Category: Opinion

Our elders have a saying which goes thus: “Oju lalakan fi n sori” meaning the crab proactively protects its fragile body from the many predators in its environment by means of its protuberant eyes.Many crabs lives have been saved by one dynamic feature: Its proactive vigilance. Our political space today has been taken over violently […]

The immediate past governor of Oyo state, Sen Abiola Ajimobi, former governor Adebayo Alao Akala, and Senator Teslim Folarin a former senate majority leader and current senator representing Oyo central senatorial district at the national assembly during the weekend reportedly held a closed door meeting at Akala’s Asokoro, Abuja residence to find a way to […]

Odeh Henry   Politics in every part of the world is like a game since it is directly associated with numbers and volume of numbers controllable in ones or political party’s favour, it is therefore, not out of place to affirm that just like every other venture, a bit of mentorship from a political mentor […]

  In the history of Oyo politics since independence, different distuished and great men of wisdom both dead and alive have been blessed with the privilege to take the baton of leadership of Oyo state as a whole not in the capacity of political godfatherism but as an executive governor of the state. Those great […]

    Over these years, women from different generations and locations, west,  south,  east and Limpopo north have proven their strength and independence.   Today, women have made exceptional contributions in all ramification which includes government, religion, arm forces, business world and so on. Around the world, there have been many women in positions of […]

    Exactly one month ago on May 29, 2019, Seyi Makinde was sworn in as Oyo State Governor, in a well-attended inauguration ceremony at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan. In his inauguration speech, he set the tone for governance for the next four years in Oyo State. Makinde had campaigned on a platform of […]

By Odeh Henry     It is no gainsaying that the pace of development and chances of attaining a better future in a continually evolving society is predicated upon the amount of attention given to quality and sound education by the government, and to achieve this feat under an unstable economy, all hands must be […]

  The appointment of Chief Luqman Oyebisi Ilaka, a UK-trained Lawyer, Financial Tax expert, Qu alified Mortgage Advance Planner, a professional to the core and a gentleman, as deputy chairman of the transition committee by Oyo State governor elect Engr. Seyi Makinde has raised a loud over among the administration minded people of Oyo State. […]

  By Rt. Hon. Victor Olabimtan Many people were stunned by his defeat in the 2014 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. Some could not even figure out why a man who was and still is, an epitome of leadership finesse could be denied a second term by the same people he laboured to serve. While […]

    I’ve been having sleepless nights for the past two weeks! It is NEITHER because my principal (His Excellency Otunba Alao-Akala) withdrew from the 2019 Oyo guber race for selfless reasons that many people do not know yet NOR because of my personal worries. Frankly, the rate at which my country is decelerating since […]