Opinion

By Olayinka Iroye Recent developments have brought to light a troubling issue facing many Higher National Diploma (HND) full-time graduates from Polytechnics across ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE   Assuming no unforeseen circumstances, Dangote Refinery is expected to make its first delivery of refined premium motor spirit, pms, to the Nigerian market by September 2024. The ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE   The trend of endorsing governors for a second term has gained significant momentum.  This trend is particularly noteworthy in the ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE   “Local government is not just about politics, it’s about people’s lives.”  ​      – Eric Garcetti   At last, ...

The move for the reunification, reorientation, and unity of purpose among the Yoruba extractions of Kwara (Igbomina, Ekiti, and Ibolo) popularly referred to ...

For unsavoury reasons, the story of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr Yahaya Bello has literally seized the media space in ...

Stories were abound all through last week how the spin doctors of Yahaya Bello allegedly moved tons of cash around some media houses ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE  The charade of Nigeria is never-ending! Only recently, one of Nigeria’s best-known cross–dressers, Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, was arrested on ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE The 10th anniversary of the abduction of 276 schoolchildren from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, has again ...

Comrade Hamidu Bashir In the realm of education, there are rare individuals whose dedication, passion, and expertise transcend the ordinary, leaving an indelible ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE When, in 1814, Europe’s leading statesman, Count Metternich,said that Italy “is only a geographical expression”, the former Deputy of the ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Nigeria is at a critical juncture; and in such a context, it is “cometh the moment, cometh the man”. For ...

A certain Professor Aderibigbe in a recent public lecture shocked us by his surprising apparent ignorance of basic factors igniting the food crisis ...

By Lasisi Olagunju The last premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, asked his guest what the town was saying. The ...

IN the current quest for a functional Nigeria, the advocacy by Wole Olanipekun (SAN) that it is time to overhaul the 1999 Constitution ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Thank God Ekiti school children and their teachers who were kidnapped on Monday, January 29, 2024, have now been released ...

By Kunle Akogun Nigeria’s most sought-after university, the University of Ilorin, has continued to elevate its national standing with its latest award of ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE My discussion about the performance of Governor BabajideSanwo-Olu must be put in the context that I met him at Saint ...

By Hakeem Olayinka Barrister Abiola Abdulkareem popularly known as Jagunlabi is now becoming an household name in Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero Federal ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Olajumoke Ogunkeyede is a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. JMK, as Ogunkeyede is popularly called, ...

By Nicholas Uwerunonye With the two goals slump of Kwara United to Remo Stars in Ikenne on Sunday, what would Coach Kabir Dogo ...

By Kunle Akogun Often-times, when we compare notes, many of my colleagues in the Public Relations/Corporate Affairs units of other Nigerian universities openly ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE It is a glorious thing to have a tested leader as the president of a country. It is also a ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE When our forefathers came up with the wise saying that ‘the earnest wish of potters is for earth to be ...

By Kunle Akogun Right from Day One, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, who assumed office as the 11th Vice Chancellor of the University ...

By Abdulrasheed Akogun As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our darling Herald Newspaper, it is imperative to reflect on the newspaper’s past ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Although the initial steps have to be taken by the individual, the picture of personality as having “power to uplift, ...

By Abdulrasheed Akogun The title of Baraden is one of the highly revered traditional titles in the Northern part of Nigeria. The title, ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent discourteous behaviour against some of the traditional rulers in Iseyin, Oyo State, has drawn an ...

By Austin Maho PhD If there is one take away from the recent judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court, otherwise know as ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE There’s always a general tendency which is often ignored at the peril of governments; and that’s the fact that bad ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE “The world is a complex place, and the influence of the media in its representation and its power of communication ...

EVERY great nation is built on a strong moral foundation. No nation succeeds without, as Plato put it, a “healthy soul”, where reason, ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE In an interview with journalists recently, the Elegboro of Ijebu-Jesa in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, ObaMoses ...

By Emeka Jerome All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we ...

Rafiu Ajakaye Kwara State House of Assembly on Monday read the list of cabinet nominees forwarded to it by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, followed ...

Stakeholders in Youth Development on Saturday expressed worry over declining societal core values and rising moral decadence amongst youths in Nigeria.

By abiodun KOMOLAFE In a nationwide address last Monday, President Bola Tinubu announced some palliatives to mitigate the impact of the high cost of ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name) fell ill and was admitted to hospital. At a point, his condition ...

By Dan Agbese _”Palliatives have a long history and like fuel subsidy nothing about its history smells roses. Like fuel subsidy the administration ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE On May 29, 2023, Bola Tinubu assumed office as Nigeria’s president, 16th leader. Nigerians wish him success in the onerous tasks ...

By Kunle Akogun The attempt by agents of revisionism to rubbish the reputation of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), which it ...

Following Friday, 16 June 2023, the Police Serve Commission’s approval of the appointment of a former 3-time Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, ...

By Gold Rahman- Lokoja According to  Recognizing that the United Nations, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenants ...

By Felix Oboagwina President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has today become the darling of all those in the leadership race of the 10th National Assembly, ...

By Rafiu Ajakaye On a sunny afternoon in February 2022, I engaged my principal, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, in a talk over the propriety ...

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Defence House, Abuja. Your Excellency, It is undisputable that Nigerians overwhelmingly ...

By Rafiu Ajakaye “In God we trust, all others we investigate”, my uncle a retired military officer  quipped in the language of crime ...

A Public Affairs Analyst and Lecturer at Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Oyewale Oyelola on Thursday stated that Hon Adewale Egbedun possesses academic credentials and ...

Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq as the Chief Security Officer of Kwara State has a critical role to play in ensuring the security and safety ...

Dear Asiwaju, our President-Elect, let me on behalf of myself and other progressive professionals, congratulate you and our great party once again on ...

By Felix Oboagwina As last year drew to a close, the 58 insurance firms in Nigeria under the umbrella of the National Insurance ...

By Hammed Adedayo Said Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has been given a great opportunity to improve the lives of the people ...

By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 06 March, 2023) The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria is not the worst ...

DIRISU YAKUBU writes about the game-changing performance of the candidate of the Labour Party in the just-concluded presidential election, Peter Obi, who polled ...

It’s Monday 27th February, 2023. The results are in, the concessions received. You are now Mr President-in-waiting. Congratulations, you have done it. Now ...

By: BELLO Sa’eed  Battle line drawn, and only the brave will live to withstand the heat. So is the atmosphere within the society ...

By: BEELO Sa’eed Politics as it has always been,remain a game of mind; dicey, complicated and specialty, where tables are bound to turn ...

By Toye Ogunwale Politics is about service. It is the hallmark of service to humanity through quality representation devoid of fear and comprised ...

By: abiodun KOMOLAFE Barring unforeseen circumstances, Nigeria’s presidential election will be held on February 25, 2023. So, as the D-day nears us by the eyelids, ...