THE PDP MUD AND THE JUDICIARY By Ojo Oyewamide The 2020 gubernatorial election in Ondo state ended up in defeat for the Peoples Democratic Party and its standard bearer, Eyitayo Jegede. But they didn’t see the drubbing they received from the contest as the end of the battle for the Alagbaka Government House. They rejected…
Perhaps, the biggest news in Nigeria right now, is the re-arrest and arraignment of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Federal Government of Nigeria however needs to look beyond the prosecution of Kanu, into the bigger picture. Kanu did not start the agitation for Biafra. There was Odumegwu Ojukwu of the…
TWO YEARS OF TUNJI-OJO: THE REPORT CARD OF THE ASOGBODILU OF AKOKO By: Femi SALAKO A young and highflying business executive with limited political experience — this was how many described Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo aka BTO when he showed interest in representing the people of Akoko North East/North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State at the…
A former Vice Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko in Ondo state and political science don at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Femi Mimiko has recommended way out of retrenchment of workers by state government in the face of lack of funds and how to resolve the current shutdown in Kaduna. In his…
Mohammed Idris@55: Celebrating a PR Avatar and Brand Builder By Jibrin Baba Ndace He would have been a professor if he had remained in the academia. He would have been a successful General if he had chosen the route taken by some of his friends. He would have been an accomplished public servant had he…
THEOCRACY: THE THEO ADEBOWALE I KNOW By: Rasaq Olasunkanmi I got to know about the death of Dr Theophillus Adebowale through a Whatsapp platform of former students of the department of sociology at the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti (The University has the enviable record of highest number of transmutation in Nigeria from one name to…
OPINION: INTERROGATING PROMOTION PROCESS AT NIGERIA POLICE FORCE By: Abdallah el-Kurebe Loyalty. Morale boost. Bravery. Galantry. All these in the Nigeria Police are required in all officers and men but they have to be also encouraged. They are attributes that must not ONLY be found in officers and men, but also be seen to be…
……Ondo state interest in political battle of Fayose, Makinde. PDP Southwest Leadership Tussle; Charting the Party’s Future with Makinde or Fayose. —Doyin Okupe The die is cast and barring a Divine intervention, an amicable settlement between Gov Makinde and fmr gov fayose, is an impossibility. Several attempts have been made by leaders and elders at…
THE AFOBAJE JINX AND TINUBU PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION By: Femi Salako At the heart of the Yoruba Traditional System when it comes to the installation of Kings is the intricate and important roles of the Afobaje, otherwise known as kingmakers. The Afobaje (king makers) had the traditional power to enthrone the king and may depose him…
You Want War? Read This! By Babafemi Ojudu I joined The Guardian newspapers in 1985 and was made to report for The Guardian Express, the staple’s afternoon paper. My daily chore took me to every nook and corner of Lagos and its environ. One of the most troubling assignment I was saddled with at this…
