JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE EMEGERGENCY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCILS OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS AND THE TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: January 4, 2012

After exhaustive deliberations and consultations with all sections of the populace, the NLC, TUC and their pro-people allies demand that the Presidency immediately reverses fuel prices to N65. If the Government fails to do so, they direct that indefinite general strikes, mass rallies and street protests be held across the country with effect from Monday 9th January, 2012.
From that Monday, 9th January 2012 date, all offices, oil production centres, air and sea ports, fuel stations, markets, banks, amongst others will be shut down.

AMBASSADOR ADEFUYE OF NIGERIA MEETS WITH NASHVILLE POLICE CHIEF STEVE ANDERSON.

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: December 19, 2011

Given the security threat posed to the Nigerian government by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram and the Niger Delta militants, assistance by the Nashville Police department will be a welcome development. Nashville Police department has one of the most advanced anti-terrorist units in the country and its forensic laboratory is second to none. It also has one of the best Police Academies in the country.

Passports Now Available at the Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa Canada

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: July 31, 2011

Nigerians living in Canada who have submitted their passports for renewal over a year ago and those who have applied for new ones can now go to the High Commission for their passports.

Professional Responsibility in the Nigerian News Media

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: July 17, 2011

The role of the media is no doubt critical in promoting good governance and curbing corruption. The role of the media is not only to raise public awareness about corruption, cause consequences and possible remedies but also to investigate and report incidences of corruption aiding other over sight bodies.

Educational Imbalance: Its Extent, History, Dangers and Correction in Nigeria

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: July 16, 2011

The problem in higher education in Nigeria today has its roots in the philosophy of deliberate underdevelopment of the Yoruba and other southern states articulated below by a leading member of the Fulani hegemony – Jubril Aminu.

The Troubled House of Oodua II: Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987)

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: July 4, 2011

Obafemi Awolowo was a Nigerian nationalist, a political leader, and a principal participant in the struggle for Nigerian independence. He started his career as a regional political leader like most of his pre-independence contemporaries and was responsible for much of the progressive social legislations that made Nigeria a modern nation.

The Troubled House of Oodua I: Herbert Macaulay, The Father of Nigerian Nationalism

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: June 26, 2011

Undoubtedly, Macaulay was one of the first Nigerian nationalists and for most of his life a tough challenger of British rule in Nigeria. He consistently championed the cause of the king and people of Lagos against oppression by the British government in the early years of the century. In 1908 he exposed European corruption in the handling of railway finances and in 1919 he argued successfully for the Chiefs whose land had been taken by the British in front of the Privy Council in London. As a result, the colonial government was forced to pay compensation to the chiefs. His role in the famous Apapa land case of 1921; his leading part in the “Eleko versus Government of Nigeria” case of 1928; his leadership of the many protect movements over water rate, taxation and land acquisition by Government are also some of the highlights of his brilliant career in rousing early nationalist sentiments in Nigeria.

The Troubled House of Oodua

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: June 19, 2011

In the light of the above, it is my desire to run a series on the chronicles of leadership in the Oodua Republic. In retrospect, how did the Oodua children suddenly become sheep without a shepherd? My Series will discuss individuals that have appeared in the history of Yoruba from the pre-independence Nigeria to date. How have they fared? Who is a leader and who is not.

I will touch on the crisis that erupted in the Awolowo camp after the demise of the Sage. Why and how did it affect us? The Roles of Late Chief Bola Ige, Lateef Jakande, Baba Ajasin, Archdeacon Alayande, Baba Abraham Adesanya. The personality clashes between Chief Ige and Chief Ayo Adebanjo, the rivalry between Pa Ajayi Laniwun and Late Bisi Onabanjo.

I will talk about the emergence of “rookie leaders”- The roles of Chief MKO Abiola, General Olusegun Obasanjo, the failure of Ladoja to successfully prosecute Omisore, the assassination of Chief Ige and many more.

Senior al-Qaeda Operative Killed in Somalia

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: June 18, 2011

U.S. and Somali officials confirmed on June 11 that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was killed in an exchange of fire with the Somali police in Mogadishu on June 8.

Who Will Protect Central Africa Against LRA( Lord’s Resistance Army )

By Seyi Oduyela

Published: June 18, 2011

The LRA, notorious for atrocities on civilians, emerged in 1998 in northern Uganda as a rebel movement dedicated to overthrowing its government and establishing a regime to uphold the Biblical Ten Commandments.

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