Arákùnrin, Ọ̀ṣẹ́ùnbẹ̀lẹ̀ and Marijuana in the Forest of Sọgbódòwò, By Simbo Olorunfemi

Again, marijuana has made its way to the front burner of public discourse, courtesy of the Ondo State governor, Arákùnrin Rotimi Akeredolu. He made a case for the cultivation of medical marijuana “in controlled plantations under the full supervision of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency” to take advantage of a market projected to be […]

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Politics Is Not A Game For Gentlemen, By Simbo Olorunfemi

Too often, the interrogation of Nigerian politics by our public intellectuals comes from a conceited perspective. It is easy to see condescension in reports from the field by those who venture into the arena. With a history of serial disappointment in politics, the intelligentsia readily fronts this nose-thumping attitude. With much of the thought rarefied, […]

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Can We Simply Adopt the 1963 Constitution?, By Simbo Olorunfemi

If you have been following the argument by proponents of ‘true federalism’ and/or ‘restructuring’, one of the tracks that has been on constant rotation is this one – ‘Let us go back to the 1963 Constitution’. It does not matter if most of the vociferous back-up singers have neither seen the Constitution nor know what […]

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