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Once again, another bombshell dropped from the stable of Ilana Omo Oodua, written by columnist Bola Bolawole and quoting copiously from a rejoinder by the homeland chairman of Ilana Omo Oodua, Dr. Wale Adeniran, to an earlier article written by Bola Bolawole himself. In the said article, Bola Bolawole wrote, …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Penultimate week I returned to my hometown, Owo; specifically for the 14th Foundation Day and 11th convocation ceremony of Achievers University, a private university founded and nurtured by Dr. Bode Ayorinde (Pro-chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council) and an erstwhile member of the House of …

Few weeks ago, alarm was raised by friends of one Abdulgafar Ahmad popularly known as Cute Abiola that he was missing after reporting for work at his office in Navy Town, Lagos. Nigerians were shocked to learn after two days of being declared missing that it was his employers, the …

Monday, 20 December, 2021) ‘The Man who looks history in the face’ is the title Professor Wole Soyinka put on the Foreword. Of course, “the man” here is Bisi Akande, the author of ‘My Participations‘, an autobiography that is roiling calm across Nigeria. Soyinka endorses the book and the content …

Globally, citizens of countries with democratic profiles are beginning to question the efficacy of democracy—especially democracy’s capacity to deliver the development agenda. A survey conducted by Pew Research shows that across 34 countries, a median of 52 per cent of those interviewed is dissatisfied with democracy. The dissatisfaction cuts across …

As Libya goes to the polls December 24, 2021, African countries under the aegis of the African union, AU are expected to play a major and important brotherly role to ensure a smooth, free and fair first democratic elections to hold in the history of Libya. It is very disappointing …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last week’s “Akintoye: A response to critics” quoting Prof. Wale Adeniran, National Chairman of Ilana Omo Oduduwa (Oodua), IOO, on behalf of himself, the worldwide leader of Ilana, Prof. Banji Akintoye (the Alana), and other top-shot IOO executives, has drawn the ire of Mr. George Akinola, …

This Christmas is the last that Governor Kayode Fayemi will spend as the helmsman of Ekiti State. He happens to be term-limited and cannot seek further re-election as governor. Some of the other outgoing governors have had recourse to retire to the Senate. The leadership recruitment process in Nigeria has …

When he popped out of his mother’s womb 79 years ago in rustic Daura, now in Katsina State, nobody could have predicted that he would bestride the country, nay the world, like a colossus. Who could have predicted that a honest man, Mai Gaskiya, had come forth? Who could have …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The past many days, starting from Saturday, December 4, 2021, witnessed, for me, a flurry of activities, beginning with the Distinguished Great Ife Alumni Award hosted at the Marriott Hotel, Lagos by the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife). Sixty alumni …

The Igbos have this belief that they are of Jewish stock. Often times, other people who are not Igbos join in this belief that the Igbos are of Jewish origin. This belief which festers without thorough scientific investigation and confirmation has its root in the ability and instinct of the …

Family seeks State’s posthumous honour for Hospital’s First Medical Doctor: Dr. Oguntola Odunbaku Sapara By Cynthia Sapara Your Excellency Sir, it gives me great pleasure to reach out to you on the page of this newspaper to call your attention to the laudable contribution of my great-grandfather, the late Dr. …

Dear Jagaban I wish to congratulate Your Excellency, Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the giant strides you have made in Nigeria’s social and political life. Some of us who have followed your political trajectory with keen interest and admiration will readily attest to the enormous value Your Excellency has …

Monday, 13 December 2021 There is a huge noise over Chief Bisi Akande’s autobiography released on Thursday, December 4, 2021 in Lagos. I have not read the book. But I have read what the media says the book contains. I have also read the book review by a brilliant professor …

t urnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last week’s “The travails of Prof. Akintoye” attracted reaction from far and near. Some of the reactions sought to throw light on why the Ilana Omo Oodua leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has been the object of cruel betrayal by lieutenants in the self-determination struggle of …

“Lai Mohammed just entered!” someone in our group whispered, as the lone figure sauntered into the departure lounge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in the nation’s capital Abuja, that fateful day around 2014. That chance encounter at the airport unveiled something significant about the man and his method. Dr. …

Perceived or tangible gains, direct influence, and impacts on South East politics in 2023 general elections, following Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s electoral victory in the 2021 Anambra State governorship election would be clearer and more visible as time rolls on. At the moment, there is cause to celebrate among the …

Let’s go down memory lane. In May, 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari had led the Nigerian delegation to London to attend the global anti-corruption summit being hosted by the then British Prime Minister, David Cameron. We arrived London to the storm of reactions accompanying comments Cameron had made in a private …

turnpoit@gmail.com 807 552 5533 Frank Kokori, remember him? He was the petite but fire-spitting General Secretary of NUPENG who led the oil workers’ strike that crippled the entire country and held the Sani Abacha military junta by the jugular, until he was arrested on August 19, 1994 and the strike …

Email:alexottiofr@gmail.com “If you lay with a scorpion, don’t be surprised when it finally stings you.” ―DaShanne Stokes One fateful day, Juan Souza Carlos, a Brazilian billionaire, received a fax message at his Sao Paulo office. Not too many people of the generation X and Y know much about fax messages. …

Though a Christian celebration, Christmas has turned into a cosmopolitan, cultural, and social celebration marked and enjoyed worldwide by different religious adherents. In Nigeria, a religiously diverse nation, many homes, Muslims, Christians, and traditional religion practitioners, celebrate the spirit of friendship and comradery among different people, enjoy harmless fun, exchange …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Prof. Adebanji Stephen Akintoye, erstwhile chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-determination (NINAS), announced his resignation both as leader and member of the organisation. Akintoye also pulled his Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), out of NINAS while …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 A saying of the elders is that for as long as lice persist on the head, blood will be a common feature on one’s fingers. That is one reason why we are dwelling on the vexed issue of religious bigotry in the South-west again today. The …

As a follow-up to the first part of this piece, this “ember” season is proving to live up to its billing of throwing up bizarre challenges. At a time when Nigerians are grappling with the burdens of inflation, not to mention the rampaging insecurity which has made the oxygen we …

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