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Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
Restructuring For Resolution of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflicts By Samson Akinola
To the Executive Governors of Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti states, this is a summary of a proposal titled, “Restructuring for Resolution of Herdsmen-Farmers Conflicts and Peace-Building through Polycentric Planning in Nigeria”, which I designed […]
Business
A Better Version of Me – 6 Ways Business Leaders Stretch Time
By Akin Monehin Napoléon Bonaparte, the French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution in 1789, said, “there is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, […]
Editorial
Editorial: Federalism Is The Answer, After All – Part 16 | Guardian (NG)
Once again, the skewed nature of the Nigerian Federation came to the front burner of public discourse recently through three distinct sources. One channel emerged following the reluctant removal of the service chiefs, and their […]
News
N32b Cocaine From Brazil Seized At Tincan Island Port, Clearing Agents Arrested | PMNews
Forty parcels of cocaine weighing 43.11kg, with an estimated street value of over N32 billion have been intercepted at the Tincan Island Port, Lagos. The cargo came from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Commander of the […]
News
Senate Fears Ethno-Religious War, Famine
Worried that the rising level of insecurity might result in ethnoreligious war, famine and related crises, the Senate has scheduled another marathon debate to address various security challenges. A seven-point motion on the matter was […]
News
Trouble Ahead As APC Reviews Membership Nationwide
When the pioneer national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, dismissed the party’s ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise as an unnecessary waste of resources, many had thought he was just […]
Business
IMF Advises Nigeria To Raise VAT To 10% By 2022
By Oluseyi Awojulugbe The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the federal government to raise value-added tax to at least 10 percent by 2022. In a country focus article published on Monday, the IMF executive […]
News
FG Has Frozen My Bank Accounts, Igboho Raises The Alarm
By Deola Badru— IBADAN Self-acclaimed freedom fighter, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, on Tuesday, accused the Federal Government of freezing his bank accounts, following the notice to quit he gave killer-herdsmen in […]
Issues/Policy
Bobi Wine And The Old African Brew By Azu Ishiekwene
AFTER the presidential election in Uganda, it dawned on me that there are two people in the country who don’t fear President Yoweri Museveni: one is his tailor, and the other is his political rival, […]
News
‘BUA Didn’t Solely Pay For 1m Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccines’ — CACOVID Hits Back
By Jemilat Nasiru The private sector-led coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) says it stands by its position that the BUA Group did not singlehandedly secure the procurement of one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for […]
News
TUC Tackles Sylva As FG Says Fuel Price Pain Looms
Adelani Adepegba, ’Femi Asu, Nike Popoola and Temiloluwa O’Peters The Trade Union Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, who told Nigerians to prepare for […]
Issues/Policy
Journeying On A Rough Road To Nowhere! By Yahaya Balogun
The ultimate measure of a country is how its leadership and followership (ir)responsibly activate their cognition in times of national crisis. There is a complete failure of leadership in Nigeria. Leadership is about responsibility resulting […]
Issues/Policy
Niger Delta, Shell and The Verdict By Matthew Agboma Ozah
The economic indices laying bare before Nigerians today reveal that the country is poorer than ever before and cannot fend adequately for its needs without borrowing. That might seem like the obvious consequence from the […]
Issues/Policy
Ogun State: The Legacy of a Great Future – Part 3 By Tunji Olaopa
Continued from yesterday This vision already indicates a significant strategic ideology, which is further fleshed in the ISEYA acronym—Infrastructure—Social Welfare and Well-being—Education—Youth development—Agriculture and food security. The acronym, therefore, provides a Yoruba cultural call to […]
News
Open Grazing Not Sustainable, Say Northern Governors By Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi, Jos
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) may have been hit by the reality that open grazing is no longer fashionable in modern society. In a communiqué yesterday after their virtual meeting on Monday, the forum […]
Health
Time To Wear a Better Mask, Experts Say By AFP
As new, more transmissible variants of the coronavirus spread, experts say it’s time to consider using a medical-grade respirator or wearing a surgical and cloth mask together. Scientists have agreed for some time the main […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Ranching, Not Free Roaming, Is Solution
Against the background of rising tension being generated among ethnic groups all over the country following incessant clashes between farmers and cattle herdsmen, the suggestion by Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, for a federal law […]
Politics
Oshiomhole Kicks Against APC Revalidation Exercise
The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, kicked against the party’s membership revalidation exercise. Oshiomhole said the exercise is unconstitutional and double registration for people who have […]
Education
LASU Postpones Exams Indefinitely
The Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has announced the postponement of all outstanding 2019/2020 first semester examinations until further notice. Mr Ademola Adekoya, Coordinator, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, LASU, disclosed this in […]