hopelessness pervades the public space with near zero public trust in government. Increasingly, even the best of patriots is contemplating the worst. Decades as student of Nigerian public political life however tend to confirm my conviction that a reset of the troubled federal republic is possible.
Wars And Rumours Of War- By Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari. It’s often intriguing to hear eminent and well appointed Nigerians talk about disintegration, destabilization and outright war, as if it’s a picnic. War? Not a tea party, and not something you should wish even upon your enemy. Nigeria fought a war before, in which about two million people died. There was sorrow, tears and blood, till good sense prevailed, and we said there was no victor, no vanquished.
Gov. Ikpeazu And His Intervention On Aba- Ikot Ekpene Road
By Okechukwu Ukegbu Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu Posterity will not forget Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu in a hurry for positive reasons. Even when he has wrapped up his second term on May 29, 2023 and barred by the constitution of our land not to aspire to become the governor of the God’s Own State, Abia, his name will keep resonating in distant lands. His legacies will continue to speak for him. This should be the way of every mortal, especially leaders. We shouldn’t be forgotten in a hurry.
WorldStage Summit 2020: Ameachi, Onu, Danbatta, others advocate economic diversification
Nigerian Government has assured that it is in tune with the reality to actualize economic diversification through massive investment in science and technology, transportation infrastructure, information and communications technology among others. Top government officials including the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi; Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; Prof.
#EndSARS: Conspiracies against Buhari, Nigeria will Continue to Fail, Says Bishop Garuba
By Abraham Olatokunbo Renowned cleric, Bishop Sunday Garuba, has declared that all the conspiracies against President Muhammadu Buhari and the country through the EndSARS protests will end in futility. Bishop Garuba made the proclamation on Friday at Day 2 of the ongoing 21 Days Special Prayer and Fasting organised by National Inter-Faith and Religious Organizations for Peace (NIFROP).
Nigeria: Responding To Afcta, Post-pandemic Through Sezs
Listen to article Nigeria is systematically and fundamentally responding to new economic challenges through a coordinated revival and expansion of special economic zones (SEZ) across the country. A renewed attention is being paid to the reform of SEZ to cope with demands of post-pandemic recovery and requirements of African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA). A feverish acceptance of SEZ's critical role is pervading federal and states governments including associated federal agencies.
Kano- Maradi Railway: Before We Politicize Infrastructure
By Olawale Rasheed The past few days saw a frenzy of anger and outburst on Kano-Maradi rail project. The high and the low; the enlightened and the less have poured venomous anger against the reported $1.9 billion railway, some calling it rail to nowhere. It all smacks of politicking with a critical project that is part of the railway master plan inherited from previous administrations. People have issues with Buhari government, many legitimately, many out of political necessity.
Tackling Banditry And Lessons From The North - East
By Enemali Ajibili The wave of renewed rural armed banditry, cattle rustling and inter-connected crimes, which is the bane of security in Nigeria’s Northwest zone has spurred fresh concerns to inhabitants of this geographical zone. It is not only the people directly at the receiving end of these organized crimes by armed criminals that are worried, but every Nigerian is having sleepless nights over this unacceptable development.
John Campbell’s Failed Role As A Hatchet-Man
By Philip Agbese Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has finally confirmed that his obsession with making Nigeria fail has pushed him into some sort of delusion, one that requires clinical intervention. So severe that the diplomat is today hopeful of achieving what he woefully erred to implement when he was envoy between 2004 and 2007; the destruction of Nigeria by whittling down its corporate integrity.
Ajibade, the man who wants to be NBA president » Politics » Tribune Online
“I have consistently maintained over the years that something is fundamentally wrong with our justice system and it must be fixed for the good of our society. Fortunately, I am not a lone voice on this subject matter.
Madonna teams up with Bill Gates to fund coronavirus vaccine
Madonna Madonna has joined forces with tech mogul Bill Gates and his wife in seeking a vaccine or a cure for the coronavirus. The pop superstar released a statement on Friday revealing she has teamed up with the philanthropists’ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to “find a drug that will prevent or treat Covid-19”. “We need this to protect our health workers, the most vulnerable, and all of our friends and families,” she said in the video on Instagram.
Opinion: Global Medical War, Nationalism And Covid-19 – By OLAWALE RASHEED
Covid19 The world system is unravelling as nations vigorously pursued national interest in defiance of multilateral institutions and structures.A war is on devoid of tanks,war planes,and nuclear arsenals. The struggle to secure medical supply has pitched nations against nations,raising nationalism to new level and undermining previous gains in the push for globalisation. The unfolding scenario continues the rivalry between the top leader and the emerging leader of the world.
Op-ed: Global Medical War, National – Realnews Magazine
By Olawale Rasheed The world system is unravelling as nations vigorously pursued national interest in defiance of multilateral institutions and structures.A war is on devoid of tanks,war planes,and nuclear arsenals. The struggle to secure medical supply has pitched nations against nations,raising nationalism to new level and undermining previous gains in the push for globalisation. The unfolding scenario continues the rivalry between the top leader and the emerging leader of the world.
Global Medical War,Nationalism and Covid-19
Listen to article The world system is unravelling as nations vigorously pursued national interest in defiance of multilateral institutions and structures.A war is on devoid of tanks,war planes,and nuclear arsenals. The struggle to secure medical supply has pitched nations against nations,raising nationalism to new level and undermining previous gains in the push for globalisation. The unfolding scenario continues the rivalry between the top leader and the emerging leader of the world.
Arewa Council of Chiefs says northerners did not attack Lagos officials
April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 promptnewsonline Arewa Chiefs, Lagos Covid-19 The Arewa Council of Chiefs has denied a report that indigenes of the north resident in Lagos recently attacked personnel of the task force of their host state. The body also described two individuals, Alhaji Aliyu Garuba, and Alhaji Hassan Auyo, as impersonators for allegedly claiming to be the Sarkin Hausawa of Lagos and Sarkin Idi-Araba.
Global Medical War, Nationalism and Covid-19, By Olawale Rasheed
The world system is unravelling as nations vigorously pursued national interest in defiance of multilateral institutions and structures.A war is on devoid of tanks,war planes,and nuclear arsenals. The struggle to secure medical supply has pitched nations against nations,raising nationalism to new level and undermining previous gains in the push for globalisation. The unfolding scenario continues the rivalry between the top leader and the emerging leader of the world.
Covid-19: A dirge for the crème de la crème » Opinions » Tribune Online
THE belligerent spirit wrecking havoc worldwide without obeisance to power and riches is clearly vengeful and unrelenting. Across the four corners of the world, you strike the untouchables, the rulers of the world, the earthly powers for long repressing the weak. The spirit of affliction dares the mighty, crippling all arsenals of defence. You are indeed poking your tortuous fingers right into the hearts of the creme de la creme of the world. What is it about you? What are you made of?
The real significance of Amotekun » Opinions » Tribune Online
SOMETHING fundamental happened to the Nigerian federation last week. It was small but within it is a greater maximal political implication, especially for the much debated restructuring of the skewed federal structure. The South West region of Nigeria has consciously set the tone for national reforms in the security sub-sector. The emergence of Amotekun is a bold message and strategic positioning of the region in the envisaged future balancing of power within the federation.
The danger of politicising the National Assembly Service Commission
By Adebayo Makinde At the end of the year Get-Together/Awards Ceremony organized by the Senate Management for the Staff of the Senate, the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan reassured the nation that the 9th Senate was in a hurry to deliver on the targets set in its Legislative Agenda. Basking in the euphoria of the early passage of the 2020 budget, he said: “We passed our agenda.
Kano -Maradi Railway: Buhari’s new Corridor Linking Sahelo-Sahara with Nigerian Coast
Olawale Rasheed,Director,African Railway Roundtable writes about a new rail corridor,the Kano-Maradi line that is to connect Sahelo Sahara region with West African coast through Nigeria.
REVEALED: Why terrorism is spreading in Nigeria, West Africa - Experts
Security experts and analysts have identified several interlinked and independent factors such as porous border, unresolved national issues and influx of arms from the conflict in Libya as the immediate and remote causes of violent religious extremism and terrorism in the region. The experts made this known at the ongoing summit of West African leaders in Burkina Faso over growing terror threats that are spreading at a fast pace across the Sahel region down to the sub-region.
OPINION: The Gbemisola Saraki You Don't Know By Olawale Rasheed
Posted by African Examiner Articles/Opinion, Featured, Featured Contributors/Columnists, Latest News Sunday, July 28th, 2019 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Commentaries 0n Ministerial Nominees Excite Some Us Especially When You Are Privileged To Know Many Of The Nominees In Close Quarters. The Choice Of Senator Gbemisola Ruqayah Saraki Is Not A Quotarised Or Beijing Inspired Nomination.
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