Category: WESTERN NIGERIA MONITOR

  • VIBROFLOTATION AND GEOTECHNICAL, PRISONERS CARE, OTHERS EULOGIZE ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI AS DIGNITARIES GATHER IN LAGOS

    VIBROFLOTATION AND GEOTECHNICAL, PRISONERS CARE, OTHERS EULOGIZE ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI AS DIGNITARIES GATHER IN LAGOS

    VIBROFLOTATION AND GEOTECHNICAL, PRISONERS CARE, OTHERS EULOGIZE ELSIE AJAYI IKOLI AS DIGNITARIES GATHER IN LAGOS Dignitaries from all over the world will gather in Lagos on Friday, November 28, 2025 to pay their last respects and bid farewell to Madam Elsie Ajayi Ikoli. A statement on Friday morning by the Ernest Sissei Ikoli Foundation said…

  • Elsie Ajayi Ikoli dies at 93

    Elsie Ajayi Ikoli dies at 93

      The Ernest Sissei Ikoli Foundation on Sunday announced the passing of 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 issued in Lagos by the Ernest Sissei Ikoli…

  • THE NEW AMERICAN AGGRESSION TOWARDS NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE NEW AMERICAN AGGRESSION TOWARDS NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

        No Nigerian should lose sleep over the threats of Donald Trump. Nigeria is an independent Nation and not a vassal state of America. America is not concerned about Christians. Donald Trump is concerned about raw materials and white Supremacy.   This is the man who dragged white South Africans to the United States…

  • THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY AND THE RULE OF LAW BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    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…

  • UNEASY NEIGHBOURS AND THE BIAFRA DIALOGUE PART 3 BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    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…

  • THE DUALITY OF THE AFRICAN SOUL BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    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…

  • WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG

    WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG

    WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG   WELFARE OF OVER 75,000 INMATES AT RISK IN NIGERIA – AGG URGES TINUBU TO LOOK INTO BACKLOG OF NON-PAYMENT OF RATIONS AND GAS CONTRACTORS DUES BY THE NIGERIA CORRECTIONAL SERVICE TELLS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER   The Alliance for Good Governance…

  • WHERE IS OUR HISTORY? BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    WHERE IS OUR HISTORY? BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    WHERE IS OUR HISTORY? BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   We must teach our history. I cannot find any reason why Nigeria’s history is not being taught in Nigerian schools. This is a terrible mistake. What are we afraid of? Whose idea is it, that teaching Nigerian history will be unhealthy to our nation?   This…

  • THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE NIGERIAN JOURNEY 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…

  • THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN IGBO AND FULANI BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN IGBO AND FULANI BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN IGBO AND FULANI BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   The more things look different, the higher the chances of finding similarities if we look closely. Those at the opposite end of the spectrum are mirror images. If we move too quickly, we are subjected to the parallax effect where everything is moving except…