Time is racing and very soon, the nation will come face to face with another tinderbox: who is better placed to represent them as presidential material. In the past, choosing a candidate has always been as problematic as the process has often left not a few breathless. If not hijacked by “money bags” or party “big wigs” other forces with immense potentials have always been known to step in and produce aspirants with stained backgrounds. That’s how past exercises have thrown up Lilliputians with controversial and questionable statistics. Much later their dismal performance in office ends up spinning yet another of Pandora’s boxes. It is, therefore, envisioned that to avoid the pitfalls of the past, three years is not too far to begin the scout for men with impressive records who will certainly not disappoint; at this time of the digital ages, the country cannot afford to lag behind in terms of development and technology. Just as people all over the worl...
Prof. Omololu of University of Lagos A strongly worded message has been sent to Prof. Omololu Soyombo, that his status as an “acting vice-chancellor” cannot hold water. The message was delivered when he tried to address some section of the union and workers in the university on Wednesday, at the university senate building. Prof. Omololu sought to warm his way into their hearts by promising to address some salient welfare needs and improve learning conditions in the lecture theatres. But the Secretary-General of the Defenders for Transparency and Human Rights Group (DTHRG), Barr. Iyare Natama maintained that Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe remains the bonafide Vice-Chancellor of the University and nothing unless due process can change that. “We should be ready to resist impunity by those who feel they are above the law”, he stated. “Prof. Ogundipe cannot be clandestinely removed from office and people are sitting by and just watching; this is sheer injustice and should be resisted...