Palmer Ogheneyole Nathaniel A group of young men and women under the auspices of Youths 4 Governance(Y4G) has stated that the present state of things in the country as it affect youths participation in leadership and governance can no longer be cordoned. The group in issued at the end of it’s general meeting held recently at the NUT Hotel, Asaba, capital of Delta state, noted that the common maxim of youths being leaders of tomorrow has become a scam and an unrealistic illusion. Flanked by hundreds of members of the group, the Director-General/National Coordinator Engr. Arerosuoghene Jerry Agbajileke while reading…
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By Dare Babarinsa Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), came into the limelight 30 years ago. He was one of the young men and women who flocked around Chief Moshood Abiola, Nigerian President-presumptive and winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Tinubu was elected Senator on the platform of Abiola’s Social Democratic Party (SDP), to represent Lagos-West in Abuja. He was a dapper-dresser; handsome and precocious. He was fearless and daring. When Abiola went to see General Sani Abacha on the November 1993 night the military toppled Chief Ernest Shonekan, the Head of…
REVITALISING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: The Leadership Question By Professor Paul Omojo Omaji Vice Chancellor, Admiralty University of Nigeria Omaji-vc@adun.edu.ng Protocol Preamble I salute the University of Ibadan Alumni Association, Asaba Chapter (UIAA, Asaba) for allowing the subject matter of this Lecture to capture its collective imagination at this time. Obviously, the Lecture is holding during a period dominated by the four-yearly ritual of electing “political leadership” for Nigeria. For some other organisations, it would have been more ‘strategic’ to join the euphoria of political electioneering. Afterall, the signs of what has now come to be known as the ‘dollarisation’ of politicking…
BY ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA The Chairman of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Asaba Chapter, Dr. (Mrs.) Felicia Nkem Adun, FNES JP, has noted that the very important Annual Lecture Series of UIAA was an initiative, drive and dedication to building an association committed to best practices and robust articulation of ideas to move our dear State and country to greater enviable heights. Dr. Adun stated this in her welcome address at the 2022 University of Ibadan Alumni Association Annual Public Service Lecture with the theme REVITALIZING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: The Leadership Question, delivered by Prof Paul…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to sustain the good work it has started towards retrieving Nigeria’s university system from sinking further into the abyss by taking urgent measures to pass into law the Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed Blueprint for the rapid revitalisation of university education in Nigeria. Vice Chancellor of the Admiralty University in Nigeria, Asaba, Prof. Paul Omaji made the call at a lecture he presented at the 2022 Distinguished Annual Public service Lecture of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Asaba chapter. The lecture entitled ‘Revitalizing University Education – The Leadership Question”, Prof. Omaji lamenting…
By ABEL JOHNGOLD ORHERUATA Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Governor, Delta State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has noted that the University of Ibadan (UI) has contributed a lot to the development of Nigeria’s human resources. That it should also be supported in every facet of its development plans and sustainable growth. Okowa stated this yesterday while declaring the 2022 Annual Public Service Lecture of the University of Ibadan Alumni Association (UIAA), Asaba Chapter, with the theme “REVITALIZING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: The Leadership Question” open, at The Press Center, Government House, Asaba, Delta State. While saying he was delighted…
The Movement for Stronger Delta (MSD) states that the “Open Letter to PDP Stakeholders Atiku/Okowa Ticket: Dead on Arrival” missed the point. Of course, the so-called letter reeks of malice. To the contrary, MSD acknowledges it as a terrific hit on the target of moving forward for the progress and changing the change in Nigeria. The point to ruminate on is, if the ticket is “dead on arrival”, why is the author and his sponsors het-up and full of anxiety? If they strongly believe that the Atiku/Okowa PDP Presidential ticket is a non-event, why are they getting agitated and hollering…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has urged men of God to emulate the General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor Williams Kumuyi. Adesina said men of God should be apolitical like Kumuyi. He spoke yesterday at the promotion of a book, titled: ‘Kumuyi: The Defender of the Faith’ in Lagos. Adesina said Kumuyi has remained forthright, and stayed true to his calling, at a time when most men of God in Nigeria took sides politically. He described the Deeper Life founder as a great man of God. According to Adesina: “We are glad…
They will kill me; they will kill the President Elect, Chief MKO Abiola if I went ahead with the election and announced the winner of the elections which we all know to be Bashorun, Chief MKO Abiola. ”I know so; I am not daft. He won; he tried. I feel bad about the whole matter. Professor, I do not see how they will spare you because they know you are my principal confidant. You think they do not know you? They know; they know you are with me now. They saw you coming in and they know you are with…
By Charles Nwabardi In Nigeria, politics has been the winners (State Actors) take it all. Consequent upon this, transition processes have all along been beclouded with desperation and do-or-die affair that sometimes lead to shouting of such a slogan as “Nothing Dey Happen’, ‘ All The Way ooo’ by real politicians and their indoctrinated followers, ( meaning, they can never be challenged from any quarter. In order to achieve their selfish and oppressive aim they resort to violence that puts fear in their opponents. By these act of violence and treachery they build so much confidence because they could muster…