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Abiodun Komolafe, All Peoples' Congress (APC), Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, Party Politics, State News
Sunday, January 23rd, 2022
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | January 23, 2022 – The National Reconciliation Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came to Osun State, recently, in a long-overdue effort to reconcile aggrieved members of the ruling party in the State. Going by words on the streets, media records and all that, the expectation of […]
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | December 23, 2021 – Fellow Nigerians, if reports emanating from the grapevine are anything to go by, then, interesting times beckon in 2022. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Nigerian government is expected to fully remove the “unsustainable and economically disingenuous” fuel and electricity subsidies next year. In simple terms, […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun
Thursday, November 4th, 2021
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE | Osun, Nigeria | November 4, 2021 “Good governance cannot remain merely a philosophy. Concrete steps have to be taken for realizing it.” Narenda Modi Adegboyega Oyetola and Olugbenga Babatunji are two leaders in their own right. While Oyetola is the Governor of Osun State, Babatunji is the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | October 11, 2021: Politics, ultimately, is about the people. Policymakers always allude to the interest of the masses as the raison dètre of their policy contents. It therefore goes without saying that all policies appear to be people-friendly until their implementation, when the real and intended beneficiaries are exposed. […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, Governors, Headlines, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE | Osun, Nigeria | August 12, 2021 – All in the name of playing politics, people churn out information that are not only bogus and vague but also injurious to the body politic because they lack credibility. On the pages of newspapers and broadcast media, opinions of Nigerians have swayed to and fro, back and forth, concerning the political economy of […]
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Saturday, April 10th, 2021
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | April 10, 2021 – ‘Abiodun, stop crying; the storm is over!’ Those were the exact words of Peter Oluyinka Odumakin to me at Saint James’ Anglican Church, Aramoko-Ekiti in Ekiti State, on November 5, 2009. It was on the occasion of my wedding to the-then Miss Oluwafunmilola Awosusi. For obvious reasons, it was to be a day of joy for me; and, truly, it was! […]
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Friday, December 11th, 2020
By Abiodun Komolafe | NNP | December 11, 2020 – In times past, few among Nigeria’s founding fathers recognized the pivotal role of education and the place of enlightenment in the order of a society. However, not only did those who did embrace the idea with passion, they were also quick to recognize that knowledge acquisition comes at a price, which many may not be able […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, COVID-19, Health, NNP Columnists
Saturday, June 6th, 2020
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | June 6, 2020 | Experts have predicted that COVID-19 may remain a crisis much longer than 2022, with “up to 70% of world’s population” becoming infected. Amid this mess, elections are billed to hold in Nigeria in 2023, in line with constitutional provisions. If, in the worst-case scenario, COVID-19 subsists beyond 2022, what then does the future hold for dear country? The more reason Nigeria’s politicians, as at […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Columnists, COVID-19, Health, NNP Columnists
Saturday, May 16th, 2020
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | May 16, 2020 – Nigeria’s decision to ‘unwind’ the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the capital, Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States refers. As we strive to “balance the need to protect health while also preserving livelihoods”, can we safely say that the worst of the pandemic that has unleashed […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, Headlines, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | May 13, 2020 – Thursday, May 14, 2020, will mark Leah Sharibu’s 17th year of existence on earth. By that day, she will also have gone deeper into her 3rd year as a captive in Boko Haram’s custody, ministering to the needs of the terrorists in an unfamiliar desert terrain. Lest we forget, Leah was abducted, alongside 109 other female […]
