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OTA, Ogun State — The Deeper Life Conference Room at the State Headquarters Secretariat, Ilo-Awela, Ota, yesterday hosted a press conference to announce the upcoming Global Crusade with Kumuyi, GCK, and its accompanying medical outreach. The event brought together several pastors seated at the high table who addressed key issues including security arrangements, accommodation for […]
Ota Residents are to Benefit from GCK’s Free Medical Outreach, Surgical Services in August. Screening holds Aug 12-14, Main Outreach Aug 22-25 in Ota and Idiroko OTA, Ogun State — Residents of Ota and environs in Ogun West are set to benefit from a large-scale free medical intervention as the Global Crusade with Kumuyi, GCK, […]
“Up NEPA!” Few expressions capture the Nigerian experience better than these two words. They are shouted whenever electricity returns after an outage. Although the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) ceased to exist years ago, its name remains firmly rooted in our vocabulary. But have we ever stopped to ask a simpler question: How does electricity […]
Editor’s Note Following the publication of Literacy Is Not the Problem, a response to Wale Ogunbanjo’s article Before We Argue: The Need for Economic Literacy, the original author requested an opportunity to reply. The response below argues that several criticisms made in the rejoinder are directed at positions that were never expressed in the original […]
Editor’s Note Following the publication of Before We Argue: The Need for Economic Literacy by Wale Ogunbanjo, Ota News received the response below from a reader who requested anonymity. Given our commitment to encouraging informed public debate, we have chosen to publish the submission in full. The author’s central argument is that Nigeria’s challenges are […]
Separating Fact and Opinion One striking feature of public debate in Nigeria is not that citizens disagree — disagreement is healthy. The problem is that debates often begin before agreement on basic facts and concepts. Facts describe reality. Opinions evaluate reality. Confusing the two creates endless arguments. No two Nigerians should argue over whether Abuja […]
Kudos to the Policy Makers Nigeria’s education policymakers deserve recognition for the enormous effort that has gone into developing the National Policy on Education (NPE), the Basic Education Curriculum, and related implementation frameworks over the years. Coordinating educational policy in a country as large and diverse as Nigeria is no small task. But even with […]
Nigeria’s debate on zoning and power rotation often becomes emotional. But it helps to step back and ask a precise question: what specific problem are we trying to solve? There are two distinct problems. First, how do we reduce the post-election disunity that has repeatedly fractured the country along ethnic and regional lines? Second, how […]
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A gay couple in the UK have been found guilty of raping their adopted infant son to death. Jamie Varley, 37, and John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were found guilty of the murder and sexual abuse of 13-month-old Preston Davey. Evidence presented to the court revealed brutal repeated incidents of oral and anal rape of the baby, […]
