2023 Oyo governorship election: I’m not in consultation with APC, Folarin – Elder Oyelese 

March 12, 2023 Bayo Agboola 0

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader in Oyo state, Elder Wole Oyelese at the weekend insisted  that he was not in discussion with Senator Teslim Folarin and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the March 18 governorship election. Elder Oyelese in a statement in Ibadan emphasised that as preparations for the 2023 gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in the Read More

Role of NILDS quiz competition in deepening democratic governance

November 28, 2022 Editorial IV 0

Deepening of democratic governance in Nigeria has been the focus of the annual quiz competition of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), among the students of senior secondary schools since 2016. TAIYE ODEWALE reports Motive behind the quiz competition  The quiz competition at conception in 2016 by management of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies Read More

Nigeria’s perennial flood: Happening of preventable disaster (2)

November 22, 2022 Prof MK Othman 0

This is a corollary to my two articles published in this column on October 16, 2020, and June 23, 2021, which can be accessed via www.deepthoughtwithmkothman.blogspot.com and it is the concluding part of last week’s piece. As mentioned earlier, an Inter-ministerial Committee was set up for the Development of a National/Multi-Sectorial Flood Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan. Despite the committee’s effort to Read More