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Sunday, May 22nd, 2022

By Olalekan Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | May 22, 2022 – I read the news piece 2023: I’ll Scrap Nigerian Senate, Invest Funds Saved From The ‘Coven Of Thieves’ On Education — Sowore on Yele Sowore’s SaharaReporters and was caught aback as to what is going on in this country. My first instinct was “Maybe […]
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Articles, Canadian Politics, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Monday, February 14th, 2022

By Olalekan Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | February 14, 2022 – Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, has been the hotbed of the far-rightwing-inspired Canadian truckers’ protests tagged #FreedomConvoy2022 since late January. The #FreedomConvoy2022 started as a protest against mandatory vaccinations for truckers to cross the border into the United States and has grown into broader dissent […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Presidency
Thursday, June 10th, 2021

By Olalekan Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | June 10, 2021 – I first heard about Twitter during my Final Year at Ife University in 2011. I neither knew how it worked nor how to even be a part at the time. I only knew of Facebook which I rarely used since Twitter users made themselves appear […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021

By Olalekan Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | April 18, 2021 – Stanford Professor and Nobel Laureate, Alvin Roth, in a research work titled Deferred Acceptance Algorithms, posits that, regardless of how successful any of the partners is in marriage, both spouses are likely to be happy if they understand contentment. The Roth’s rule is still largely valid […]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2021

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | February, 17, 2021 – The famous Mayflower School, Ikenne was founded on strong principles of problem-solving, self-sufficiency, and humanism. Its founder, Dr. Tai Solarin, is a renowned humanist and educationist established in 1956. The ex-Mays (as the Mayflower alumni are called) who were around either when late Solarin was […]
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2020

“Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success. Vince Lombardi By Olalekan Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 5, 2020 […]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2019

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | Feb. 7, 2019 – After much hesitations, I decided to read ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent epistle For The Records: Points of Concern and Action. I must confess, I was not disappointed in its contents knowing fully well OBJ’s recent political activities. For those of us who know OBJ […]
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Saturday, December 8th, 2018

By Olalekan Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | December 8, 2018 – As the campaigns for the 2019 elections set to commence on Sunday 18 November 2018, the main political parties have started warming up to seek the votes of Nigerians in what promises to be an exciting election season. To this end, a pro-Buhari group, […]
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Saturday, September 15th, 2018

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | Sept. 15, 2018 – The Osin River or more well-known as (Odo Osin) occupies a unique position in Igbomina history. Legend has it that a pretty woman angrily turned into the river after she had to endure long societal insults for barrenness. Osin flows from Ila Orangun […]
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Saturday, August 18th, 2018

By Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN | Lagos, Nigeria | August 18, 2018 – On Monday 13 August 2018, I had an urgent call to see my project supervisor at the University of Lagos, Akoka. Because I had other previously-scheduled appointments for the day, I had to defy the heavy rain to see my supervisor in other to […]