Akinyemi Onigbinde

History Doesn’t Forget: Echoes of Abacha in Today’s Politics

Bola Fajounbo Anyone taking his reference from Wike on politics, where APC interest is involvef, definitely does not wish to be taken seriously as a public commentator. I am waiting for other characters, as Reno Omokiri, Femi Fani-Kayode, and Bwala to be referenced as interpreters of the court orders All in all, every action has…

Court Orders, Status Quo, and the ADC Crisis: Why INEC Got It Wrong

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It would not have been the intention of the Court of Appeal, and neither does it serve the purpose of any trial for the pronouncement of the court to leave the leadership of a party in hostility leaderless, whilst the trial subsist in court. The court had the option of the existing pronouncement, "maintain the…

𝕬𝖐𝖎𝖓 𝕺𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖇𝖎𝖓𝖉𝖊 @ 70

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I had the privilege of co-hosting our valued friend and trenchmate, Prof Akinyemi Onigbinde, during his brief visit to Abuja. My co-conspirator was Owei Lakemfa. (I love 'conspiracies'!)Akin had recently turned 70 and launched two volumes of his book, "The Manifesto of a Stubborn Goat" in Ibadan.We thought Akin's visit to Abuja was another great…

REVIEW OF THE STUBBORN GOAT

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The Stubborn Goat and the Ethical Crises of a Troubled Postcolonial State A Review of The Manifesto of a Stubborn Goat (Volumes I and II) By Prof. Akinyemi Onigbinde Introduction What does it mean to persist in speaking when a society appears locked in repetition, when crises recur with such regularity that they…

Akinyemi Onigbinde’s 70th Birthday and Book Launch: “The Manifesto of a Stubborn Goat”

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“Celebrating a remarkable milestone as Akinyemi Onigbinde turns 70, alongside the launch of his inspiring book The Manifesto of a Stubborn Goat — a testament to resilience, vision, and an unyielding spirit.” Highlight 1 Highlight 2 Highlight 3 Highlight 4 Highlight 5 Highlight 6 Highlight 7 Highlight 8 Highlight 9 Highlight 10 Open Gallery

As “City People” arrived Ilepa, yesterday, to interview me for publication in their magazine, in celebration of my birthday

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As "City People" arrived Ilepa, yesterday, to interview me for publication in their magazine, in celebration of my birthday View My Youtube Channel

FOR THE MOMENT I PAUSE MY MORAL OPPOSITION TO PBAT ON ACCOUNT OF THE PAINS HIS POLICIES HAS CAUSED THE COUNTRY AND HER BELEAGUERED CITIZENS WHO HAS BEEN RENDERED IMPOVERISHED

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For the moment I pause my moral opposition to PBAT on account of the pains his policies has caused the country and her beleaguered citizens who has been rendered impoverished. Signing the long abandoned agreement with ASUU is commendable. It is symbolic, and strategic as a point of departure for a possible renaissance in the…

FOR YAKUBU MAMOUD, I WAIT FOR HIS REJECTION OF HIS NOMINATION AS AN AMBASSADOR

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It is a national embarrassment that Yakubu Mamoud, a professor of political science, the infamous supervisor of a largely discredited 2023 presidential election, has been nominated for an ambassodorial posting by the beneficiary of his so- called technical glitch that prevented results of a presidential election from being uploaded, real time, as INEC repeatedly promised,…

ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE LIBERTY TO LIBEL

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I am torn between defending freedom and the protection of truth.Both do not seem to cohabit,convincingly on social media where anyone with the cheapest smart phone automatically becomes a media practitioner,dishing out 'news' at the speed of light,and,in the process, spreading falsehood that puts mud in the face of many an innocent man.Thus,those who seek…

NIGERIA’S INCURSION INTO BENIN REPUBLIC AS AN ACT OF ENLIGHTENED SELF INTEREST

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We woke up to learn that Nigeria fighter jets swooped on the plotters who tried to remove the President of Benin Republic, via a military coup .By standard understanding of a means of governance, in modern society, we are told it should be democratic, whereby, the people go to the polls on specific days in…

NIGERIA AND ITS CONSCIENCELESS AND HYPOCRISY- SUFFUSED SOCIETY

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Non of these alleged terrorism sponsors, whose activities have resulted to thousands of deaths, and millions of hard-earned payments in ransoms by distraught friends and families has ever been invited, nor arraigned for allegation of terrorism. But it was convenient for a conscienceless power, bouyed on by a hypocrites of citizenry to kidnapp Nnamdi Kanu,…

PUNISHMENT AS CODIFICATION OF CLASS INTEREST AND DOMINATION

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Synopsis Power of coercion and authority to inflict pain and suffering on an individual and a group of individuals or an institution for an act considered to be offensive to an established and known legislation(s) belongs to the state under an administration of a government. The government is as established by a covenant otherwise known…