Like Sango, who fights without marking boundaries, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have allowed his disdain for his party men in Oyo state to transcend the political terrain. In fact, advertently or inadvertently, Oyo state have become persona non grata in the consciousness of the president. His latest demonstration of disdain for the state, a solitary slot was conceded to Oyo out of over five hundred appointments for Federal Higher Institutions. The president made the appointments on Friday, 17th of May, 2024. States like Osun and Lagos, as usual, got chunks of the slots with both states carving over twenty slots…
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Have you noticed that in the last two weeks, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State seems to have acquired an inexplicably large dose of boldness and courage? Conversely, you must have equally observed that, in the last couple of days, FCT Minister, the very loquacious Nyesom Wike, has taken an uncharacteristically large overdose of meekness and humility. The thawing of the ice of Wike’s flippancy baffles watchers of the combustive politics of the oil-rich state. To many students of the semiotics of Nigerian power struggle, Fubara’s sudden temerity can be found in a robust wise-saying of the Yoruba. They say,…
I had once warned that if the APC in Oyo state failed to gather Its acts together, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will repeat exactly what he did with It in 2023 by 2027. Except for those who perpetually love to deceive themselves or some incurable optimist, it has been generally admitted that president Tinubu had an agreement with Wike, Makinde and other members of the G-5 Governors of the PDP. It has also been largely established that whatever agreement he had with the PDP Governors favored him and affected the APC in Oyo and Rivers states negatively. In fact, the…
Auxiliary: Is This A Ride? When news broke on Thursday that the former Chairman of the Park Management System, PMS, Mukaila Auxiliary was to be arraigned, I was anxious to see what the charges against him would be before making up my mind on the level of seriousness of those who are behind his predicaments and how far they are willing to go. If reports in the Media are anything to go by, then I will say I am not disappointed. Auxiliary has been charged before a Chief Magistrate court on a four count charge bothering on allegations of Murder…
Finally, Mukaila Auxiliary will be arraigned in court for allegations ranging from murder to the illegal possession of firearms. One must give kudos to the security Agencies for this. At least, it is better later than never. Auxiliary have been declared wanted by the Oyo state Command of Nigerian Police after a failed attempt to arrest him in his Diamond hotel. The whole episodes surrounding the rise and the fall of the former aide to Governor Seyi Makinde is filled with intrigues. Auxiliary had been properly dealt with by the late Governor Ajimobi who ensured that the guy went to…
Governor Seyi Makinde and his publicists are in all manners alike. The Governor of Oyo state definitely did his job very well when settling for the individuals that will run his propaganda establishment. I read the piece entitled: ” Seyi Makinde Changing Oyo’s Narratives Through Strong Institutions by his Chief Press Secretary and I took a long time to ponder on whether I should react to it or just pass. I was reluctant to react to the piece simply because I had done a piece the day before, touching on the same topic the CPS discussed in his write up…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state knows that he had been gathering ant infested faggots in the past five years he’s been Governor of Oyo state. He equally knows that he would gather the faggots for another three years remainder of his tenure as a two terms Governor. Like Chinua Achebe postulated in his book ” Arrow of God”, he who brings ant infested faggots into his hut will surely be visited by lizards. What faggots have Governor Makinde been gathering? What lizard is he afraid of? Why would he need a lilly livered successor? Governor Seyi Makinde is indeed…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state have started talking, or, should I say, dreaming about the Legacies he will leave behind as the Landlord of Agodi Government House for eight years. During the signing of the Project Monitoring Agency Bill, 2024 at the Secretariat last week Thursday, Governor Makinde declared that Oyo state doesn’t require strong Governors but rather strong Institutions to thrive. He went on to say that what he would like to leave behind as his Legacies are the strong Institutions he is building. He admitted to meeting on ground a Bureau of Public Procurement and Governor’s Monitoring…
Last week, Nigeria was faced with what Yoruba call Egbinrin ote. When afflictions come in multiple, they become a plague. A plague is almost synonymous with Yoruba’s “Egbinrin ote.” Literally, Egbinrin Ote is leaves of conspiracy. When you pluck a single leaf out of the branch of a tree of conspiracy, another leaf sprouts immediately to replace it. Any attempt at striking one down, multiple leaves grow from it. On Tuesday, the country literally went into a feverish frenzy. Nigeria’s Central Bank had shot up the whole nation’s adrenaline by a considerable measure. In a circular, the bank directed all…
A video by a popular Ibadan OAP, Oriyomi Hamzat is currently trending . In the said video, a picture of the former chairman of the Parks Management System, PMS, Mukaila Auxiliary could be seen while Oriyomi in a voice over is heard singing about what would definitely be the fate of Auxiliary. ” A fi Olorun sin o, Olorun je o dewon layo, A fi Olorun sin o..” in translation, Oriyomi was singing and bidding Auxillary a farewell to the prison yard. In fact, in his cocksuredness, he stated that the only option left for Auxiliary is to choose where…