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Segun Osoba

8 Aug 2019
For keen followers of politics and its development, the recent verbal attacks between a former governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, and erstwhile lawmaker, who represented Ogun Central in the fourth National Assembly, Senator Femi Okurounmu,.....
1 Aug 2019
Among reporters of his generation, he was the “primus inter pares,” the first among equals. Whether in diligence, application to duty, indeed unremitted commitment...
23 Jul 2019
Two journalism giants have been receiving pats on their backs for the past few weeks for what they have done for the thankless profession of journalism.
16 Jul 2019
A man will turn over half a library to make one book-Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English critic and lexicographer. Waiting for Aremo Segun Osoba’s book, Battlelines: My adventures in Journalism and Politics has been akin to the experience of the two characters expecting the arrival of someone called Godot who never arrives.
14 Jul 2019
What had been ominous clouds hovering around Governor Akeredolu’s 2020 ambition for second term now appears clear. In the last six days, Akure has been agog...
8 Jul 2019
I feel elated that the Almighty God kept my life till now because I had major medical challenges few years ago that could have ended my life.
8 Jul 2019
Erstwhile military President Ibrahim Babangida yesterday described one-time Governor Segun Osoba of Ogun State as a detrabilised Nigerians...
12 Jun 2019
The significance of June 12 is that the elections held on that day in 1993 created the current democratic dispensation that we now enjoy. It is the sacrifice made by Abiola who refused to compromise or surrender the mandate given to him by Nigerians.
26 May 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, commissioned some “legacy” projects embarked upon by the outgoing Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The projects included the multi-billion Naira Judiciary Complex, 10,000 capacity Amphitheatre, Kemta-Itoku Adire International Market, Ogun State Television (OGTV) ultra-modern digital studio and the 250-bed multi-specialist tertiary hospital, which was near completion.…
22 Jan 2019
I have been provoked to comment on the political imbroglio in APC in Ogun State which is wrongly compared to what is happening in Imo State. The two scenarios are different. For, while Governor Ibikunle Amosun is genuinely seeking to ensure equity and social justice driven by altruism and selflessness in Ogun State, the Imo…
10 Jan 2019
I must state from the outset that crafting of this heading is not original to me. It was first publicly used in 1992 by the Queen of England, Elizabeth 11. It was in her speech at an anniversary lunch given in her honour to celebrate her 40th year on the throne. If she were to…
29 Nov 2018
It is always an exciting atmosphere when the burden of the responsibility of office is laid aside and they can relax and they can shake hands hard, pat themselves on the back, cast jokes and exchange banters. It is when the burden of state matters eases and work no longer presses. That is when they…

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