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  “Out-of-school children constitute security risk in Nigeria.” – Senator Lawan, Senate President, VANGUARD, March 11, p 44. By Dele Sobowale I did not know whether to laugh or cry about that news report. Lawan, Ph.D, well-educated in any country on earth, and a leader in the North for some time, is suddenly discovering, like other Northerners, what ordinary commonsense ...

  “So, more sex is important and essential. It is a remedy to curing women from having a persistent headache” Psychiatrist, Dr Maymunah Kadiri on Saturday advised married women to have regular sex with their spouses in order to prevent depression and gain happiness. Depression is a common mental disorder that causes people to experience depressed mood, loss of interest ...

  Regionalism: A restructured Nigeria federation consisting of a Central Government and Regional Governments of other ethnic nationalities – this could be based on the current six geo-political zones.  By Amos O. Olubobokun Our Fathers gave us a proverb; “Ogun agbo tele ki npa Aro toba gbon”. A lame does not perish in a foretold war. Have we not heard ...

  “Odia Ofeimu was very correct when he pointed out that the philosophical postulations about the workings of a state put forward by Awolowo “were superior to those credited to Mandela.” And guess what, everything is about the state. It was the State that put Mandela behind bars for 27 years” By Rèmí Oyèyemí The famous poet and author, Odia ...

  When trouble erupted in lle-lfe, all the children of Oduduwa fled in different directions of Yorubaland. Ogborogondo, then decided to look for his mother’s father Olu-lwa, who was then the Oba of ljebuland. The ljebus, a major ethnic group occupying almost half of Ogun State, are not descendants of Oduduwa, according to the Oba Sikiru Adetona Awujale of Ijebuland. ...

  SASA is the Acronym for Structural Adjustment Settlement Area and it comprises about 13 hamlets and settlements brought together by Government. Amidst acrimonious shouts to go and re-establish the Baale as the custodian of the Area even as some northern interest are calling for the re-enthronement of the Seriki SASA whose palace was forcibly removed by some youth, an ...

  “When I experienced the Kigali Genocide memorial with a group of friends in 2016, one thing we noticed was that we couldn’t talk for almost 10 minutes when we walked out of the memorial through the exit. The experience actually leaves you speechless” A Pegasus Report As disenchantment with a particular tribe spread over Nigeria as a result of ...

  Economists will have their job of computing the monetary and economic losses to northern Nigeria arising from the self-destructive boycott while the South got the taste of a future wartime economy. A Pegasus Report We Didn’t really know how insignificant and vulnerable the Northern economy is until they declared a food supply boycott to Southern Nigeria. Supplies of onions, ...

  By Alessandra Malito Want to live 10 years longer? You may have to revamp your lifestyle. There are five habits that, when done together, could add more than a decade to your life expectancy, according to a study released by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The good news: 10 years is a lot of extra time. ...

  “Southern Nigerian borders are not as secure as we think they are. A runner will sometimes send 7 containers, customs discover 2 and that is still good business for the supplier, eastern European source supplier add the risk run into the price so you lose nothing really” A Pegasus Report In 2008 I chose my 2nd Masters research topic ...