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
While some power mongers see democracy as the conception of power for material empowerment and pursuance of selfish interest, a true Democrat sees it as an art of service. The kernel of what represents a Read More
Last week, the pioneer students of Nigeria’s premier technical university, First Technical University, Ibadan, made history. They completed their year one examination and so, officially ended their first academic session at the nascent university. Read More
Peculiar {/pɪˈkjuːlɪə/ 1) Different to what is normal or expected; strange. 2) Particular; special. } Let me set a background to this article by looking at the ages of Democratically elected Governors in Oyo state since 1979: 1978 — Read More
Many would have thought the crises ravaging the Ladoke Akintola University, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, would have ended, especially with the appointment of former Lagos governor and national leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Read More
No, I’m not talking about those days past when we wrote love letters with fanciful adjectives and phrases….From The Garden of Love…To the Only Sugar in My Tea…and all that. I Read More
Ahead of the 2019 governorship election in Oyo State, the major political parties have played their cards with the selection of governorship standard-bearers, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) already being thumbed up for playing the Read More
