When Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in 1987, amid a deluge of musical tributes in his honour, a line among those offerings stood out, evergreen. Sang by Fuji music lord, Kollington Ayinla, while extolling Awolowo’s panegyrics, he sang: “ookan ile l’osa gbe, Baba Yinka//eyin t’o funfun kii gbe koro enu.” This line profoundly articulated the open life of Awolowo, as well as his trackable history and pedigree. As short as the lines were, they drilled deep into the most granular of Yoruba’s concept of openness and transparency. Literally translated, it means that shrines that a people are proud of are erected…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is about done with a larger percentage of juicy appointments in his Government. So far, he has appointed most of his Kitchen Cabinet, personal Aides, Security Chiefs, Exertive personel and heads of crucial parastatals. So far, it appears like the president concentrated a large chunk of critical appointments in the Southern part of the Country, most especially, the South West states. The Chief of staff to the president, CBN Governor, Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services, Ministers of Finance, Power, Attorney general of the Federation amongst others are concentrated in the South West states to the exclusion…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu since his assumption of office has made several appointments from Oyo state. Interestingly, none of his appointees is from the mainstream APC in the state. Rather, the President had consistently snubbed the Party structures and opted for picking his choice of appointees from opposition political parties within the state. The National Chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje was in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital yesterday to pay a visit to the Ondo state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu who is recuperating in Ibadan after returning from a medical trip abroad. Thankfully, the National Chairman, who was received…
The Political base of APC shrunk between 2019 and 2023 with a 43% decrease. In 2019 APC polled 15,191,847 to beat the closet rival PDP which polled 11,263,423.
The shocking and unexpected loss of the gubernatorial and states Houses of Assembly election by the Oyo state chapter of the APC and the subsequent consequences of the loss should be enough to silence any political organization. Apart from losing the gubernatorial election, the state chapter of the APC one way or the other did not get the nod of the president for a Ministerial slot. However, rather than allow such temporary set backs to allow for a disintegration of the party, current activities within the party points to the opposite. Oyo APC is miraculously and to the astonishment of…
Yoruba have a solemn way of expressing disgust with vacuity. Wherever elders look forward, in huge expectation, that a respected person would utter words of knowledge – ogbon but its antonym – ago comes from that otherwise venerated mouth, they are downcast. Conversely, wherever ago is expected and ogbon is manifested, it elicits respect and high acclamation. Recently, American president, Joe Biden, was picturesque ogbon. Recall that, arising from his attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump faced trial on a litany of felony charges. His trial was considered turning point in American legal…
Local Government Election in Oyo state have been fixed for April 2024. The declaration of the election date is the only statement opposition parties wishing to contest for positions against the ruling PDP should take without a pinch of salt. Even if OYSIEC for whatever reason shifts the election date, the election will still hold anyhow. I have listened to several Press interviews and read several releases from OYSIEC about the Commission’s readiness to conduct ” free, fair and credible election”. Whoever believes such assurances from the Electoral Commission must be living in another Planet. State Electoral Commissions are pawns…
President Bola Tinubu expresses his deep condolences to his Special Assistant on Social Media, Olusegun Dada, on the passing of his mother, Mrs. Ifejola Esther Dada, into glory. The President joins the friends and well-wishers of the Dada family in mourning the irreparable loss of their beloved wife and mother, who was an outstanding educator and devoted years of her professional life to providing quality and affordable education for the least privileged members of society. President Tinubu notes that as the President of the Association for Formidable Educational Development in Nigeria, Mrs. Dada’s remarkable contributions to the provision of affordable…
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun has reaffirmed his solemn commitment to the uplifting of constituents and Osun people at large through sound legislations and other interventions, noting that the people remain the fulcrum of his agenda in the House. Speaker Egbedun disclosed this at a brief ceremony for the distribution of empowerment items to selected constituents in Odo-Otin on Thursday, charging government officials at all levels to use their positions to positively touch lives. The Speaker who lauded The Chairman of Odo-Otin Central Local Government Area, Hon. Adeyinka Adewale, for putting up…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an upwards price increase in the price of pre paid electricity meters in the country. In a circular signed and dated 5 September 2023 by the commission’s Chairman and Commissioner Legal, Licencing and compliance, Sanusi Garba and Dafe Akpeneye, respectively, it stated that a single phase pre paid meter would now cost N81,975.16k from the N58,661.69k while three phase pre paid meters is increased to N143,836.10k from N109,684.36k. The circular said the new price was to ensure a fair and reasonable pricing of meters to both MAPs and end-use customers. “Ensure MAP’s…