On a sunny afternoon in February 2022, I engaged my principal, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in conversation over the propriety of an international conference centre that hosts a four-star hotel at a location just a spit distance from the iconic Kwara Hotel, Innovation Hub,
Tomorrow, Thursday, June 8, 2023, marks the termination of the tenure of the 9th National Assembly, as the elected lawmakers in Nigeria’s 469 senatorial districts and federal constituencies will bow out after four years of representing their people’s interests and advancing democracy through
In every corridor of power around the globe, there are people who call the shots. Some are seen. Others are invisible. But you hear and see their exploits. They are real. They wield enormous powers such that the real occupier of the office,
Over the years, one thing has been very clear about Nigeria and its leaders: we do not lack good ideas and initiatives. What is lacking is the courage and political will to do the right thing at the right time. This is why
‘In God we trust, all others we investigate’ my uncle – a retired military officer — quipped in the language of crime fighters as he narrated to me on Tuesday the incidents that led to the death of a relative around Isanlu Isin,
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Governor of Kwara state and new chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), looks many ways like the iconic US President Harry Truman: strategic, humble, foresighted and exceptionally deeper than his critics may admit, and not flippant or garrulous by any
May God empower Governor Ademola Adeleke with wisdom and the robust health needed to deal decisively with the selfish interests of the professional sycophants and hypocrites, who cry hosanna today, but crucify him tomorrow. He had hit the ground running and he should
“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” Your Excellency, Please, kindly take this second open letter as the final, being a follow-up correspondence to the first one that I earlier wrote to dissuade you from proceeding to the Supreme Court immediately
Clement Olasoji Adagunodo! Gone just like that! Erin wo, ajanaku sun bi oke! This is by no means a death of mourning (oku ofo), because it hurts too deeply; it hurts me to the bone marrow. None of us here can say that
Other things being equal, by this afternoon, the Apex court will draw the curtain on the legal tussle over the July 16, 2022. governorship election in Osun. But before then, there are 10 fundamental issues to note: Issue One, contrary to the position
