We are our problem in this country and at the heart of our challenges is a combination of senseless politics and a lack of patriotism. One needs to know why Mal Nasir Elrufai is not the minister of power given the serious level of background work I know for a fact he had done before our brand of myopic politics would not clear him but in their wisdom clears jokers and confirmed average Joes. When you need an outlier who will take no prisoners to get the power situation fixed, I know because I am not just in opposition, I…
Author: Editor-in-chief
In 2011, less than six months into the birth of a new government in Oyo State, a proposal was brought for the celebration of a festival in the state. The memo got to the topmost decision-making organ of the state, the Executive Council. A the Exco, a very suave and articulate man marshaled points on the need for the festival and everybody who spoke gave the memo thumbs-up. However, I constituted the one-man kanda, the stone in the bowl of his rice. So, I raised my hand and the governor, Abiola Ajimobi, gave me the go-ahead to speak. “Your Excellency,…
As I was concluding this piece, my eyes caught a presidential sledgehammer which landed on the head of Conscience Nurtured by Truth – The Guardian. In a release issued by the State House yesterday, authored by erstwhile Editor-in-Chief of TheNews, Bayo Onanuga, the newspaper was accused of a crime almost similar to what General Sani Abacha accused it of in 1994 which led to its closure. The “NADECO government” of Bola Tinubu merely rehashed the allegation. I will address this presently. All over the world, the Lady Justice is sacred, representing the divine order, law, and custom. It is also…
The Emperor has been touched where it pains once again. The ” Abobakus” and ” those who thrives on eye services” have lost the appetite for a peaceful sleep. For those who consistently rely on eye services to cash out from the Emperor, this is show time. I enjoy it so much when both the official and unofficial”akedes” of Governor Seyi Makinde begin to show signs of desperation, frustrations and anger each time you have the back of the Governor to the walls. Gotcha! Interestingly and sadly so but fortunately for me,these funny individuals have refused to take note that…
Re: Ibadans Are Happy With The Roads; We Even Want More: By Babajide Alex Adetunji: Another Unforced Error By A Busy Body. I just finished reading the article by another Busy Body who goes by the name of Babajide Alex Adetunji. I hope he truly exists. When I read the headline, series of thoughts raced through my mind. However, when I saw the names of the clown who signed it and I read through the story and discovered that the fellow provided no dint of information about his status and what qualifies him to speak on behalf of Ibadan, I…
I saw pictures and some videos from the APC South West meeting held in Lagos some days ago and I must admit that I was worried. Why won’t any sincere Party man be worried? Why? My worries increased when I read the Communique released after the said meeting. I have no issues with the content of the Communique. My worries arose as a result of my deep reflections about the scenarios at the meeting vis a vis my quip about the particular gains or benefits we, as a Party in Oyo state could point to as take away from the…
There is no way a man would judge his own case and lose. That is the logical basis for the legal maxim nemo judex in causa sua. It is the reason an umpire’s company is always of interest to contestants. It has been repeatedly said that unless Nigerians break the unholy alliance between the tripodal axis of evil of political office holders, the electoral umpire, and the judiciary, they will continue to have dross for democracy. At every election cycle, that alliance is similar to the Yoruba egbìnrìn òtè, an endless alliance of conspirators, where massive graft is the lingua…
On April 4, 2021, I wrote a piece with the title The President is a sick man: Buhari’s Secret Therapy Inside the ‘Oneida.’ It was a lamentation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s knee-jerk and off-the-cuff jetting out of Aso Rock Villa like a wandering evil spirit. At the drop of a hat, Buhari flew to the United Kingdom to attend to his health. But for the removal of Buhari’s name and its substitution with ‘Bola Tinubu,’ this piece is almost a complete cyclostyle of that Buhari piece. In 1849, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, a French writer, pioneered a phrase which has become…
I passed through the Omi Adio/ Ido Road on my way to Eruwa yesterday and I was shocked to see that a Road commissioned for use in about a year ago is already having issues to the extent that there are potholes on the Road. I am not surprised at all. The quality of the Roads Governor Makinde has been constructing, most especially, outside the state capital is nothing to write about and before you jump up in defence of the Governor, go check on the Road by yourself. The Ido/New Eruwa stretch of the Road has gone so bad…
“Iya n baby, kilo fun baby, baby ko gboran, o nlo gunbepe, to ba subu ko si kan mi nbe, a fabe yagi “. The above was a warning folksong we were used to when we were younger. It translates as a warning to a kid engaged in dangerous play. The end result of dangerous play is likened to a fall that occassioned a burst rostrum for the kid who tried to climb the pawpaw tree. It is a figurative song. The pawpaw tree is considered a very dangerous tree to climb because of its frail nature and every dangerous…