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On the whole, the latest epistolary misadventure by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is a gratuitous insult on the collective intelligence of Nigerians. In particular, his laborious attempt to prey on the innocence of much younger generation constitutes a grievous assault on public morality, seeking to force morsels of sheer falsehood down the throats of a demography perhaps too young to comprehend events which Obasanjo furiously tried to misrepresent.  It is noteworthy that it was the Obasanjo administration that abolished the teaching of history in Nigerian schools ostensibly to aid this kind of historical revisionism he routinely engages in; a decision now happily reversed by the President Muhammadu Buhari government. Contestants for the presidential office in Nigeria routinely consult with and court  Obasanjo , not because of his electoral value which is minuscule, but out of respect for his status as a former Head of State. It is, however, obvious that the man himself has no respect for th

British Police said it has identified the body of a 53 years old missing Nigerian woman, found in a lake near Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent county, United Kingdom (UK). Taiwo Balogun from Crayford was reported missing more than four weeks ago on December 1,2022. The body has been retrieved from a lake near the massive shopping centre in Dartford, Metropolitan Police said. Bexley Metropolitan Police tweeted: "A woman's body was recovered from a lake near Bluewater Shopping Centre on Friday, December 30. While formal identification awaits, Taiwo Balogun's family has been informed. "Her death is being treated as unexpected but not suspicious. Our thoughts are with Taiwo's family." The missing mother disappeared at the beginning of December, 2022, with police desperately searching for her since. She was last seen in a shop in Crayford Road, Dartford, close to the junction with London Road at around 2.27pm on December 1, 2022. Earlier this week, police had rel

Because of the factors that all played out prior to the 2019 governorship election, Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won 28 out of the 33 local governments in the state, leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, combined with federal might with only five local governments. The governor-elect, Seyi Makinde received 515, 621 votes to defeat his closest rival from the APC, Adelabu, who polled 357, 982 votes leaving the margin of defeat to 157,639 votes making it unprecedented governorship election record in the history of Oyo state. After Late former governor Abiola Ajimobi's four-year first term, he contested for a second term in 2015 against two of his predecessors in office, Alao Akala and Rashidi Ladoja and was re-elected for the first time ever in the history of Oyo state, Late Ajimobi became the first person to occupy the seat twice in the state. Consequently, the Late Ajimobi was nicknamed: “Kosheleri” (It has not happened before)

As 2023 guber election draws near, the Oyo State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Teslim Folarin appears to be resolute about his dream of ruling the state after the election next year. Folarin hasn’t only promised to send the incumbent governor, Seyi Makinde packing in 2023 but has also put in place what he believes to be a formidable team to get the job done. It seems he is not ready to left any stone unturned to deliver on this promise. And that is why the team has since adopted some key strategies in making sure things work to their advantage in the coming election, according to Folarin’s camp. “We are exploring every available opportunity within the provision of constitution to achieve positive results come 2023,” a prominent member of Teslim’s campaign team told City People. One of the major strategies Teslim’s camp have adopted, we scooped, is the door to door campaign that team has since embarked upon. Teslim campaign team have been to virtu

There is no problem with politicians asking for votes but there is more than a problem with a party promising to continue doing to Nigerians what they have witnessed in the last seven years. The seven years before now were lean years for millions who thought they voted for prosperity. People in government would say I lie, but I take my riposte from Bob Marley: “He who feels it knows it.” And, Nigeria is a country of wailers.”   “How can they change to a currency that is not in circulation?” my friend asked me. Nigerians and cynicism. Why would he say that the new currency notes are not in circulation? I have seen them. And why would he not say so? He countered. He was at his bank on Friday, and, across the counter, he was paid old naira notes. There was no discrimination against him, the people before him also got old naira notes. Day before Friday, he was at the ATM, he was paid with old notes. Only the very well connected get the new notes in hushed closets. Yet the deadline for the