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…
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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…
Despite criticisms over President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of as many as 45 ministers, All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Aliyu Audu says the number is not enough. “I don’t think 45 is even enough. I don’t think 48 is enough. We have a population of over 200 million. We are in crisis,” Audu, a member of the Media Strategy Subcommittee, APC Presidential Transition Council, said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily Wednesday. Asked to give his preferred figure, he answered, “I’m not putting any number to it.” Buttressing his point, the APC member argued that Tinubu, as Lagos State governor between 1999…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Sunday, posted a cryptic message on social media weeks after his ministerial nomination was not confirmed by the Senate.
I listened to Aare Isiaka Olagunju on Fresh FM radio program this morning. As usual, the Oyo state Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, (OYSIEC) spoke to his commitment to organize a free and fair Local Government Election next year. In his characteristics manner, he told the story of how he got Governor Seyi Makinde’s promise and commitment that he was not going to take the job except he was assured of non interference from the Governor. A commitment he claimed he got. He talked about the success of the 2021 local government election which he conducted. Great and…
When death became ubiquitous and cheap as air, afflicting the young and the old in their scores, Yoruba of old said it had become three-for-a-penny. There was what they called iyo olo’kan (one-penny salt). Ookan was a penny and the least of the denominations of the money of the time. A mound of salt was sold for a penny. Death that harvested people in their prime, unannounced, they also likened to creepy, parasitic mistletoe – afomo. It is a leathery-leaved parasitic plant which grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees in the forest and also sticks to trees, either…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Festus Keyamo, Aviation Minister. Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, confirmed the portfolios at Aso Rock on Wednesday. Below are the ministers and portfolios Northwest Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy – Hannatu Musawa Minister of Defence – Muhammad Badaru Minister of State Defence – Bello Matawalle Minister of State Education – Yusuf T. Sunumu Minister of Housing and Urban Development – Ahmed Dangiwa Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development – Abdullahi Gwarzo Minister of Budget and Economic Planning…
Two leading opposition figures in the country, former Vice president Atiku Abubakar and a former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, recently held a meeting in Abuja. The meeting took place at the residence of the former Governor and leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) late Tuesday. Kwankwaso confirmed the meeting on his Facebook page, saying that “I was pleased to receive my brother, the former Vice President, His Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, at my residence this evening. I thank Waziri for this fraternal visit. – RMK.” Though details of the meeting are yet to be known…