Osun CP, Adeleke and pounded yam of 20 years
Multiple years back, as the Lagos Bureau Chief of the Tribune newspapers, I was assigned to secure security for a…
Oyo kidnapping: Tinubu presidency as Ibiye’s goat
True, the Yoruba believe that those burdened by hunger pangs are unmoved by other issues around them. We can call…
INEC, judiciary on the march again… to June 12, 1993
Last Tuesday, respected human rights and public good advocate, Femi Falana, SAN, raised the alarm that the Bar and the…
The magician of Ikenne
THE question can’t be “have you heard about him?” It should be “have you met him?” Billionaire businessman, adroit administrator,…
Osun, Kwara test Tinubu, APC govs
IN various ways, we might not have our way but we just have to work together because I know if…
Ayade’s lamentations
IN the course of last week, the grief of the verbose former governor of Cross River, Professor Ben Ayade, over…
The Supreme Court victories that weren’t
After a needless wait, the Supreme Court last Thursday rendered its considered opinions in the national leadership crises fraying the…
The unauthorised biography of “Governor” Hazmat’s dynasty
Last week, a brother I’m fond of and proud of but whose politics is gradually colonising him, found time in…
Osun guber: Tough choices before Omisore, Ife, Osogbo
AS I was putting this piece together, I was reliably informed that a power-sharing deal was being worked out by…
Wole Oke: Of legislative immortality…
YEARS back, Nigerian Tribune had an iconic agbowópa (debt collector) in her employ. Everyone called her Mama Ojewuyi. She retired…
Where is Osun’s N11 billion?
Since the penultimate week intervention on the massive fraud and institutional cover-up rocking Osun State-partly-owned mortgage bank, Living Trust Mortgage…
APC and imminent campaign bloodbath
IN recent viral videos, political thugs, believed to belong to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), were seen and heard…
Cardoso’s CBN and the mortgaged Osun bank
A tight governorship contest is afoot in Osun State which makes writing about its governance a risky venture. You can…
Bwala and the cancellers in Villa
Long before his disastrous Al Jazeera outing, presidential spokesman, Daniel Bwala, had long convinced himself some of his Villa colleagues…
South-West and the weight of “Alajobi” votes in 2027
In 2023, of the 8,794,726 million votes that sent Mr. Bola Tinubu to Aso Rock Presidential Villa, only 2,279,407 million…
Simi in Rahab’s bosom
THE word of God says if you want to know the content of a man’s heart, listen to what comes…
El-Rufai: A pint-size awe in Sculptor’s grip?
I almost flattened with mirth reading Oga Suyi Ayodele’s last Tuesday’s piece on troubled wannabe North’s idol, Nasir el-Rufai; starting…
Let there be light… and there was N17bn solar
DECEMBER 26, 2022, then presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, made voters a solemn promise…
Presidential Jankara in Ankara
PENULTIMATE week’s Turkiye stumble of President Bola Tinubu, seen around the world, was the second time divine intervention would be…
Osun in sifia pain
I know a few things, confidentially shared with me, about the drawn-out political and judicial (yes judicial) crises rocking my…
