Governor Seyi Makinde is expected to be in the country any moment from now after spending four weeks globetrotting and vacationing in places shrouded in secrecy and mystery. In his bimonthly newsletter, which he sent Read More
On Friday the 1st day of March 2024, purporting to act pursuant to the Land Use Act, Governor Makinde of Oyo State, the Omi Tuntun exponent, put a notice in the public domain that he was Read More
The recent call for financial autonomy for the State Houses of Assembly by the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly headed by Adebo Ogundoyin, Oyo House of Assembly speaker, was really a surprise Read More
Once again, Ogbomoso, the city of Ogunmola is in the news. Apart from its preeminent position as one of the most peaceful zones in the state, it is also home to religious harmony – at least Read More
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has enforced an educational policy, restricting underage students from participating in the Senior School Certificate Examination being conducted by West African Examination Read More
My humble self and another mutual friend of ours, Kazeem Adekambi, brought Dotun to Ibadan to make some investments in Ibadan and perhaps in Oyo State. Both Dotun and Kazeem were my juniors at the Read More
My last week’s column on Governor Seyi Makinde’s possible and potential pick for the 2027 gubernatorial election jolted me to reflect on the other side of the political coin particularly the usual fallout among Read More
(Published in Sunday Tribune, August 18, 2024) Sometime in 2004, the then Senate President Adolphus Wabara left his office one morning and headed towards the lift that would take him to the office of the Clerk to Read More
One of the challenges of modern democracy is the space and interval between elections. In the case of Nigeria, real governance takes only two years while politics takes the remaining two years, undermining any long-term Read More
At that moment, the only person I could call was Mrs. Balogun, the Director, Vice-Chancellor’s Office (as she then was). “There is trouble, ma”, I announced over the phone. I was already thinking of Read More
