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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- September 13, 2023
Climate Change Takes a Grim Toll in Morocco and Libya
PDFPRINTIn the wake of an exceptionally powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday night, the death toll has surged significantly. The numbers now stand at a staggering 2,901 confirmed deaths, with an additional 5,530

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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- September 7, 2023
Post-Election Harassment and Its Impact on the Erosion of Faith in Nigeria’s Indivisibility
PDFPRINTOn January 30, 2023, I had a conversation with a Cameroonian friend over the phone, during which he inquired about my hypothetical choice for the upcoming Presidential Election in Nigeria. Specifically, he wanted to know
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- September 4, 2023
Alade Aromire: The Father of Nollywood
PDFPRINTThe tracing of the origins of theatrical practice in Nigeria to a specific ethnic group or location is a complex task, often veiled in the rich tapestry of the country’s diverse cultures. Various ethnic groups
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- August 27, 2023
Exchange Rate: Dollar to Naira
PDFPRINTI just read about how the value of the Nigerian currency, the naira, relates to the US dollar. The writer suggested that a new person should be appointed to lead Nigeria’s Central Bank, believing this
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- August 27, 2023
The Legacy of Yevgeny Prigozhin: Shaping Global Dynamics Through Tragedy
PDFPRINTThe world was caught off guard by the untimely demise of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a towering figure in Russia’s political and military landscape. His influence on two critical fronts, the Ukraine-Russia War and Russia’s growing presence
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- August 11, 2023
The Imperative of Ending Neo-Colonialism in Africa: Analyzing the Niger Republic Coup and Pro-Coup Riots
PDFPRINTAfrica’s history has been marred by the insidious legacy of colonialism, which left lasting scars on the continent’s socio-political, economic, and cultural fabric. While formal colonial rule may have ended, the spectre of neo-colonialism still
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- July 25, 2023
Are Nigerian Muslims more Muslim than their counterparts from Saudi Arabia?
PDFPRINTIn the video attached to this essay (see link at the end of this essay), a clip from Davido’s upcoming song and another one from a private party in Saudi Arabia were blended to form
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- June 28, 2023
Prigozhin Coup: National, Regional, and Global Implications
PDFPRINTA few days ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman with close ties to the Kremlin and the leader of the Wagner Group of mercenaries fighting on behalf of Russia in Ukraine, orchestrated a coup that
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- June 22, 2023
Farooq Kperogi: The Duty to the Truth
PDFPRINTAs a concept in journalism, “duty to the truth” describes a moral and ethical obligation, which mandates journalists to seek, uphold, and promote the truth in public discourse, thoughts, actions, and communication. It implies a
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- June 19, 2023
Open Letter to the President: A Bachelor’s Degree is not the same or equivalent to a Higher National Diploma
PDFPRINTAsiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) The President and Commander-in-Chief, Federal Republic of Nigeria Dear Sir, It is with great concern that I wrote this letter and I hope you would give it your
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- May 29, 2023
The Imperatives Before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Newly Sworn-in President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
PDFPRINTThe 2023 presidential election in Nigeria has come and gone. It was a highly contested and controversial one, with three main candidates vying for the top office: Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- May 27, 2023
Tiamiyugate: Europe Needs More Migrants, Not Less
PDFPRINTAn ongoing debate in contemporary Nigeria is not just about the inauguration of a new president on Monday 29 May 2023 but also the issue of migration to Europe and America for educational purposes. Although
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- May 26, 2023
How Peter Obi and Co Contributes to Nigeria’s Underdevelopment
PDFPRINTOn May 29, 2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be sworn-in as Nigeria’s President. As Tinubu noted during the electioneering campaign, he will continue the policies and programs initiated by the APC-led Buhari administration if elected
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- May 17, 2023
OF SEUN KUTI: PROVOCATION IN CRIMINAL LAW
PDFPRINT Provocation is a legal defense used in criminal law to reduce the charge of, for example, murder to manslaughter. As lawyers always argue, the defendant was provoked into committing the crime due to the
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- April 14, 2023
“Citizenship and the Diaspora in the Digital Age: Farooq Kperogi and the Virtual Community” – Toyin Falola
PDFPRINTCONCEPT NOTE The conference aims to use Toyin Falola’s forthcoming publication, Citizenship and the Diaspora in the Digital Age: Farooq Kperogi and the Virtual Community (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666933413/Citizenship-andthe-Diaspora-in-the-Digital-Age-Farooq-Kperogi-and-the-Virtual-Community) to reflect more broadly on the impact of social
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- March 24, 2023
In the Matter of Adeleke versus Oyetola, is it Too Early to Rejoice?
PDFPRINTThe Court of Appeal hearing the governorship electoral dispute between the Governor-Elect, Senator Adeleke of the PDP, and former Governor of Osun State, Mr. Oyetola of the APC has nullified Mr. Oyetola’s petition and reversed
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- March 23, 2023
“Lagos is a No Man’s Land”: Origin and Truth
PDFPRINTThe claim that Lagos is a “no man’s land” is a controversial and contested topic. Lagos, a city located in southwestern Nigeria, started out as a fishing village, called Eko. Its inhabitants and settlers were
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- March 1, 2023
“THE ERA OF RENEWED HOPE” – Tinubu told Nigerians
PDFPRINT“THE ERA OF RENEWED HOPE” By The President-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu March 1, 2023 Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, addressed the nation
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- February 28, 2023
Are Obi and Atiku Bad Losers?
PDFPRINTAccording to Reuters, Premium Times, BBC and other media, the tally of votes as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) showed Bola Tinubu, the flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party,
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- SEGUN ADEGOKE
- February 22, 2023
Peter Obi: Behind The Facade
PDFPRINT Some of the attributes of transformative leadership are courage, vision, depth and preparedness for the role. These qualities often help launch the career of aspiring transformative leaders and go the distance in ingratiating them
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- February 17, 2023
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku: Politics, Intrigues, and Corruption Scandal
PDFPRINTAlhaji Abubakar Atiku: Politics, Intrigues, and Corruption Scandal Abubakar Atiku is a Nigerian politician and businessman who has played a significant role in the country’s political landscape. He is a former vice president of Nigeria
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- February 10, 2023
“Emi Lo’Kan”: Bola Tinubu in Nigerian Politics
PDFPRINTBola Ahmed Tinubu, commonly known as Bola Tinubu, is a prominent Nigerian politician and a major figure in Nigeria’s political landscape. He has played a significant role in Nigerian politics for over three decades and
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- January 31, 2023
Lest We Forget – Ka’ Ma Ba Gbagbe
PDFPRINTPeter Gregory Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labor Party (LP) in the forthcoming Nigerian Presidential Election was the Governor of Anambra State for eight (8) years. Prior to his election, he boasted he will
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- January 24, 2023
Buhari and Nigeria – A Romance of Mixed Feelings
PDFPRINTThe Buhari administration, which began in 2015, is gradually winding to a close. Looking back, one cannot but see that the administration presided over by Buhari has had several notable legacies, especially in the areas
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- January 24, 2023
Ukraine-Russia War and Its Impact on Africa
PDFPRINTMr. Iyanuoluwa Adeoye, a medical student in one of the universities in Ukraine, was forced to abandon his studies as the Ukraine-Russia War, which started in 2014, flared up again last year and returned to
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- December 21, 2022
Reforming Nigeria’s National Education to Meet the 21st Century Challenges
PDFPRINTThe education system in Nigeria has faced numerous challenges over the years, including a lack of funding, inadequate infrastructure, and a shortage of qualified teachers. These issues have resulted in low enrollment rates, high dropout
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- November 24, 2022
A SALUTE TO HUMANITY
PDFPRINTThe other day I was at my dentist’s to keep an appointment. While there, series of tests were carried out. In addition to the usual x-ray, I was subjected to a 3D imaging to check
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- November 22, 2022
Manchester United Sacked Ronaldo
PDFPRINTManchester United has parted ways with Christiano Ronaldo. In an information made available by Manchester United’s Communications Department on Tuesday 22 November 2022, the Club noted that Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United have parted ways
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- November 18, 2022
“Another Confidence Man”: The Unmaking of Christiano Ronaldo and the Making of Manchester United
PDFPRINTIntroduction November 13, 2022, the whole world woke up to a snippet of an interview between Christiano Ronaldo and Piers Morgan, where the Manchester United forward made a number of damning claims about his current
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- October 5, 2022
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ANIKULAPO: A POUCH THAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
PDFPRINTOn Monday October 3, 2022, I wrote a small piece on my Facebook page, reviewing Mr. Kunle Afolayan’s movie, Anikulapo, which I watched the previous evening. As I noted in the piece, I watched the
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- Dagga Tolar
- July 20, 2022
ANOTHER LOOMING DEAD END FOR “DEMOCRACY” WORKING PEOPLE MUST ORGANIZE INDEPENDENTLY TO DISLODGE THE RULING CLASS & CAPITALISM
PDFPRINTThere can be no deceiving the working people anymore that the country is on course or that, given additional time, any good fortune can come out of this fourth republic. Definitely, the current bourgeois
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- Dagga Tolar
- July 19, 2022
IS PETER OBI/ LABOUR PARTY AN OPTION FOR THE WORKING MASSES?
PDFPRINTIS PETER OBI/ LABOUR PARTY AN OPTION FOR THE WORKING MASSES? Unable to match Atiku’s $20,000 dollars to delegates at the convention and other big dollar spenders in the PDP primaries; the same Atiku
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- Bukunmi Adegoke
- June 30, 2022
Osun Monarch Advocates More Support, Funding For Nigerian Military
PDFPRINT Osun Monarch Cautions Against Denigrating Former Army Chief A traditional ruler in Osun state, Oba Hameed Adekunle Makama, has warned against campaign of calumny against Nigeria’s former Army Chief, Lt. General Tukur Buratai.
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- June 17, 2022
Milking Gnats in Ondo State: An Open Letter to Governor Akeredolu
PDFPRINTJune 16, 2022 His Excellency, Mr. Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (SAN) Governor of Ondo State, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Milking Gnats in Ondo State: An Open Letter to Governor Akeredolu Dear sir,
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- December 13, 2021
“We Want Justice and Closure” – Mrs. Aborode, widow of slain Analytical Chemist and PDP Chieftain in Igangan
PDFPRINTDecember 11, 2021 makes it one year that Dr. Fatai Aborode was murdered at Igangan, a town in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. On that fateful day, Dr. Aborode, who was
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- December 11, 2021
“Who killed Dr. Aborode?” – Mrs. Aborode, widow of slain Analytical Chemist and PDP Chieftain, asks one year after
PDFPRINTOn December 11, 2020, four assassins took the life of Dr. Fatai Aborode, an Analytical Chemist turned politician, in Igangan, a town in Ibarapa East Local Government, Oyo State. Early that morning, Dr. Aborode and
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- November 6, 2021
From Mercantile Economy to Import Substitution Industrialization: The Need for a New Economic Direction for Nigeria
PDFPRINT“We must always take heed that we buy no more from strangers than we sell them, for so should we impoverish ourselves and enrich them.”— Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603), cited in Braudel, Fernand (1979:
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- June 24, 2021
Border Closure Policy and Market Prices in Nigeria
PDFPRINTThroughout the week, the Nigeria social media space was agog over the issue of rising cost of products, especially following the current administration’s border closure policy. Using a table purportedly compiled by one @edoyakulo, which
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- Akinwole Shefiq Ariwoola
- June 3, 2021
MY ENCOUNTER WITH MAJEK FASHEK
PDFPRINTHow time flies and how people forget the dead so easily too. Yesterday marked the first anniversary of the death of this great reggae icon and it is amazing to note how people appear to
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- March 31, 2021
Open Letter to Yoruba People Worldwide
PDFPRINTDear Omo Yoruba, Eku igba yi. Eledua a je ko yee wa. Please, let us reason together on a few pressing issues. As a way to admonish us to tell ourselves the truth at
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- March 7, 2021
Yoruba People: A Leech in Nigeria’s Development?
PDFPRINTIn Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria, some Yoruba people picked up arms against their Hausa-Fulani internal migrants and, in the free-for-all that resulted, a few Hausa and Yoruba traders lost their lives and properties worth millions of
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- January 20, 2021
End of an Error
PDFPRINTEnd of an Error Today, January 20th, 2021, the United States of America recorded in its annals that one Donald John Trump was the 45th President of the United States–a man who announced himself on
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- November 19, 2020
ENDSARS PROTESTS: MATTERS ARISING
PDFPRINTPolice Brutality and EndSARS in Nigeria What started in 2017 as a Twitter campaign for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) snowballed into mass demonstrations across major Nigerian cities between October 8 and
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- September 30, 2020
The Quest for a Yoruba Nation: More Questions than Answers
PDFPRINTWith October 1st, 2020 knocking on our doors already, one waits with bated breath if truly Yoruba people will troop out to support Messrs. Sunday Igboho and Adams Ganiyu in their so-called demand for an
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- August 25, 2020
COVID-19, CAMA, Mega-Church Owners And National Development
PDFPRINTAs reported in the newspapers, the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, described his revulsion after watching news coverage of Covid-19 during the lockdown in Nigeria thus: “The atmosphere
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- SEGUN ADEGOKE
- April 28, 2020
The Funke Akindele Example
PDFPRINTAbout three weeks ago, when the government of Lagos state took a firm position on residents who flouted its lockdown directive, many hailed the move as the first step in the right direction. They felt
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- SEGUN ADEGOKE
- April 19, 2020
President Buhari pays tribute to his late Chief of Staff
PDFPRINTPresident Mohammadu Buhari, saddened by the loss on friday of his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, to coronavirus, wrote an emotional tribute to him. In the short tribute titled “To my Friend, Mallam Abba Kyari”,
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- Bukunmi Kolade
- April 18, 2020
President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari dies of Covid-19, laid to rest in Abuja
PDFPRINTThe Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, on 17th April 2020, succumbed to the Coronavirus disease at an undisclosed Lagos hospital. The remains of the late Chief of Staff have since
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- April 13, 2020
Global Pandemics at a Glance
PDFPRINTMankind has a long history of peace and war, pain and pleasure, good and bad. Even amid these antipodal points, the prevalence of a disease over a whole country or the world, otherwise known as
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- Akinwole Shefiq Ariwoola
- April 13, 2020
THE LOCKDOWN: HOW EFFECTIVE?
PDFPRINTWith the possible extension of the lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun till “when necessary to lift the ban”, according to Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria and Chairman, Presidential Taskforce
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- SEGUN ADEGOKE
- April 13, 2020
Between Denial and Reality: The Covid-19 xperience
PDFPRINTWhen the coronavirus disease suddenly surfaced in Wuhan, China late in 2019 December, not a few people gave it any thought as something capable of shaking humanity the way it has done. Its grip was
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- April 12, 2020
Press Briefing by Governor Seyi Makinde, Head of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force
PDFPRINTWe have made arrangements to decontaminate the State Secretariat. This will take place next week between Monday, April 13 and Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Thereafter, the Secretariat will be reopened on Monday, April 20, 2020.
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- Bukunmi Adegoke
- April 6, 2020
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Read Governor Sanwo-Olu’s letter to residents as two more Covid-19 patients recover in Lagos
PDFPRINTDear Lagosians, I have more great news for you from our Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. Today, two more female patients have recovered fully and have tested negative to #COVID19 twice consecutively. They have been discharged
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- April 6, 2020
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USA and Nigeria: The Covid-19 link
PDFPRINT Early this year, President Donald J. Trump announced that he was banning migration of Nigerians and nationals of a few other countries to the United States of America–a country seen by most citizens
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- Bukunmi Adegoke
- April 6, 2020
Index Covid-19 case in Osun discharged as government ramps up efforts to control spread
PDFPRINTThe first Covid-19 patient in Osun state has been discharged from the state Isolation Centre. Governor of Osun state, Adegboyega Oyetola disclosed this while briefing the media on the state’s management of the coronavirus
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- Bukola Oyeniyi
- April 5, 2020
COVID 19: Confirmed cases in Nigeria rise to 224 as Lagos rolls out more palliatives
PDFPRINTThe National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 10 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease in Nigeria peaking the number at 224. The Center announced this on Sunday 5th April at 11:15
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- Bukunmi Kolade
- April 3, 2020
COVID-19 Lock down: Philanthropist gives lifeline to widows in Osun
PDFPRINTA philanthropist, Mr Success Ogunkolade, has given lifeline to a total of 100 widows in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun state by distributing food items as well as hand sanitizers amongst them. Ogunkolade made
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- Bukunmi Kolade
- March 25, 2020
DPR tasks stakeholders on safety procedures
PDFPRINTThe Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has tasked stakeholders on adherence to safety procedures in order to forestall disasters associated with downstream sector activities. The advisory was given at the maiden Annual General Meeting
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- Bukunmi Adegoke
- March 25, 2020
Coronavirus: Osun bans all public gatherings
PDFPRINTFollowing the berth of coronavirus on the shores of Nigeria and its continued spread despite federal government’s efforts to contain it, most state governments are now taking the initiative to ban all public gatherings.