Oyo State politics is defined by different interests and leanings. It offers insights into the quest for political power and its deployment. In the actions and inactions of Ajimobi, Ladoja and Akala, you find the Read More
We are back in the season of high politicking; the race for various offices in the 2019 elections has reached a frenzy height across the polity. Contestants in the elections are hotly engaged in what can Read More
If one tells a resident of Oyo State to go and spend some time at Agodi, they are likely to quickly retort “God forbids.” This is because there is a medium security prison at Agodi, Read More
Life took a gloomy start for the young Bayo Alao, who lost his Father on the 13th day of September 1952, barely 3 months after he celebrated his second birthday anniversary. With uncertainty of what the future Read More
The present political debate in Iseyin has created a dilemma of choice between the existing ‘evils’ and the ‘angels’ we don’t know what they would turn out to be with time. But of important Read More
One tuned in to Yemi Sonde’s YS LIVE on Splash FM for the interview session with Chief Bayo Adelabu (Penkelemesi), Oyo APC governorship candidate, like every other Oyo State indigene and resident, desirous to Read More
The People of Oyo State can now sleep with their two eyes closed, having Seyi Makinde as their Governor as People will no longer witness a situation where a few persons decide the fate of Read More
At the heart of the rot that currently ails the nation’s universities is the embarrassing gulf between our tertiary institutions and the organized corporate sector. Ordinarily, the fact that the ivory trains the workforce Read More
Last week, the former governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, announced his defection to the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), one of the entrants into the political space ahead of the 2019 election. ZLP is Read More
Adegoke Adelabu, by far one of Ibadan’s most colourful yet under-celebrated politicians of all time, popularized the word ‘Penkelemesi’. The term was said to be Ibadan locals’ corrupt version of the phrase “peculiar mess”, Read More
