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The dangers of long-distance travel

Travelling far distances by car, bus, plane, or train is not always fun. Did you know it can even have a harmful impact on your health, too? Long-distance travel, especially by car, taxi, or bus can increase the risk of blood clot formation, a condition known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT).  In many instances, people…

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When Afrivcan leaders slept: China and the resurgence of colonialism

Nigeria and, by extension Africa, is on the threshold of another foreign conquest or colonization. Observers have warned of the onset of a new ‘Scramble for Africa’, warning so strong it resonated with the Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the newly elected Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The enraged President…

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What Does Dotun Sanusi Want in Tinubu, Makinde’s Governments?

ADEMOLA BABALOLA writes that Ibadan-born billionaire businessman, Engr. Dotun Sanusi may soon become a colossus in leadership recruitment process for Oyo State in particular and Nigeria as a nation as recent events around the hotelier and country’s oil and gas key player suggests that he may be on the verge of building a political empire…

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IBADAN : One beaded crown too many| By Lanre Ogundipe

It is always good to maintain cordial relationship, rather than engage in bickering that could cause chaos and attract lifelong regrets. Emerging signals from the contrived elevation of Ibadan High Chiefs to the status of wearing beaded crown is nothing but an attempt to disrupt and destroy the world-acclaimed and applauded system of ascendancy to…

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Unbearable Burdens| By Esther Ogundipe

Nigerians, once again, have been urged to embrace the hardship that was recently unleashed on them. There is probably more to come. After all, God never bestows a burden that is too heavy to carry. In his third speech to Nigerians since mounting the saddle of leadership, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reiterated his administration’s economic…

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How Tinubu can turn Nigeria around|
by Adeolu Arisekola

NIGERIA is the most populous country on the African continent. With a population of over 200 million people, Nigeria is one of the largest economies in Africa, with an estimated GDP of $514.05 billion as of 2021. The country has a diverse cultural and religious population, with over 250 ethnic groups and a significant divide…

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TINUBU: IT’S YOUR CHANCE | By Lanre Ogundipe

Barely two weeks after the inauguration of Nigeria’s new leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, signs of strong determination to turn the tide of national development are beginning to emerge. I hope it’s for real. To call off the bluff of some power blocs by insisting on the removal of fuel subsidy, is a step in…

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Petroleum subsidy removal: Purchasing power and my grouse with Trophy Lager Beer

By Alhazan Abiodun R. “Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people.Poor Leaders sacrifice the people to save the number.” Simon Sinek. I was on a tricycle on Sunday going to my usual pun in my hometown, Iseyin when one of the other two passengers was dragging the issue of change…

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Seun Kuti and the ‘Dirty Slap’ on Third Mainland Bridge

By Oludayo Tade It was the musician, Habeeb Okikiola also known as portable who tested the ‘weightier’ between the power of a celebrity and the authority of the state when he thought he was above the law and untouchable. Portable had behaved unruly to policemen who went to his bar to invite him over some…

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A Woman of Substance, 23rd Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Ololade Agboola, Bows Out of Service

By Abiodun Atilola A journey of a thousand mile must surely have an end, it was a good end for Mrs Ololade Agboola, the 23rd Head of Service in the pacesetter State who is bowing out of Service on May 8, 2023 as the substantive Head of Service in Oyo State after 35 years of…

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