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Edo: Where two wrongs make a right
THE much talked-about Edo State governorship election comes up next Saturday, 19th September, 2020. The run down to the election has exposed the underbelly of the country’s politics, such that it not only leaves much to be desired but also…
Of Karma, CAMA, the Church and mushrooming churches – 3
In addition to the rants and chants on social media, subtle diplomacy is ongoing on CAMA by church leaders whose umbrage at government - and the public’s outrage against CAMA - has been as vociferous as they have been ferocious. Religion is…
Of Karma, CAMA, the Church and mushrooming churches (2)
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners’ Chapel has become the whipping boy and fall guy of those defending CAMA for good as well as for bad reasons or motives. Interestingly but not surprisingly, many of the critics are supposedly not just…
Of Karma, CAMA, the Church, and mushrooming churches (1)
Karma or the Law of Karma is an expression usually used – though not exactly appropriately – to mean comeuppance or reward for an evil that someone has done. According to Wikipedia, Karma means “the result of a person’s actions as well as…
Kashamu: The verdict of history
In life, he was controversial; in death, no less. Who else but Kashamu Buruji, who boarded the COVID-19 plane penultimate Saturday? The first salvo was fired by no less a personality than former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Noted for his…
With love for my brother, Femi Adesina
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died –Hosea 13:1.Alhaji Lai Mohammed was the undisputed Josef Goebbels of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-cum-retired General Muhammadu…
Ondo State: Now that the primaries are over… 2
The primaries are over but the rumblings continue. The candidates of the two major parties, the APC and PDP, are shopping for running mates. One consideration that must be uppermost in their mind is to beware of an Agboola Ajayi! No one…
Ondo 2020: Now that the primaries are over…1
On Monday, 20 July, and Wednesday, 22 July respectively, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held their Ondo State governorship primaries. Incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, won the APC…
That Ondo State may not burn…
It was with an air of clairvoyance that we started the series on Ondo governorship election 2022! When others still saw the contest as yet to take off the ground, we already saw it at boiling point. Now that others are just seeing it…
As the Ondo governorship election hots up (9)
TODAY is the concluding part of the series on the Ondo governorship election which we started a few weeks ago. Last week we ended on the note of the allegations of nepotism against Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu. The allegations in that regard are…