Posted by admin
Headlines, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Press Releases
Saturday, January 20th, 2018
PSF SEEKS END TO BLOODLETTING IN NIGERIA At a time most Nigerians were in festive mood and eagerly waiting to usher in the year 2018, some men (and women) of the underworld had other plans. Wanton destructions of lives and properties, looting, rape, cold-blooded murder, and other forms of needless bloodletting greeted some innocent Nigerians […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, August 13th, 2017
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 13, 2017 – The story is told of an Emperor whose obsession with clothes is second to none. His love for clothes was so much that he spent all his money on being well dressed. He cared less about state functions like warfare, people’s welfare, recreation, […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
By Olakekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 1, 2017 – It has become a pastime for me to write about political parties and movements since I submitted my first degree dissertation, Political Parties and Democratization: The Effects of Party Politics on Nigeria’s Democratic Experience (2003-2011) at the Department of Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, Corruption Politics, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Saturday, April 22nd, 2017
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun / Lagos, Nigeria / April 22, 2017 – Just as many Nigerians were preparing for Easter, not a few were expecting something quiet. On Wednesday 12 April, 2017 news began to filter in that some money were found in a flat allegedly belonging to former Bauchi state Governor and People’s Democratic Party […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, April 9th, 2017
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun/ Lagos, Nigeria / April 9, 2017 – We are living in an unusual period. This is a period when the media enjoys and promotes conflicts. This is the period where shedding of blood is good news. We are in an age where people make fun of other people’s loses and count them […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Presidency
Saturday, February 25th, 2017
Olalekan Waheed Adigun / NNP / Feb. 25, 2017 – On Sunday 5th February, I suffered two major disappointments. First, like most patriotic Nigerians, I supported, and planed to participate in the protests organized by Nigeria’s music legend, Innocent “TuFace” Idibia on Monday 6th February, 2017. Nigerians have suffered so much and for too long. […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Friday, November 4th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | Nov. 4, 2016 – Even though the Edo Gubernatorial election was postponed from for about two weeks, it appears not much changed within the period in terms of its outcome. Epistemologically speaking, we saw a titanic battle between People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and All progressives […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 14, 2016 – While preparing for the Universities Matriculations Examinations (UME) (now known as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations) in 2005, I came across one new “fact” reading the book A Course Text on Government by Oghenekaro Ogbinaka. I learnt that the word “State” can be […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Religion
Sunday, July 10th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | July 10, 2016 | Humans call God for different reasons. Some are purely altruistic while some are selfish. This explains why I wonder if my God is the same one others call upon. Some people imagine God to be essentially weak, hence in need of whom to […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Monday, June 27th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | June 27, 2016 – Britain has voted to leave the European Union in a referendum, with the result throwing into question the fate of the 28-nation bloc and Prime Minister David Cameron announcing he will step down by October. The official result which was announced on Friday saw a major victory […]