Works Ministry, FERMA’s negligence, bane of Nigeria’s road infrastructure woes Each time I drive from either Benin to Lagos or Akure-Ore to Lagos and see the deplorable conditions of the roads, I keep wondering why the Toll Gates were removed. In the days of yore, the toll gate environment was another commercial ground for the…
The Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Alumni Association, RUGIPO Abuja Chapter, has commended the honourable Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo for his support during its just concluded end of year cum inauguration of Roland Adesina Development Foundation held at the International Conference Center, ICC, over the weekend. In a letter acknowledging the good gestures of the…
The newly commissioned Seun Bosede Osamaye Library at the School of languages of Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo is to enhance the development of the education sector in Nigeria. This was the summation of an alumnus of the University, Dr. Seun Bosede Osamaye who donated a 200 capacity library worth Over tens of…
Pensioners’ Lives Matter: A Call for Urgent Reforms. The lives of many pensioners in Nigeria remain marred by neglect, poverty, and inadequate support from the government despite the involvement of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) and the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) in pension administration. The disparity in the treatment of different categories of retirees…
Media platforms online and offline have been awash with stories and tributes to Chief Alex Olu-Ajayi. His life and times are actually inspiring, and learning more from those reports by individuals who experienced him in different dimensions is undeniably inspiring still.I was very happy that I could make time to write a tribute too which…
The Odoba of Ado-Ekiti, High Chief Alex-Olu Àjàyí, is best described by me as Daddy. He was indeed, Daddy to me in every sense, and most probably, more than I deserved. Daddy was the Head of my Clan, The Odoba Clan of Ado-Ekiti, hence his title, High Chief Odoba until his transition on the 24th…
Nigeria the Giant of Africa. Good people Great Nation….. 30 DAYS OF TINUBU’S ADMINISTRATION. Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999, with Olusegun Obasanjo, a retired Army General and former military Head of State, as the elected President under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The People’s Democratic Party ruled Nigeria for straight…
The House of Representatives has given its approval to a presidential request for the designation of ten parks in parts of the country as National Parks. The approval was a sequel to the Presidential Declaration Order, 2022 designating ten Parks across Nigeria as National Parks. The President had on the 16th November 2022 signed a…
The President of the Association of Ondo State Poets, Hon Goke Williams, made this assertion in one of his poems in the honour of Dr Tolu Bayode (RM, PSM, MD) a philanthropist, who is the Founder and President of the Dorian Home–an orphanage. Speaking at the event to mark the 2023 World Poetry Day in…
