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Peter Obi Won’t Criticize Amaka Patience Because She Is Not The North Or Southwest – Reno Omokri

David Folami — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:00:57 +0000

Ex-Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has come out to tackle Peter Obi for failing to publicly condemn an Igbo woman who threatened to poison and kill Nigerians of Yoruba and Edo extraction in Canada via a viral audio clip. He recently had his say via his Instagram page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, [...]

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Education: Southwest Nigeria has lost Its Edge!

Abiodun KOMOLAFE — Sat, 04 May 2024 18:54:03 +0000

The purported ranking of states by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), based on their performance in the 2023 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), is the focus of this piece. In the said publication, ‘Lagos State, which hosts many private schools and is home to virtually all Nigerians, is in the 6th position. The [...]

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Southwest: Beyond the Toga of Statism

Abiodun KOMOLAFE — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 21:28:14 +0000

The Lagos State Government recently endorsed a food production agreement with the Niger State Government. The partnership, known as the ‘Produce for Lagos Initiative’, is aimed at ensuring a steady flow of agricultural products to the end consumers. Interestingly, this agreement is coming at a time when Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi is warning the Federal [...]

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The Passable View of Roads in Southwest Nigeria by Abiodun Komolafe

Abiodun KOMOLAFE — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:01:20 +0000

From time immemorial, the masses have relied on constituted governments to implement road projects for the socio-political economy of the society. Whichever government got the construction right would be praised while those who focused on the maintenance would also be eulogised by the masses. However, those who neither got the construction nor the maintenance right [...]

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Southwest Commissioners of Education meet on Yoruba Language

Adewale Ade — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:39:43 +0000

Commissioners of Education in the Southwest, Kwara and Kogi States will meet in Ibadan, Oyo State on 3 March 2022 to deliberate on the protection, preservation and promotion of the Yoruba language. This meeting is being organised by the new Yoruba World Centre, a project launched by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in November, 2021. This [...]

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Yoruba Nation: South-west Politicians Against Agitation Over 2023 – Gani Adams

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 31 May 2021 19:30:53 +0000

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, on Monday, declared that there is no going back on agitation for the Yoruba nation. Gani Adams accused some politicians in South West region of suppressing Yoruba interest due to their political ambition ahead of 2023. He vowed that no amount of antics by “selfish” people would [...]

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We Must Protect Ourselves From Runaway SouthWest Criminals – Kogi State Government

David Folami — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 14:42:31 +0000

Kogi State government has said it plans to strengthen its own borders to prevent invasion from external forces. After the launch of Amotekun, Special Adviser to the state Governor on Security, Commandant Jerry Omodara (Rtd) believes Kogi must be prepared to protect its area from runaway criminals from the South West. He believes Amotekun and [...]

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Southwest Governors Should Stand Their Ground With Amotekun – NANS

David Folami — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 08:44:15 +0000

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has come out to say that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, organized by the six Southwest States to battle crimes in the region, is here to stay. According to NANS, any move by the Federal Government to scrap it will not be allowed. NANS believe scrapping [...]

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We Will Support Buhari In 2019 – Afenifere

David Folami — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:52:29 +0000

Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organization, has endorsed the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in the 2019 Presidential election. Chief Biodun Akin-Fasae, after a meeting of delegates and elders from the six Southwest states held on Thursday at the House of Chiefs, Ibadan, said that is their stance. [...]

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Buhari Has Been Good To The Southwest – Kayode Fayemi

David Folami — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 18:11:05 +0000

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed President Muhammadu Buhari’s chance of getting more support in the southeast region over its candidate Atiku Abubakar. According to the PDP in comments posted via its Twitter, Atiku is preferred for his “proven competence and respect for equity” as opposed to the incumbent president of Nigeria. It is [...]

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Buhari Meets Southwest Governors

David Folami — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:29:16 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met with three state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the South West geo-political zone at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected governors included Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti NAN gathered that [...]

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Southwest Govs Will Give Late Adebayo A State Burial – Fayose

David Folami — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:03:22 +0000

Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti says that Governors of South West States will ensure that the late Maj.-Gen. Adeyinka Adebayo is given a state burial. Fayose, who is also the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, stated this on Saturday when he paid a condolence visit to Adebayo`s family at his Lagos [...]

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