Category: Opinion

By Toba Adedeji The Kiriji war in Osun-State has left an impulse of prominence to the Yoruba people and had been rated by historian as the world longest civil war by an ethnic group which lasted for 16 years. Hitherto the war has left an imprint of tourist and monumental…

The yam market, situated within the lone community of Awosuru. Although, an extension of an urban enclave, it is one of the most sparsely populated areas in the state’s capital due to the presence of few houses and a few privately and government owned schools. It is biologically divergent, summing…

SIR: I am very disturbed to read in the dailies that Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, spent over N14 billion to pay workers and pensioners last December. We must first commend the governor for paying the workers and pensioners who were owed four months salaries. Salaries and pensions are…

By Favour Afolabi As you go to church this morning, and as a CHRISTIAN, do meditate on my next line of thoughts. It was the CHRISTIANS that largely produced this new government with ‘their body language’ and now ‘The Most Senior CHRISTIAN LEADERS’ in Nigeria [including Pastor Tunde Bakare, who…

Democracy has given many Nigerians opportunity to showcase their wonderful skills either positively or negatively. It has also enabled Nigerians to know who has the interest of the masses at heart by given some individuals opportunity to exhibit their plans to the communities they represent. Narrowing it down to the…

IT was a fairly straightforward case between two Osun State monarchs, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, and the Oluwo of Iwo-Oke, Oba Kadiri Adeoye. Oba Adeoye had filed a suit against Oba Akanbi accusing him of sundry crimes before his coronation, including being an ex-convict and engaging in…

I woke up around 6:4am after a robust previous night of speaking with my in-law who expressed delight in the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola for clearing ALL salary arrears, leave bonuses and pensions in the 3rd week of December 2016. What jolted me from the feeling was an article on on…

There is no second-guessing that the policies of this ailing governor are anti-education, from the proliferation of Unity Schools to the non-payment of education workers’ salaries. At about 2:45 am, I woke up after a very sound round of discussion with my friend to read the most shocking headline of the year 2016. Vanguard News delivered this…

We unequivocally condemn first, the actions of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) towards the protest embarked upon by the students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) on 9th December, 2016. They were reportedly shooting at the students sporadically and tear-gasing them, Are Police really our friends like they portray…

On Monday December 19, three newspapers ran a syndicated story, almost verbatim, an allegation from Osun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), signed by Diran Odeyemi, that Governor Aregbesola is planning to divert N11 billion Paris Club debt refund that Osun and other states got from the Federal Government a few days…