Local Government Election have been slated for April 2024 in Oyo state. Thank God it is not going to be business as usual. The main opposition political party, the APC will be participating in the election. Local Governments in Oyo state have been grounded since Governor Makinde assumed office about five years ago. The Governor, in line with his belief that Local Governments in Nigeria are an aberration have continued to treat the third tier of Government as an appendage of the Governor’s office. This is contrary to the provisions of section 7 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal…
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This indeed is a good time for the “Lagos Boys”. The Lagos Boys, aka “Bourdillon Boys” are now the “Big Boys” of Nigeria. Their principal, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now the president, Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The former Big Boys of Lagos now call the shots in Abuja and trust them, the Big Boys are in total control of all facets of Government, the Executive, Legislature and the MDAs. Unfortunately, in their display of power and grandeur, they are gathering political foes and laying Landmines for their principal enroute 2027. They have completely polluted the…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state is one lucky individual. He has been elected Governor of the Pace setter state twice, not really because he deserved it but mainly because he took advantage of prevailing circumstances on both occassions. Don’t make a mistake, Seyi Makinde is a master in the art of deception and he successfully deployed deception as a potent weapon on both occassions. In 2019, the tenacity to put an end to late Governor Ajimobi’s political endeavors was high and popular amongst politicians across political parties in Oyo state. The determination to end what was considered Ajimobi’s “…
The urgent call that must be made now by opposition political parties who are willing to participate in the Local Government Election is to impress it upon the OYSIEC chairman to come out clean on the provisions of schedule 2 of the OYSIEC Law. For every election, the most important process is the announcement of the winners and losers. It is the concluding process of the election from the side of the electoral umpire and whatever call made by the Electoral body could only be tampered with by the Tribunals as provided for in section 33-42 of the OYSIEC Law.…
Curses and magical beliefs are woven together in African politics. A study found out that virtually all African leaders come to power emboldened by beliefs in local magical spells. Francisco Macias Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea from the time of the country’s independence in 1968, till 1979 when he was overthrown, was a perfect fit of this. A strongman and one of the most brutal dictators in human history, Nguema reportedly killed between 20,000, to 80,000 out of the total Guinea population of about 200,000 to 300,000 people. This led to his country being nicknamed the Dachau of Africa.…
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) staged a protest on Monday against recent appointments made by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, alleging that he prioritizes his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalists over their members. During a press conference in Abuja, FCT party leaders expressed their discontent and urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene and prevent Wike from undermining their political structure in the nation’s capital. According to The Punch, it was reported that the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has faced criticism for his appointments since he assumed office, with appointments such as Chidi…
The Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked the House of Representatives to grant him the power to arbitrarily spend funds under the controversial “security vote” scheme. Mr Wike, while appearing before the House Committee on FCT on Monday to defend the N1.1 trillion budget of his ministry, said he needs the security vote to tackle the insecurity currently ravaging the Nigerian capital. The security vote is a controversial and corruption-ridden scheme often used by state governors to spend money arbitrarily without any form of transparency. Anti-corruption advocates have long argued that the security vote has become a conduit for…
Exactly a year ago today, Oyo state APC was thrown to the wolves. An electoral coup triggered from the inside saw to the comprehensive albeit shocking annihilation of the APC in Oyo state. It was the day Oyo state voters went to the polls to either extend Makinde’s Government for another four years or give Teslim Kolawole Folarin of the APC a start in the Government House. Prior to the day, presidential and National Assembly election have held and expectedly, Oyo APC soared high, winning the presidential election in style and clinching all three Senatorial seats plus nine out of…
The Centre for Public Accountability has described a recent petition, credited to a self styled Society for Women Empowerment SWE, addressed to the National Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as baseless, and another in the series of the desperate campaign of calumny, against the Ondo State Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, by some desperate politicians, ahead of the forthcoming governorship primary, as they become increasingly uncomfortable,with the soaring popularity, of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The group, in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Conrade Olufemi Lawson, said “after careful examination, it has become evident that the so called “Society…
There is a portion in Book of Genesis that chronicled how God resolved to create Man in His own image. The Bible recorded that God discussed with, His Angels, I suppose and asked them, “come, let us make Man in our own image”. There are a lot of lessons that could be learned from the decision of God to ask His Angels to be involved in the process of making Man. After all, God had made a lot of creatures before Man. Certainly, Man is the most important creature to God and even though, He could go ahead and make…