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…
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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…
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has revealed that the protest launched against the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was mere politics. Fayemi stated this while delivering his keynote address at a national dialogue organised to celebrate the 60th birthday of the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Professor Udenta Udenta, in Abuja, on Tuesday. Udenta is also a Fellow of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought. The event was also graced by Jonathan; former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili; and former Minister of…
Prof Akinwumi Isola’s Efunsetan Aniwura (1981), his first play written in 1961-62 while he was a student at the University of Ibadan, is highly celebrated. It is a historical drama which reflects proceedings of the 19th century reign of the heroine, second Iyalode (Queen of women) of Ibadan, Efunsetan Aniwura. Aniwura – one with a surplusage of gold – a fiery, Egba-born but wealthy Ibadan slave owner and merchant, held the title from 1867 – 1874. The unwritten law among the coffle of slaves she kept was that no female slave must get pregnant. Thus, when Adetutu, one of her…
Local Government Election in Oyo state have been slated for April, 2024. The election should provide the people of Oyo state ample opportunity to correct the anomalies that characterized Governor Makinde’s handling of the third tier of Government since he became Governor in 2019. In fairness to Governor Makinde, he never for one second hod his disdain for the existent of the Local Governments as presently constituted. During a political debate in preparation for the just concluded general election, Governor Makinde, to the shock and bewilderment of the public declared that he never believe in Local Government Administration. According to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has rejected the nomination of Kolade Akinjo as the State Representative on the governing board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Leaders of the party, in a virtual meeting on Wednesday, however, commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the appointment of Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde, as the Executive Director, Corporate Services of the Commission. A statement by the state publicity secretary of the party, Alex Kalejaye said the State Chairman, Ade Adetimehin, presided over the well-attended emergency meeting. The APC chieftains, who reaffirmed loyalty to the president, applauded his efforts to rebuild the…