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-Festus Adedayo  Professor of Linguistics and President, Academy of Letters, Francis Egbokhare of the University of Ibadan, on an Ibadan, Oyo State, radio programme where we both appeared yesterday, made a profound analysis of the ongoing political chess-gaming in the All Progressives Party (APC). Only last week, at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party, President Muhammadu Buhari had dissolved the party’s National Working Committee, (NWC) appointing the Yobe State governor, Mai-Mala Buni, as Caretaker Chairman. Other chain reactions which apparently signaled a huge conflagration in the party, came in tow. This was reminiscent of similar crisis which led to the implosion that became manifest in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the twilight of Goodluck Jonathan’s stay in office. Egbokhare had likened the contest in the APC to one between the lion, cobra and hyena. This analogy caught my interest. One of the television channels that catch my interest

T he former senator who represented Oyo South Senatorial district in Nigeria's Upper Chamber, Adesoji Akanbi has paid glowing tributes to the late former governor of Oyo State and a former contestant for the Oyo South seat in the last general elections, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. Akanbi, in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday, said that the late Ajimobi was unique in many ways. He said, “The passing away of former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, brought a deep feeling of shock, pain and disbelief for me, but we must submit to the will of Almighty Allah. “Ibadan land has lost a great son. Oyo State has lost a great leader. The entire Yoruba race has lost one of its shining lights. Nigeria has lost an intelligent politician. “I will forever remember Ajimobi as a man who was truly and deeply loved by his creator as evident in his very illustrious life as a professional, and in politics. “This was a man who set records and broke records in terrains that many t

Muyiwa Sunday Awoseye has called out his paternal uncle whose name is Kolawole Awoseye for frequently threatening his life and that of his immediate family over tussle for chieftaincy, Ajarin of Ijarin in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria. Awoseye made this known when he approached the Ijebu Ode Divisional Police Headquater, on 10th of April, 2020 to officially lodge complaints to the law enforcement officers. He therefore informed the press on why he reported the matter to the Police. He narrated his many life-threatening ordeal in the hands of Mr. Kolawole. He said:   "I'm here to report one of the members of my father's family who is also my step uncle. His name is Mr Kolawole Awoseye popularly known as K-money. He challenged me at a social gathering concerning the royal title (Baale) that we members of the royal family were contesting for. He knew that I was the closest person to taking over the title from my father that was why he came to threaten me. I reported him to t

The Oyo State Government has strongly denied insinuations that it is responsible for the delay in burying the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, who died on Thursday. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the insinuations amounted to a wicked lie. The statement read: "In view of the intense enquiries from news media organisations  regarding the perceived delay in burying the late former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the Oyo State Government wishes to place on record that there is no truth in the rumour making the rounds that the burial is being delayed by the state government. "The rumour, which is being deliberately spread to give the state government a bad name  and to play undue politics with the dead, initially came by the way of social media gossip, which gained traction to attract the attention of traditional media outfits. "Several media outf

W e all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will last forever.- Chuck Palahniuk. It has been a rude shock for me since the death of our amiable leader, H.E Abiola Ajimobi was announced yesterday, 25th of June 2020. Each time I mustered a little strenght and courage to attend to my phone or reply messages, my heart and whole being just failed me over and over again. I tried so hard to wish this away as a bad dream but the reality of it kept staring me in the face. Oga’s passage is just too much of a loss to bear at this time. A great light has gone out in the world. Isiaka Abiola Akanji Ajimobi was a towering figure in our time; a legend in life and now in death. His fearlessness, integrity, kindliness of nature, thoroughness and unsleeping vigilance in the discharge of his political duties is a reflection of the development he left behind in Oyo state. You were and will always be my inspiration in politics. That first ever touch that