For close to four years now in Oyo State Government, a dark horse keeps running government activities and living larger than life attitude on all cabinet members, agencies of government and contractors alike. His words are laws and no one dares question his order or directive even if the State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde felt otherwise? He is notorious and now an household name and in most political arenas nicknamed Senior Governor in the State. He is Mr. Seye Famojuro, better known as Makinde’s pointsman and man Friday! He neither holds any political office, nor appointive positions, observes say he…
Author: Editor-in-chief
The Local Government Chairmen, Council Workers under the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) waiting on Oyo Assembly to join some State Houses of Assembly across the federation that have passed the Local Government Autonomy, to do same in Ibadan, may not have their dream realised under the current Assembly leadership. Reason? The Executive arm led by Governor Seyi Makinde has pointedly told the lawmakers to put further consideration of the bill in abeyance. An opposition lawmaker in the Assembly who craved anonymity told journalists on Wednesday in Ibadan that the Governor, contrary to his avowed commitments to councils’…
To understand the profligacy, indiscretion and misplaced priority in the purchase of N1.14 billion ($2.7 million) –worth of 10 luxury vehicles by the Muhammadu Buhari government for neighbouring Niger Republic, ostensibly to shore up that country’s security, at a time when there is excruciating hunger in the land and terrorists are probably a mile away from the Aso Villa seat of government, you have to go way back to the year 1972 or so, to the reply of the late president of Niger Republic, Ahmadu Diori, when asked why Niger supported Nigeria as against secessionist Biafra in the Nigerian Civil…
Now that the wise, prudent, babes and suckling have come to the gruelling realisation that Nigeria is gradually coming to a deadly repose under President Muhammadu Buhari; it is nice seeing everyone in frenzied scampering. Legislators in Abuja, like vipers stirred off their places of comfort, are spitting venom. The political elite, seeing from afar the impending expiry of their inordinate suck of the Nigerian nectar, are confused and disconcerted. Abuja, their nest of filch, is becoming too hot for comfort. The same Abuja is also fast assuming the violent notoriety of Afghanistan and Tel Aviv. Islamic fundamentalists and terrorists…
I met Michael Olusesan Awe, also known as Michael West, only once in his 59 years of existence. His reputation however preceded our meeting. I knew him as a journalist with immense experience who chose its variant of soldering fractured families together through his column. However, our meeting on May 12, 2022, bridged the gap between our decades of spatial differences. And when we met, we had the feeling that we had always met each other. He had literally downloaded all about me. He read my weekly offerings religiously, he said, and spent minutes dissecting them, especially the very controversial…
Mogaji Jelili Adekunle Kareem Adanla is currently being detained by The Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) Ibadan over alledged financial scam involving over 100 million naira. The Ibadan chief who is also the Turaki Adini of Oyo state was arrested today, Wednesday and is currently undergoing investigation at the Iyaganku office of the EFCC. Findings by this newspaper indicates that Fuji Musician, Saheed Osupa who is the brand ambassador of Afia homes the real housing estate allegedly involved in the financial scam is also been expected for interrogation. Inside sources further revealed that prominent sons and daughters of Oyo…
At a time when Nigeria thought it had witnessed the zenith of pain and agony from its unhealed wounds, with the unimaginable pus that oozes daily from them over the years, last week, a frightening symptom emerged from the wounds. Bleeding blisters emitting dirty-looking, foul-smelling discharges indicated that the Nigerian wounds may have gone gangrenous. The sign of gangrene came right from the theatre of war in Zamfara State, where bandits have literally taken over government. If we thought the daily harvests of dead bodies of countrymen killed by bandits and the Ansaru terrorist group were the height of our…
The Global President of LAUTECH Alumni Association, Hon. Onilede Solomon on Thursday met with Governor Seyi Makinde to discuss the ongoing industrial action by the staff and the government’s decision to rename the Institution. This newspaper reliably gathered that the meeting was held behind closed-doors in Agodi Government House, Ibadan. While briefing the newsmen on Friday morning shortly after the meeting, Hon. Onilede said that the Alumni Association was able to convince the governor on why the over 30 year-old institution should not be renamed. In his words: “After several hours of interaction with His Excellency Governor Seyi Makinde, I…
Two anecdotes of the extreme reaction of scorned women will avail you if you are looking for a corollary to Nigerian Christendom’s tempestuous anger at the choice of Kashim Shettima. Shettima, a Muslim and former governor of Borno State, was recently chosen as Vice Presidential candidate to Bola Tinubu, a Muslim presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In traditional Africa which celebrates centuries of polygamy, incidences of husband-wives tension, confrontations, jealousy and bitterness have led to destruction of polygynous homes. One of such is Richard Edward Dennett’s anecdotal explanation of the life of Africa through folklores. Dennett, an…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the Osun governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes beating the incumbent, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, who got 375,027 votes in a keenly contested race. He said, “I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen on behalf of the chairman of INEC of the PDP having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and…