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FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES MADAM ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI’S PASSING
FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES MADAM ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI’S PASSING The Ernest Sissei Ikoli Foundation on Sunday announced the passing of Madam Elsie Ajayi Ikoli. “Elsie Ajayi Ikoli departed this earth on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in the quiet of her Lagos home — not with fanfare, but with fulfillment. She was 93. A statement…
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THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY AND THE RULE OF LAW BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
It takes time to form a country. It takes patience and dedication to change attitudes. When people from disparate places and cultures are brought together to form a Nation, it is never easy. In the long run, the tears and toil are worth it because the interactions lead to expansion of consciousness…
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ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI
ERNEST IKOLI’S FAMILY ANNOUNCES BURIAL DATE FOR ELSIE AJAYI The family of prominent political leader, thinker and great journalist, Ernest Sissei Ikoli, on Wednesday described Elsie Ajayi Ikoli as a priceless Jewell that would be hard to replace. “Elsie Ajayi Ikoli was an embodiment of the virtues of doggedness and resilience”. She…
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UNEASY NEIGHBORS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 5 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
When people have been raised on a lie, anger becomes a weapon. This anger can be all consuming and blurs vision and can become self-destructive. This is what is happening today in the South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria. The Federal Military Government failed to secure peace at the end…
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UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 4 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 4 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTEUNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 4 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE “Everyone should be called to account. Let us go door to door to ask about what we did here. If the father is gone, let us ask the sons…
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UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE When I write about Fulani, Igbo and their negative activities against Nigeria, I am flooded with acidic comments. The replies are so juvenile and emotional, devoid of substance and laden with ethnic gobbledygook. Some say I am Islamophobic while others say…
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UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUES BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE Lately, there have been eruption of kings and kingdoms of the Igbo people all over Nigeria and other parts of the world. If these occurrences were not being normalized, they will be easy to ignore. Some months ago, I wrote that the…
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FG, NLC ON WARPATH OVER NATIONAL THEATRE UNVEILING
FG, NLC ON WARPATH OVER NATIONAL THEATRE UNVEILING The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday vowed to deplore every lawful tool at its disposal, including full mobilization, protests, and industrial action to return staff to the rehabilitated National Theatre and restore dignified working conditions. ‘’The NLC wishes to let you know…
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THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE Are we really divided by geography or culture? Nigeria is a very heterogeneous society. From the cacophony of our disagreements, there is a straight line that separates the North and the South, the East and the West. We have been presented with…
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THE DUALITY OF THE AFRICAN SOUL BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE
Religion in Nigeria will always be a cog in the wheel of progress because this is the Trojan horse the colonizers left behind. It is the only thing that leads to arrested development of any intelligent discussion of finding solutions to what is holding Nigeria back. At the time the British left, they…