By the time the first bell rang and Joe Frazier came bobbing towards him, Muhammad Ali was already four years into a fight that helped define him as one of the 20th century’s most influential figures. Under the lights at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, Ali was once again fighting for the world title and, for many fans, boxing’s true heavyweight champion had finally returned from exile. Banished as one of the most electrifying and polarizing figures of the late 1960s, Ali had become the face of protest, and the man to unite the anti-war movement with the…
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In Ekiti, where election of a governor after the tenure of Dr. Kayode Fayemi will take place mid-2022, politicians are already in trenches. Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State on those who may succeed him in 2022 Although, Dr. Kayode Fayemi is seen as a well calculated, perceptible and unassuming politician, who will not be reckless in the choice of his possible successor, it is given that he will play a prominent role in who becomes his heir. He is expected to get the concurrence of other critical caucuses of the party before deciding on a person The nature of…
Moves by the Peoples Democratic Party Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makindeto join the All Progressives Congress (APC) has met with stiff opposition by the various stakeholders in the progressives fold in theState. Rising from a stakeholders meeting made up of the Oyo Solidarity Front (OSF), Oyo Progressives Resolute (OPR) and Oyo Sustainable Development Movement (OSDM) on Monday, the Groups said any attempt bythe Governor to join the Party would be resisted by all the Stakeholders in Oyo APCadding that the masses of Oyo State would be mobilized to stop this anathema to progressive tendencies. A statement signed by Messrs Johnson Olooto, Shina Alubankudi, WaheedOlanrewaju, Sunday Olododo, Ibrahim Arikewusola and Daud Arapaja, Chairmen and Secretaries of the Groups…
A Kaduna State High Court sitting in the state capital has adjourned the trial of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat to March 31 for the continuation of trial. The presiding Judge, Justice Gideon Kurada adjourned the case on Monday till March 31 to allow the prosecution to close its case. Speaking to reporters after the court sitting that lasted several hours, the prosecuting counsel, Chris Umar, said that he will present one more witness at the next adjourned date, after which he will close his case. Umar said that…
Armed groups occupying Yewa communities in Ogun State pose danger to security and livelihood in the South West of Nigeria and Benin Republic, the Nigerian Human Rights Community said on Monday. The group said if the budding armed cell in Yewaland is allowed to grow, the terrorists may replicate in Ogun State the violence and chaos in the North East and North West of Nigeria in the shortest time. Armed groups are currently in Yewa communities of Iganna, Ibeku, Opebu and Igbo-Oko communities in Ogun State. In the past few years, no fewer than 60 people have been killed, kidnapped…
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has alleged that four men were killed at Idiyan village, Igangan, Oyo State by men believed to belong to notorious Fulani warlord, Abdullah Iskilu Wakili. According to the Founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, the four men were hacked to death at about 2am on Monday (today) by the men who had over time kidnapped, killed and collected more than N800 million in ransom from their victims. Two of the men killed were said to be members of the community police in the area. Iba Adams, in a statement by his Special…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has ordered that a former Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil, be remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Suleiman Belgore, in a ruling on Monday, ordered that Wakil remains in EFCC’s custody until March 31 when his formal bail application would be considered. Justice Belgore gave the ruling when, after Wakil’s arraignment on a two-count charge of corruption and abuse of office, the prosecution opposed the oral bail application made by his lawyer. Wakil, who was arrested by the EFCC at his Abuja…
It is unusual for this 2021 Obafemi Awolowo lecture not to be taking place in a physical gathering has been the case in the past. In the prevailing environment of the coronavirus pandemic which compels us to stay indoors, I must say thanks to modern technology that the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation has been able to ensure that the lecture is being held today by zoom. I would like to thank the Chief Executive and driving force of the foundation, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu for organising the lecture. I would also like to thank our Chairman Professor Wole Soyinka, our Royal Father…
Isaba-Ekiti Killings : Fayemi Reads Riot Act, Directs Police, Amotekun To Comb Forests, Bans Open Grazing In Ekiti. #EkitiNewsToday. Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has directed the State Police Command and the Amotekun Corps to move into the forest regions bordering Oye/Ikole-Ekiti axis of the state, fish out those responsible for the dastardly act that led to the death of two people in Isaba-Ekiti and secure the entire axis from marauding herdsmen and kidnappers who have picked on the area because of the topography. The Governor also revealed that the government is also putting up plans for “alternative arrangements…
In this precis, I employ three frames for summarizing the lecture and discussions, which were very wide-ranging. These are: the key questions posed to guide the discussion; the issues analysed; and the application of Chief Awolowo’s interventions to these questions and issuesw. At the core of all these is the intense concern for Nigeria’s current trajectory and what the future portends. The Key Questions The guest speaker articulated “Whither Nigeria?” as the question of how staying together as a country can be realized. This overarching question he operationalized to encompass three particular concerns: Where are we as a country? Where…
