turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The Igangan massacre of hapless and harmless Yoruba citizens by suspected Fulani herdsmen and terrorists armed to the teeth has come but the vibrations may not go away for a long time Read More
Last Tuesday morning, lovers of the music of late ace Yoruba Apala musician, Ayinla Omowura, a.k.a Hadji Costly, Egunmogaji, lost one of the connoisseurs of that traditional music. Waheed Ganiyu was my friend, Read More
Behind every great fortune, there is a crime – Balzac. And behind every blood dripping mayhem unleashed on innocent civilians in Ibadan and its environs, there are wild, feral and hardened criminals. Think of the punchy ‘Read More
It’s really unfortunate that Buhari banned Twitter. As the Nile was to Ancient Egypt (commerce, agriculture, travel, etc. hinged on the Nile), so is Twitter to Nigeria’s feeble-kneed economy. Significant economic activities happen Read More
The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Mainde, claimed recently that the fee charged by the Oyo State owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) was the lowest in the South-West of Nigeria. He said Read More
June 12 is not just a day in Nigeria: it symbolizes the unity that we clamored for, especially at this critical period in the history of our nation. It reminds us of the resolve of Nigerians Read More
It is often said in Yoruba land that ‘Ajoji owo kan o gbe eru d’ori, meaning the task of lifting a heavy load on ones head cannot be done by a single person. In Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo state chapter, parades a creme of gubernatorial giants. There is no chaff among the creme of the governorship aspirants; they’re all wheats. But a weightier wheat among them Read More
The race for the APC ticket for the Oyo state Gubernatorial election seemed to have kicked off with the article credited to one Bimbo Alasela, and published in the Nigerian Tribune (print and online editions) Read More
One curious reader of my column called last week to pour out his disaffection and discontentment over the rising tide of foreign Fulani invasion into Oyo state and the insecurity uptick in the agrarian axis Read More
