Category: Opinion
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Child Labour as a Sad Situation in Nigeria by Ishowo Malik Ayomide
By: Ishowo Malik Ayomide. The other day, I evidently saw some small children begging at a traffic light signal around Post office/ Unity area in llorin in Kwara state. What actually came to my mind was that; when will this dismaying and indignant situation totally stop in Africa? But unfortunately, I couldn’t envisage on when…
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RURAL CASH GRANT: LIFTING WOMEN OUT OF POVERTY IN NIGERIA
The ₦20,000 rural cash grant initiative was introduced by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in 2020 as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s social inclusion and poverty alleviation agenda. The programme targeted 150,000 rural and peri-urban women in all 774 local government areas of the 36 states and the FCT.…
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ASUU STRIKE: A FAMILIAR FOE OF NIGERIAN STUDENTS ENABLED BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT
— Olayiwola Folahan Festus On the 14th of February 2022, The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared yet another strike, a month strike that was later extended by another 8 weeks. So far, it has been over 60 days that our lives have been abruptly altered once again due to the irresponsible nature of…
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Soun, Olubadan and Alaafin: The Fall of Iroko Trees by Busy Brain
Soun, Olubadan and Alaafin: The Fall of Iroko Trees ( Busy Brain Writes from Offa, Kwara State ) On Friday, 22nd of April, 2022, the whole of Southwest was thrown into a somber and forlorn mood over the demise of a great king of Oyo kingdom, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi lll, the 46th Alaafin Oyo, Iku…
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ASUU-FG Feud: Woes of the Sacrificial Lambs by Olabode Stephen
By Olabode Stephen Opeyemi For over 8weeks, Nigerian Students in Federal and some state Universities have stayed at home without hope of reopening their schools in sight. This is happening at a time when we are just recovering from the nightmare of COVID-19 cum ASUU strike break of 2020/2021. The serial closure of the academic…
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Ooni, OAU and Ife deaf gods (2)
By Tunde Odesola AROLE Oduduwa, my second mental image of you left me in pure dazzlement of your unfolding personality, which I thought was a perfect fit for the big shoes left behind by the departed Ooni Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II. But William Shakespeare warns, “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the…
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Hypocrisy of Sheikh Khalid’s Suspension For Criticizing Buhari, by Farooq Kperogi
The conscientious, straight-talking Imam of the Apo Juma’at Mosque in Abuja by the name of Sheikh Nuru Khalid was suspended from his position yesterday for saying, during a Friday sermon, that Buhari’s decision to not visit Kaduna in the aftermath of the bombing, kidnap, and murder of Kaduna-bound train passengers by terrorists was unjustified because…
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Students should use ASUU Strike To Engage in Beneficial Dealings By Ayomide Ishowo
Ayomide Ishowo It’s not longer news that the ASUU declared a nation wide strike since over a month ago, and that has made the higher institution students, especially those in federal institutions to sit home forcefully. However, students should not just use this rare opportunity of the ASUU strike to just sit home doing nothing,…
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The Implication of ASUU Strike on the Future of Nigeria
By Ishowo Malik Ayomide Recall that on the 14th of February 2022, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, declared a month strike in government-owned universities in Nigeria. However, since the declaration of the strike, the University teaching staff and students have sat in their various homes pending the time ASUU discontinue the strike. It…
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict: What It Means For Africa, and Nigeria
On 21 February 2022, the Russian Federation Council unanimously authorised Putin to use military force outside Russia’s borders. Two days later, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, its neighbour to the southwest, marking a dramatic escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. Putinin announced a ‘special military operation’ in eastern Ukraine; minutes…