Category: Opinion

  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 […]

    IN the last few years, the 37 years old the apex organ controlling the indigenous social groups in Ibadanland – CENTRAL  COUNCIL FOR IBADAN INDIGENES (CCII) at various times has displayed strides that had attracted the sons and daughters of the soil to their root. This was due to the fact that emerging […]

Ayodele Fayose, former Governor of Ekiti State, has been granted bail in the sum of N50 million. His second appearance before the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, lasted less than 30 minutes. He was also asked to provide a surety who must have landed property in Lagos. The guarantor is also […]

“Never test good people, because they are like diamonds. If you hit them too hard they won’t break, but will only slip from your hands” The above saying has deep meaning to it. Good people don’t make effort to show people that they are good. You just know they are when you meet them. One […]

Senator Abdulfatai Buhari’s courage and consideration to vie for the gubernatorial position in 2019 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state is a welcome development and I wish the party can unanimously adopt him as the party flagbearer. No doubt he is a man with great pedigree, a politician of […]

By Feyi Fawehinmi Admit it – Nigeria’s politics is very entertaining and fun to watch. Yes, Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world but so what? The same Nigeria is very rich in what my kids like to call shenanigans. It is also extremely blessed with politicians who have elevated things like defections, skullduggery, […]

Summer school within the context of this essay refers to academic or semi-academic sessions which most private schools in Nigeria organise for crèche, primary school pupils and secondary school students during the long vacation. Outside its contextual reference are the JAMB preparatory schools or institutes organised for special topics during the long holidays between July […]