By Basheer Luqman Olarewaju. Good day Your Excellency sir, About a year ago, most leaders of the world, and most particularly, the bigwigs of Nigeria…
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Category: Opinion
OPINION: Corruption in public hospitals in Kwara State
By Abdullateef Ishowo. Paraphrasing Segun Adeniyi’s analogy of six idle doctors, one would pity the present condition of our hospitals. According to the veteran journalist,…
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OPINION: Localisation, intersectionality key for Nigeria in achieving the SDGs
By Abideen Olasupo. If Nigeria is to succeed in 2030 where it failed in 2015, it must recognise the importance of working with local partners…
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OPINION: In the eyes of death
By Abdulhameed Abd-Rahman. When you carefully look at the image above for 30 seconds, you will see nothing but grief, disappointment, fading hopes, discouragement and…
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An open letter to Sen. Lawan on the unprecedented spate of violence against innocent citizens
By Abdulrahman Agboola. Distinguished Senate President Sir, Having searched the entire National Assembly and discovered that no other legislator marched your legislative experience and services,…
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COMMENTARY: Unguided growth —Kwara without a master plan
By Deji Kolawole. At the height of the controversy surrounding the demolition of the late Olusola Saraki’s ancestral political base, Ile-Arugbo; the argument pushed forward…
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OPINION: Gov. AbdulRazaq and Afonja chronicles
By Bashar Akanbi. According to available historical compendium, Afonja, believed to be the paramount founder of Ilorin, Kwara state capital, was a subject of the…
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OPINION: How to defeat insurgency: Buhari, where is your strength?
By Julius Olumide Oyekunle. Mr President, I know you are old and can’t handle the weapons of war anymore. I know how sad you are…
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OPINION: ‘Odu Itura Irete’, Gov. AA, Kwara APC and the rest of us
By Abdulrasheed Akogun. Have you ever wondered why the ocean waves move to and from the shore? Same here. And there are many other mysteries…
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OPINION: Minimum wage: Between politics and development
By Ibraheem Abdullateef. The most unfortunate thing about the minimum wage debate in Kwara State is the shameless dimension the discourse has taken, becoming more…
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