I read yesterday, with dismay, a news item published by an online news medium, OYOINSIGHT.COM, reporting the Oyo PDP Elder’s Forum’s letter to the Governor of Oyo State, Gov. Seyi Makinde, requesting Read More
Tribal rapists in the past two weeks have competed to outperform one another in their sinister career of not only having unlawful carnal knowledge but also gruesomely eliminating two of their victims from mother earth Read More
A cross-examination of development strategies across the world would point to one main fact, sustainable developments are always driven from within. The above assertion corroborates the Yoruba dictum that says “An egg that breaks from Read More
Houston to Midland is a five hundred miles trip that takes between 8 to 9 hours for good drivers and flexible observers of highway speed limits. I used to make that trip every fortnight until the global Read More
Nigeria’s political ecosystem is akin to an eye-catching drama series full of twists and turns. Its plots telling; its climaxes copious as long as politics is a game of interests, intrigues, serial betrayals and Read More
What is being clamoured for by development communicators and scholars and observed in the advanced and civilized society is the concept of all-inclusive and participatory governance, and that seems the only approach left to the Read More
Nothing speaks eloquently to the very foundation of Nigeria’s culture of graft, institutionalized anyhow-ness and complete retrogression like this viral story of how Adebayo Alao-Akala, as Oyo State governor, reportedly ‘changed’ the life of Read More
Poverty is perhaps the best teacher of civics. In my ancestral homes in Ibadan, we have produced three governors: Ladoja, Ajimobi and Makinde. But trust me, you won’t get better index of deep-seated hardship, Read More
It is no exaggeration to say that the world is agog today celebrating the birthday of a former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao Akala as he turns 70. I know there are several Read More
Man is just a pen in the Divine hands and no matter the struggles of man, he cannot avoid his destiny. Chief Adebayo Alao Akala was destined to rule Oyo state and the circumstance as Read More
