Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com The raging debate at the National Assembly over the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) calls for contributions from the general public so as to determine whether the controversial clause in the bill should stay or be expunged. The clause that is generating...
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com Anyone who is able to witness this new year – 2013- surely has cause to thank his or star. He or she must spare much time to offer plenteous praises to God for giving him/her the grace to be able to...
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com There is no denying the fact that of all the fiends confronting Nigeria as a nation, corruption is the worst. It is the stubborn cankerworm that is majorly responsible for our under-development. No doubt if we can get rid of corruption...
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com The wife of the governor of Ogun state, Mrs Olufunso Amosun recently performed a deed that is not only worth commending but also worthy of emulation. In fact, such an initiative, if emulated by our governments at different levels and others...
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com Melissa Bean, an American politician is the one who said that; “If we want to truly regain public’s trust, we can provide accountability and transparency with a single step. Let’s start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take”....
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com The deaths of some prominent Nigerians penultimate week; Olusola Saraki, Lam Adesina, May Nzeribe, eminent jurist, Kayode Eso and others sort of surpressed the noise that pervaded the polity over the issue of constitution review. Before coming to the nitty-gritty of...
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com The Federal Government finally wielded its sharp sword against Bi-Courtney, an indigenous construction company that was awarded the contract for the re-construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in 2009 by terminating the contract after years of non-performance. The termination of the contract,...
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com To state that President Goodluck Jonathan is laying a solid foundation for credible polls in the country would simply mean making a factual statement. And there are facts to support this assertion. The latest of the facts available to buttress this...
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com There is a consensus in the nook and cranny of our country today on the need to revamp the education sector, which has for long been in shambles. No thanks to long years of military rule that bastardised not only the...
Friday, October 12th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com Terrible occurrences are being recorded every day in our country that confirm the nation’s slide to the period that Thomas Hobbes, that great political philosopher, described as nasty, brutish and short. The killing of four students of the University of Port...
Thursday, September 27th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com Next Monday will be October 1, the date Nigeria freed itself from the shackles of colonialism. On that day Nigeria will be 52 years old. It is not difficult to predict some of the things that will happen in the polity...
Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com The chairman of Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mr. Elias Mbam attempted last week to invite the wrath of the people when he called for communication service tax for mobile phone users in the country. At a workshop on...
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Kola Odepeju, 08023191891, ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com The slogan Vision 20: 2020 is not new to most Nigerians especially the educated class of the populace. It’s a slogan that has found its way into our politico-economic lexicon since Olusegun Obasanjo era and the idea is that by year 2020,...
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
By Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com The Osun State government under the able leadership of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has again added another feather to the cap of its progressive administration by the introduction of payment of monthly allowances to the elderly in the state. As a...
Thursday, August 16th, 2012
By Kola Odepeju, 08023191891 ebisemiju2002@yahoo.com A more absurd dimension was introduced last week, to the surfeit of demands that the lethal Boko Haram group expects President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to meet before the group could sheath its sword. And the condition is that Mr. President should...
