Let me state from the outset, and very urgently indeed, that Tanure Ojaide is an outstanding defining poet, an outstanding defining writer, of our age. I offer this critical opinion not necessarily on account of his prolificacy, as Sunny Awhefeada in a recent essay, ‘’Tanure Ojaide, The Poet-advocate @ 70,” in The Guardian of Sunday, April 29, 2018 (24-25), refreshingly stated, but on account of Ojaide’s rich, varied, revelatory thoughts of uncommon wisdom and candour which make him appealing to all kinds and kinds of readers. Very recently in Port Harcourt where writers and critics honoured him on his seventieth…
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Omokri has expressed his reservations concerning the call for Adeleke’s arraignment following allegations of examination malpractice. http://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/Omokri.png?itok=IAP5fCFu Reno Omokri, ex-media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has alluded to double standards regarding certificate forgery as it relates to former Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun and Senator Ademola Adeleke. His statement came following the call for the arraignment of Senator Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, on allegations of examination malpractice. Adeleke’s arraignment is coming a few days before the September 22 Osun gubernatorial election. Kemi Adeosun, former Minister of Finance…
The federal government has suspended the national carrier project indefinitely. Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, made this known on Wednesday. “I regret to announce that the Federal Executive Council has taken the tough decision to suspend the National Carrier Project in the interim. All commitments due will be honoured. We thank the public for the support as always,” he wrote on Twitter. Sirika didn’t give any reason for the decision. The airline, Nigeria Air, was unveiled in July at the Farnborough International Airshow in London and operations were scheduled to begin in December. At the unveiling, Sirika had said…