Crimson As Colour of Mrs. Tinubu’s Wolf and Sheep Allegory, By Festus Adedayo
Did Itsekiri, Delta State-born Senator representing Lagos in Nigeria’s National Assembly, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, nee Ikusebiala – interpreted, meaning, “death’s most fitting analogy is a sleep” – wife of the Asiwaju of Lagos, All Progressives Congress (APC’s) National Leader and ex-Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, know the implication of stirring the hornet’s nest? That was what she did last week when she introduced the wolf and sheep allegory into the current national discourse on the security situation in Nigeria.
Last Tuesday, at the thick of a dense discourse which had the Nigerian Senate dedicating its plenary to discussion of the excruciating security situation in the country, Smart Adeyemi, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, like one in a chasm, was suddenly seized by the plethora of Nigerian crises. In a melancholic, teary-jerking submission, Adeyemi painted a
Crimson as colour of Remi Tinubu’s wolf and sheep allegory
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Did Itsekiri, Delta State-born Senator representing Lagos in Nigeria’s National Assembly, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, nee Ikusebiala – interpreted, meaning, “death’s most fitting analogy is a sleep” – wife of the Asiwaju of Lagos, All Progressives Congress (APC’s) National Leader and ex-Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, know the implication of stirring the hornet’s nest? That was what she did last week when she introduced the wolf and sheep allegory into the current national discourse on the security situation in Nigeria.
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Last Tuesday, at the thick of a dense discourse which had the Nigerian Senate dedicating its plenary to the discussion of the excruciating security situation in the country, Smart Adeyemi, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, like one in a chasm, was suddenly seized by the plethora of Nigerian crises. In a melancholic, teary-jerking submission, Adeyemi painte
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo PHOTO: Twitter br Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was born on March 8, 1957, has clocked 64 years.
Osinbajo survived a helicopter crash in Kogi on Feb. 2, 2019, and won re-election on Feb. 23, 2019, for another four-year term with President Muhammadu Buhari. x
Osinbajo, Nigeria’s 5th Vice President, is the Chairman of the National Economic Council which deliberates on economic planning efforts and programmes of the various tiers of government.
As the chairman of NEC, Osinbajo has spearheaded critical resolutions on economy, health, technology, agriculture, infrastructure and security, among others.
At the onset of COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Buhari asked him to chair the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) which drafted the Economic Sustainability (ESP) being implemented at present to shore up the economy.
“We should all understand that facemask is far better than ventilator and prevention is better than cure.
“It is our individual responsibility to stay safe and alive even as we pray and celebrate, we have set a group of Church leaders to monitor compliance of Churches to the set guidelines.
“They also advise members where necessary and let them know that government can close any Church that fails to comply,” he said.
Akinyemiju urged the government to strive hard to tackle security challenges bedeviling the country.
“It has been a very challenging year; Christian faithful at this time should constantly appreciate God and be thankful to Him for His mercy, protection and preservation of our lives.