Category: YORUBA DAILY INDEPENDENT

  • 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…

  • CRAZY AMERICAN POLITICS BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    CRAZY AMERICAN POLITICS BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

          The prize of democracy is eternal vigilance. It will be reckless and the failure of democratic norms to leave a bull in a China shop. America has seen this kind of presidency before. Andrew Jackson was known for being crude and lawless when he rose to the presidency through populist campaigns in…

  • 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…

  • THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTETHE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE   Is President Bola Tinubu the cause of Nigeria’s problem? Some time ago, I wrote that I did not endorse Tinubu because he will reduce the misery index of Nigeria. I did not endorse him because he will stop corruption…

  • CHAOS IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ABUSE OF CITIZENS AND PRODUCTIVITY BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    CHAOS IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ABUSE OF CITIZENS AND PRODUCTIVITY BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    CHAOS IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ABUSE OF CITIZENS AND PRODUCTIVITY BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE         This is not an endorsement of any leader in Nigeria. I have observed that Nigerians have formed a subculture of always complaining as a means of coping with the realities. My observation is that the blaming of leaders…

  • THE IMPERIALISM OF FOREIGN RELIGIONS BY AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE IMPERIALISM OF FOREIGN RELIGIONS BY AUSTIN ORETTE

      THE IMPERIALISM OF FOREIGN RELIGIONS BY AUSTIN ORETTE       While Africans opine about imperialism of the west and others, the least talked about and the most lethal of all the isms, is the imperialism of religion in African society. We can criticize our tribes; we can criticize our politicians and politics but…

  • THE LAST JIHAD PART 5A BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

    THE LAST JIHAD PART 5A BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE

            “If you cannot question or interrogate it, then it is a lie “Of all the religions in the World, Islam is the only one that you cannot interrogate.  Those who do are violently killed by adherents of Islam, who proclaim they are fighting for Allah. My question to the preachers of…

  • Greenville LNG Pays Courtesy Call on Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State

    Greenville LNG Pays Courtesy Call on Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State

      The Management of Nigeria’s leading domestic gas infrastructure development, gas liquefaction and distribution company, Greenville LNG has paid a courtesy call on the Kaduna State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Uba Sani last Friday. The Greenville LNG delegation to the meeting with the Governor was led by the company’s Director, Inter-governmental relations, Alhaji Zubairu Ibrahim…