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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT   PRESS RELEASE PROMOTING NATIONAL UNITY FOSTERS PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY, SAYS OSINBAJO *VP restates position on community policing as panacea for Nigeria's security challenge Promoting national unity and cohesion amongst Nigeria's diverse population rather than divisiveness will guarantee the kind of progress and prosperity that citizens have long desired, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.  Prof.  Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday in Lagos while delivering the 70th Anniversary Lecture of the Lagos Country Club, entitled, “Promoting National Cohesion for Progress and Prosperity." According to him, “Everything we have learned from the annals of history and from contemporary reports from all over the world, tells us that social diversity can either be a trigger for conflict or a fountain of prosperity and progress.  "Diversity in and of itself is not a problem; it is what we do with it that matt...

The recent calls for revolution by the infamous Yele Sowore, who still clings to his assumed role as “National Chairman of AAC” even after suspension, has become one issue that needs to be seen clearly for what it is. Calling out Nigerians to engage in unlawful protests and inciting violence on the streets will do this nation no good.  We have not finished mourning the loss of lives at the last Shiite protests, yet Sowore in his blood-thirsty quest for relevance would rather put other Nigerian lives at risk, all for his inordinate ambition. Even our former president Goodluck Jonathan once said his political ambition was not worth the blood of any Nigerian, but it seems the reverse is the case for Yele Sowore as the peace of Nigeria is worth nothing to him and his band of marauding ‘cashtivists’ who engage in their brand of political activism by risking the safety of other citizens. One question that every Nigerian youth should ask is, why should I join this protest? Why has Sow...

The Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede  said “Our entrepreneurship programme is also been upgraded to serve our students.  We are no longer going to produce graduates who will be looking for employment after graduation.  We are working to ensure any OAU graduand will not only employ himself but also others,” he said.