Tag: Tony Iyare
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Ayo Olukotun: Lowering of a War Horse – By Tony Iyare
Even as I struggle amidst deep pains, sorrow and tribulations to scribble an Elergy for departed activist, public intellectual, erudite scholar, accomplished journalist and professor of Political Science, Ayodele Samuel Olukotun, I’m nudged into some hallucination whether this brilliant and highly resourceful scholar, who was a regular face at many high profile conferences is really…
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New Language Policy: Not a Cakewalk – By Tony Iyare
It’s quite refreshing that after many years of dithering over this vital issue which strikes at the heart of survival of many ethnic groups in the country, the Federal Government has now approved a new National Language Policy which makes the mother tongue the language of instruction at the primary level, that is the first…
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Lagos-Ibadan: My Inaugural Train Ride – By Tony Iyare
My blissful ride Friday morning on the new air conditioned trains from Lagos to Ibadan signposted my inaugural foray since the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari gave fillips to earlier efforts particularly since the Obasanjo government to deepen the investment in railways. And no doubt the choice of Mr Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as Transport Minister…
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My 61st Birthday Reflections – Tony Iyare
Happenings in these states of the federation have always been dear to my heart. Lagos, Edo, Ogun, Osun, Kaduna, Plateau, Adamawa and Taraba. In a way, it
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Will a Biden Administration Put Smiles on Africa?, By Tony Iyare
What does the victory of the more urbane Joseph Robinette Biden Jnr hold for Africa? Will the continent elicit a better deal from his incoming administration than the “shithole” perception of a garrulous Donald Trump? Is there some glimmer of hope, that the new American government, with Kamala Momala Harris, an African American as…