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  By Owei Lakemfa The inaugural lecture of Professor Wole Soyinka in the 1980/81 period at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, was expectedly explosive. Its title, “The Critic and society: Bathes, Leftocracy and Other Mythologies”, left no one in doubt that this was an ideological offensive. It was the famous writer’s nuclear-powered intellectual attack against Leftists who had asserted themselves as a dominant force in the academic and student circles on campus. Although the missiles were targeted at the Left community led by respected historian, Dr. Segun Osoba, some were also fired at academics who seem to have one leg in the Leftist camp, and the other, outside. A student journal in reporting the lecture and the fireworks had a section on lecturers sitting on the fence. It was a poetic reporting style that ran like: “TP, TP. Take Position, Take Position. Leftocracy or Rightocracy. TP, TP. Take Position, Take Position.” This was dir...

  By allcitynews.ng The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has intensified efforts to strengthen public trust in the nation’s banking system through enhanced insurance coverage and improved claims settlement processes. This was disclosed at the NDIC Stakeholders’ Town Hall Meeting held in Lagos on Saturday, where representatives of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), financial institutions, trade associations, civil society organisations, academia, students, youth and women groups, as well as members of the media, gathered to discuss depositor protection and financial system stability. Speaking at the event, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of NDIC, Sunday Thomson, represented by the Director of the Bank Examination Department, Adeyinka Olukoya, stressed the importance of addressing widespread misconceptions about the Deposit Insurance System (DIS). He noted that many members of the public remain unclear about the scope, benefits and limitations of deposit insura...

(l-r) OGUNCCIMA President, Lion Niyi Oshiyemi; Representative of Ogun State governor and Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Emmanuel Adebola Sofela; Commisioner for Education, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu and the Permanent Secretary, Ogun State Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Engr. Kehinde Akintomide holding packs of Dangote Sugar, Rice and Salt when they visited the Dangote Group stand during the Dangote Day at the  ongoing Trade Fair in Abeokuta At Gateway Trade Fair, Dangote Charts Bold Course for Agricultural & Industrial Exports , OGUNCCIMA applauds Dangote’s Vision 2030 project   The Pan-Africa Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has outlined an ambitious export-driven growth strategy aimed at positioning Ogun State and Nigeria as a whole, as competitive leaders in agricultural and industrial exports. This is just as the Ogun State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OGUNCCIMA) commended the Group’s long-term i...

  Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi (Left), Hon Hulayat Omidiran, Executive Chairman (Right) Posted by allcitynews.ng The Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Hon. Hulayat Motunrayo Omidiran, has reiterated the importance of digital innovation and inter-agency collaboration in strengthening transparency, accountability, and inclusive governance across Nigeria’s public institutions. The FCC boss stated this while receiving the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, who led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Addressing the delegation, Omidiran reaffirmed the Commission’s constitutional mandate to promote equity and balanced representation across Nigeria’s public sector, noting that the adoption of technology-driven systems would enhance compliance monitoring and instit...

  ENJOY THE READING ‎News Update, Monday,16/02/2026 ‎ ‎**U.S. military arrive in Nigeria for joint counterterrorism mission ‎  ‎**Tinubu to visit Adamawa, inaugurate projects, meet leaders Monday ‎ ‎** SERAP sues CBN over failure to ‘account for missing N3 trillion of public funds’  ‎ ‎**FG to embark on research to reduce high level of sodium consumption ‎ ‎**Electoral Act Amendment: Empirical data guided our decision – Senate ‎ ‎**Sanwo-Olu appoints new LASU  chancellor ‎ ‎**2027: Reps to reconvene for emergency sitting on electoral bill, Tuesday ‎ ‎**Soludo, Igwe Iweka urge Ndigbo to invest back home ‎ ‎**Reps launch probe into N174.26bn agricultural intervention funds ‎ ‎**Argungu Festival signals return of stability–Tinubu ‎ ‎**PDP stakeholders launch new reconciliation bid ‎ ‎**2027: Unite or face defeat — Olawepo-Hashim warns PDP ‎ ‎**El-Rufai under fire over NSA phone tapping claim ‎ ‎**El-Rufai asks NSA Ribadu to explain reason for importing  odourless p...

  By allcitynews.ng  In apparent bid to strengthening social security system for better  performance, the leadership of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has set up  new reform agenda. Just as he pointed out that the goal is  a  task that  must be achieved under the current regime. Therefore, the NSITF has set a new reform agenda aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s social security system, following its two-day 2026 Management Performance Review (MPR) meeting in Abuja. The meeting, attended by top management of the Fund, was convened to assess the Fund’s performance in 2025 and chart a policy direction for improved service delivery and financial sustainability in the new year. Discussions focused on reviewing regional performances, strengthening collaboration across branches, identifying operational challenges, and realigning the Fund towards greater efficiency and value delivery. In his opening remarks, the Managing Director and Chief Executive,...