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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, got a raw baptism from politicians recently. In a statement attributed to him which went viral and even attracted the excoriation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction of presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the CJN was credited with having said that he was happy that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State was among the five governors of the party loyal to Wike. For those rustling the rubble for dynamites with which to destroy their political opponents, the CJN’s alleged statement was a perfect nuke in need of detonation. However, the Supreme Court (SC) took the explosion off this masterfully prepared nuke by situating what actually transpired. For those who had hoped to stoke the embers and get a conflagration, it was a deflating shock. According to the SC in its rebuttal, the CJN and other senior judicial officers, who were drawn from different parts of the country, had gone to Port Harcourt for the commissioning of two bui

Egba, Ogun State-born indigenous African Sakara music exponent, Sanusi Aka, popularly known as S. Aka Baba Waidi, in two of his vinyls, illustrates my drift today. This he did in the albums recorded in 1959 and 1974 respectively. While the former was highly political, which he entitled Ibo fedira, (Federal election) the other was entitled Awon Orisha. The Awon Orisha track is a fabulous narrative of how some renowned deities in Yorubaland, in an ego clash and desirous of sorting out their supremacy battle, met with and had a conversation with God. Some of the deities were Ifa and Osanyin, as well as Islamic/Christian clerics, and the Witch. Each demanded of Him a pronouncement that they were the most powerful and supreme among earthly deities. God then asked them to gather at an appointed date for a test of their individual prowess. Inside a house with different rooms, God kept in each a cow, black dog and white ram, with no one but His angels in the know of this arrangement. One after

The general public is presently in confusion over who will be installed as the next Olubadan of Ibadanland. That has been the major topic across different media platforms since two weeks ago that former occupiers of the throne, Oba Saliu Adetunji, the Aje Ogungunniso 1, joined his ancestors. Oba Adetunji, who ascended the throne on the 4th of March, 2016, passed on in the early hours of Sunday, the 2nd January, 2022, at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, at 93. While some have insisted that the existing rotational system of Ibadan chieftaincy structure should be strictly followed and the next man in line, Senator Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, be allowed to ascend the throne. This, they say, becomes necessary in order for peace to reign and will further strengthen the smooth process of becoming Olubadan There are those who have come seriously against such a position, however, describing it as a move capable of promoting disloyalty and conspiracy against the

F riday 17th December, 2021, the President/Proprietress, Bola Immaculate Group of Schools, Chief (Mrs) Bola Doherty, MFR, hosted top celebrities into a warm reception in Ibadan. It was the official commissioning and handling over ceremony of a Police Post donated to the Oyo State Police Command by the foremost educationist. The Police Post, located around Fodacis Junction, Off Ring Road, Adeoyo Hospital area of Ibadan, is not just a police station but a standard one. Apart from the fact that the Police Post is built on an expanse of land and properly fenced, it has a spacious reception, admin offices, cell, armory and several other facilities. It is indeed a highly commendable initiative from the Margaret Thatcher of Ibadan social establishment, Chief (Mrs) Bola Doherty. Other prominent personalities at the event include Chief (Mrs) Kudirat Aderibigbe, who represented Chairlade of the Day, Chief (Mrs) Bolade Aderibigbe, Iyalaje Adinni of Yorubaland and Iyalode Majeobaje of Ibadanland;