EKITI DEPUTY GOVERNOR’S CERTIFICATE SAGA: THOSE LIVING IN THE GLASS HOUSE SHOULD STOP THROWING STONES
* Oyebanji(left), Afuye (right) We in the IKERE EKITI DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (IEDI) have been following the latest move by some…
Category: Analysis/Opinion
Political Asylum Politics: How Makinde’s Misadventure Left PDP Homeless
* Makinde (left), Armstrong-Bello (right) By Muji Armstrong-Bello The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today stands at one of the lowest…
Letter to President Tinubu: Request for true federalism
* Pastor Yemi Olayinka By Pastor Yemi Olayinka I hope this letter meets you well. In recent time, I have…
Recycling Power Without Vision: Why Nigeria Must Rethink Its Political Choices Ahead of 2027
By Muji Armstrong-Bello Nigeria’s democratic journey has reached a critical juncture. With the 2027 general elections on the horizon, the…
Osun APC, Tinubu’s hand and the Ides of March
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Ahead of the 2026 Osun governorship election, it is incontrovertible that a consensus candidate has been chosen…
Ekiti: A focus on proven delivery
* Governor Biodun Oyebanji By Tunrayo Alatise The goal from day one for the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Abayomi…
Nature Meets Nurture: 58 Sterling Qualities of Gov. Biodun Oyebanji at 58
* Governor Biodun Oyebanji By Segun Dipe In Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, nature has met nurture as he celebrates his…
Primate Ayodele versus Adelabu: When politicians stoop too low to conquer
* Primate Ayodele (left) and Adebayo Adelabu (right) By Daudu Alamu Oliver Goldsmith’s classic, “She Stoops to Conquer”, has survived…
Breach of Protocol and the Arrogance of Power? The Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu
* Governor Ademola Adeleke (left), Ooni of Ile Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi (middle) and Senator Oluremi Tinubu (right) By Taiwo…
Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (2)
* Gen. Christopher Musa, Defence Minister. By abiodun KOMOLAFE A school of thought contends that Nigeria’s current crisis is rooted…
OYEBANJI: WHAT HAS HE DONE SEF?
By Segun Dipe If you keep pounding yam and dishing it out to everyone, don’t think that will make everyone…
Genocide Claim: President Trump, Ribadu’s Team and the Saudi Prince
By Yushau Shuaib When U.S. President Donald Trump recently renewed his fixation with what he described as “Christian genocide” in…
Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The roots of the current crisis stretch deep into the past. To truly discern these origins, one…
Our Languages Must Stay
By Toyin Falola Thanks to Dr. Michael Afolayan, who organized a one-day conference on “Mother-Tongue Education and the Challenge of…
A tale of two states
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Charles Dickens, in his classic novel A Tale of Two Cities, contrasted the turbulent similarities and differences…
What You Need to Know About ‘Country of Particular Concern’
For the second time in five years, Nigeria has been designated a “country of particular concern” by the US government,…
Married Women in the Act of Lesbianism
By Adekunle Lawal The grip of decadence in the Nigerian society is overwhelmingly distasteful. Alarmingly, there is a rot in…
Jubilation as Abiodun brings life back to Akute–Ajuwon–Alagbole axis
By Tayo Mabeweje Residents celebrate as long-neglected communities finally see modern roads, more projects coming across Ogun State. For years,…
Immorality Beyond Measure
By Adekunle Lawal On Monday, 1 September of this year, I ran an article entitled; “Sex Against The Order of…
Lade Bonuola @80
By Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu I met Ladbone through an incredible whim of fate. Though I had served reluctantly in the Guardian…