How time flies. Today, Friday, June 25, 2021 makes it exactly a year that my boss, the first and only two term governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi passed on to eternity. It is still strange, Read More
On Thursday, 25th June, 2020, the news of the death of the first former two-time governor of Oyo state, Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi shook the world to its foundation. Today, Friday, 25th June, 2021, makes it exactly Read More
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State may present a friendly disposition, but behind that facade is a very active and probing mind that demands incontrovertible evidence and details, writes Nseobong Okon-Ekong Nobody has been able Read More
Alhaji Abass Oloko, one of the prominent Mogajis in Ibadan, has chided the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, CCII, for not honouring some non-indigenes who he said are more qualified to be awarded ‘Most Distinguished Read More
Issues of insecurity in Oyo state have gone beyond petty politicking. Governor Seyi Makinde appears overwhelmed at the dangerous dimensions insecurities have taken in the state, having a combination of armed robberies on bikes, assassinations, Read More
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
