“You won’t hear of a single lawyer, a single doctor, or a single architect, who suffered from kwashiorkor. None of their children either, so they waylaid the food, they ambushed the vehicles and took the food to their friends and to their collaborators and to their children and the masses were suffering. So I decided to stop sending the ...
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu: Pa. Awolowo’s Reincarnate? – By Okunnuga Oluwaseun
“Visibly, there seems a “Trans-mig-ration” – ìfara hàn nínú eló mí-ràn – between Awo and Tinubu. *Yes, just as Adams “Lost Glory” re-manifested in Jesus Christ* (on the Cross of Calvary), Awo’s “Unfinished Greatness” was resumed in Tinubu (among his brethren)!” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 13, 2022 I quite agree with Banjo Akintoye, Dr. Wale Adebanwi and Toyin ...
Read More »The Philosopher King: Who Was Greater; Pa Obafemi Awolowo Or Nelson Mandela?
“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 ...
Read More »On Awolowo, Restructuring And 2023 Presidency By Prof. ‘Femi Meyungbe Olufunmilade
In essence, Awolowo had core values that informed his politics and government. This made him predictable and stable such that Sir Ahmadu Bello once remarked that “With Awolowo, you know where he stands on any issue”. Pegasus Report I look at politics and politicians in my part of Nigeria (Southwest) today and I cannot but remember Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s ...
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