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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | April 19, 2016 – There was once a great soul who once walked this earth. The United States boasts of having great personalities like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln who both served has its presidents but few historians will neglect the FDR’s contributions. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as […]
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Friday, April 8th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | April 8, 2016 – Religion is one of the greatest institutions created by man. For instance, Islam is defined as a “religion of peace” but you will find in the Quran some passages as violent as this: ”And when the sacred months are passed, kill those who […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Presidency
Monday, March 28th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | March 28, 2016 – It has been almost a year now that some of us, swept by the euphoria of the “Change Mantra”, went all out to support perhaps the most persecuted presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. We were told severally how the General intends to “Islamize Nigeria”; we were […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | March 24, 2016 – It usually surprise many people that, on their arrival at the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, one of the first structures out of all the beautiful buildings on the campus, one come across is the Great Ife Students’ Union Building, also known as Ken Saro-Wiwa […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | February 23, 2016 – When many thought the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is ticking the right boxes for 2019, the party leadership came up with something unique. There appear to be a drama series which never in want of Acts and Scenes with its peculiar dramatis personae as […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun / NNP / Feb. 13, 2016 – The 2016 US presidential campaign is turning out to be dramatic. Many analysts have predicted a something close to an easy victory for Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton to have an easy ride in the primaries. I also recall severally downplaying the chances of Republican […]
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Articles, Columnists, Election 2015, Elections, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, State News
Saturday, February 6th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | Feb. 6, 2016 – Depending on one’s political persuasions, many stayed glued to their radio or television stations in anticipation of the declaration of the much-anticipated election result in Kogi on November, 21. The social media was awash with all manner of projections about who the eventual […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Friday, January 1st, 2016
Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | January 1, 2016 – Before we are misunderstood, let us make ourselves clear. We support Hillary Rodham Clinton not because we believe she is faultless (we know of no one who is), but because we need to change the way some people, chauvinists if you will like to […]
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | December 8, 2015 – It has been long I sang the Nigerian national anthem. I remember joining in its singing long after leaving secondary school few years ago during my National Youth Service. Often I find myself on the warpath with school teachers and my students who […]
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Saturday, November 14th, 2015
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | November 14, 2015 – After all the drama characterising the screening of those who are to work with President Muhammadu Buhari as ministers, the Nigerian senate in performing its constitutionally-assigned duty cleared all those nominated. Though, legally speaking, we might conclude it is a forgone conclusion about […]
