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  “The theme of the festival should be reasserted to project the founding vision of its progenitors. Osun Osogbo is a celebration of VIRTUE, PURITY and CULTURE, let it remain so. Let’s rejig the festival to make it more attractive to local tourists and the international community” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 After a 30 years hiatus (the ...

  “If you are a cultist, the probability of getting killed by rival cult groups is like death itself. And if you are doing drugs (trafficking), the probability of death is same. Meanwhile, the two are like Siamese twins, they go together.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 There’s a song we used to sing during Egúngún Festival in ...

  “The man begins to notice that after urinating and repacking, urine still drops on his pants. This is the reason why after an older man urinates, he has to ring the bell. A younger man simply delivers to the last drop and walks away” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 17, 2023 ONLY men have prostate and ONLY men over ...

  “Whenever I look back on my past, there are things that make me feel so bad, man! 1974! That’s the year when all the horrors started. The arrests … the clubbings … the imprisonments … everything! Sometimes it all comes back to me and I ask myself: “Why all this shit? Why do all these horrors happen to me?… ...

  “For now, the West is already trying to push Africa to accept LGBTQ by a persuasive approach. Many are aware of the efforts of President Obama in selling gay messages to African leaders. So far, African leaders rebuffed him, rebuking him on what gave him the effrontery to lecture Africans on marriage and what core marital values are good ...

  “Like many lawyers, I believe that candidates should have 25% of votes in Abuja because of the disadvantage. The rationale is equity and fairness, and I compare it with the U.S., that this is the Nigerian equivalent of the Electoral College (but more fair.)” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 Nigeria’s epic presidential election challenge, which I had ...

  “If the point above is not persuasive enough, then it is important to state that foreign judgements are not automatically recognized nor enforced in other jurisdictions. The concept of the sovereignty of states (Countries), is such that there are procedures prescribed by domestic laws on the recognition of foreign judgements. In fact, some countries do not even recognise nor ...

  “Finally, my take on the Nigerian educational policy reforms agenda is in tandem with the First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu’s strategic initiative through partnerships with the legitimate stakeholders and relevant supporters and influencers in the society, especially parents, traditional and religious leaders, etc.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 Perhaps, it’s not too late to rescue Africa from ...

  “Coup leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, head of the Republican Guard, is now in charge of the country. His intervention ends the Bongos’ rule, but power remains within the elite and the extended family — Nguema is a distant cousin of Ali Bongo. He too was mentioned in the OCCRP report as having bought three properties in the U.S. ...

  “Democracy is not known only by the definition that the West gives us in their textbooks. I have quoted above the words of Lord Acton to show that democracy is not only of and for the people, but what is accepted by the people. In Egypt, I doubt that the US and the West will call that government a ...