Readers Comments Writing, like singing, is a creative art; you must be in the mood to write or sing better. Being in the mood does not mean being joyful; it can also be sorrowful, something to provoke creativity. Thank God, I am not writing to earn a living but a deep-rooted hobby with a passion for serving humanity through enlightenment. …

Lessons from the Animal World: A reflection on parenting, leadership The video you are about to watch is a lesson in good parenting and leadership instincts, as demonstrated by creatures in the animal world. I am a pet lover and have always owned pets throughout my adult life. Two of my favourite dogs were named “Tiger” and “Lobo.” Both were …

HBD Buni, the Leader Who Forfeited His Inheritance for Peace  Last week, while the battle against a new security threat, the Lakurawa, and a £25,000 marriage were shaping national discourse amidst excruciating economic difficulties, an extraordinary gentleman with qualities Nigeria could greatly benefit from celebrated his birthday. Honourable Mai Mala Buni, the Governor of Yobe State, turned 57 last Tuesday. …

Rep Fatoba’s C’ttee Pledges Support For NOA To Carry Out It’s Function …commends several nation building initiatives of the agency Nigerian House of Representative Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values has pledged legislative support to the National Orientation Agency, in order to carry out its statutory mandate across the country. The chairman of the committee, Hon. Steve Fatoba, …

Kebbi Government Cracks Down On Land Grabbers, Arraigns 2 Suspects In Court. The Kebbi State Government has intensified efforts to combat illegal land acquisition and the issuance of fraudulent land certificates, as two suspected land grabbers have been arraigned in court. At a press briefing held on Thursday, in Birnin Kebbi, the commissioner for Lands and Housing, Alhaji Muhammad Dangi …

Bill on Retirement Age Increment Of Health Workers Would Address “Japa Syndrome”, Says NMA … Commends Rep Wale Ahmed For Sponsoring the Bill …Urges Lawmakers To Expedite Legislative Actions For Its Passage The First Vice President of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Benjamin Olowojebutu, has said increasing the retirement age of health workers from 60 to 65 will address …

THE AMUSING PART OF CHILDREN ‘Femi Adekunle Often, children are comic reliefs. As parents, we should see the fun in things and not be uptight as we are wont to, many times, especially when it comes to our children’s performance in any sphere or endeavour. We expect so much from them that failure to meet that expectation of ours leaves …

Your victory divine, historic, Prince Dr Wumi Akintide congratulates Gov Aiyedatiwa on election victory An American-based Ondo State senior citizen, Prince Dr Wumi Akintide, has congratulated the Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on his well-deserved and landslide victory at the governorship election held on Saturday, 16th November. Dr Akintide described Governor Aiyedatiwa’s victory as both divine and historic, …

GUBER POLL: GOV AIYEDATIWA, DGOV ADELAMI RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF RETURN. We conducted credible, peaceful, conclusive election in Ondo, says INEC Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has promised more developmental strides across the state as a way of repaying the massive votes given him in the just concluded election by the people of the State. The Governor stated this …

National Grid, Alau Dam Collapse: Who Pays?, The national grid collapsed three times last month and twice this month. This year, it has collapsed at least 11 times. This underscores our long-standing struggle to have a consistent power supply, even if not for the whole nation, at least for those fortunate enough to have access to the few megawatts produced …

Smart Farming: SAA-KNARDA-KSADP Model for Food Security in Nigeria Partly as an analogy to last week’s article on smart farming as a pathway to food security in Nigeria and partly as a digression, it is expedient to discuss the Sasakawa-KNARDA-KSADP model. This model demonstrates that achieving food security in Nigeria does not require rocket science but rather our leaders’ political …

DSS Personnel Threatens To Kill Journalist In Kebbi By Jameel Gulma, Kebbi   An Officer of the  Department of State Security (DSS) attached to Kebbi State Command, identified as Dauda Auwalu Taura has slapped a correspondent of the Authority newspaper, Mallam Shuaibu Zubair, when the journalist asked him to pay up his electricity bill. Taura, who got angry because his …

Group Tasks INEC On Leveraging Collaboration And Voter Register Audit By Binta Haroon   The Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to leverage collaboration and conduct an audit of its voter register for better service delivery. The programme manager of the association, Mr. Moses Oluwaseyi, made the call while sharing its election observation …

Bayelsa Deputy Governor Weeps For Law Profession In Nigeria …says profession Is fast losing respect, dying   Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has once again expressed concern over setbacks vitiating the integrity and relevance of the law profession in Nigeria due to unprofessional conducts of some members of the bar and bench. Senator Ewhrudjakpo, who stated this during …

ONDO 2024: THE CONTEST THAT NEVER WAS, THE INTRIGUES, AND THE CHALLENGE OF DEVELOPMENT. The 2024 Ondo Governorship election has come and gone, but the lessons are here with us. My principal and I tried our best, using the Labour Party platform, but as it turned out, the intra party crisis that erupted in the party consumed that effort, leading …