Fiscal federalism and restructuring in Nigeria: Lessons from elsewhere
A polity composed of a multiplicity of ethnic nationalities and cultural forms is best administered with a federal constitution. Such…
Our perception of reality
HAVE you ever had an argument with a friend over an event and no matter how hard you tried to…
The evil of growing child sexual abuse in Nigeria
ACCORDING According to the nudist, Jim Olsen, when it comes to intimacy, ”there are age-appropriate loving gestures, and there are…
Segun Agagu: Five years after
I lost a friend Oluwasegun Kokumo Agagu (1948-2013), five years ago. To honour his memory, I attended his fifth memorial…
A lamentation on Nigeria
SINCE the beginning of Nigeria’s fourth republic in 1999, the present administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is unarguably…
The road-map of a nation: Twenty years on!
FOLLOWING an increasingly commonplace epic journey between Lagos and Abeokuta this last weekend – 5hrs 10 minutes outwards (Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,…
Ambode: A testimonial
BEFORE the advent of the Babatunde Fashola administration, driving through Oshodi, which I had to do to get to my…
Governor Amosun’s love for Ogun workers
OGUN State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on September 20, 2018, approved the total sum of N10 billion out of the…
Adeosun deserves commendation, not prosecution
“Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale” —St Augustine of Hippo CURIOUSLY, even…
Hosa’s greenhouse farms revolution
IT was Plutarch, a Greek philosopher, who once said: “It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended but the…
Corruption and consensus candidatures
The political scene in Nigeria is obviously one of the most interesting of all such scenes, all over the world.…
For Ademola Adeleke, it’s a goal
NO doubt, September 22 is going to be a defining moment in the political history of Osun State. The governorship…
Gboyega Oyetola for governor
One of the primary functions of party leaders in a democracy is to ensure the emergence of candidates for political…
Osun decides between continuity and change
ON Saturday, the Osun governorship election will be held and expectations have understandably reached a fever-pitch high as the leading…
Of Ogun APC, consensus and sensationalism
THE period of news sensationalisation is here again. No thanks to the political culture of Nigeria. The sumptuous news repast…
Kofi Annan, quintessential liberation internationalist
I am honoured and humbled to be invited to add my own voice to the torrent of world-wide tributes that…
A case for sacrificial leadership
POLITICS is essentially the negotiation of instrumentality for a place and for a time. Every political agenda is predicated on…
Of ISGPP, book readers and leaders
We all know that books burn—yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die,…
“From Oranmiyan to Oranmiran:” The dillema of Osun State voters
A few days ago, I received a post on my WhatsApp in which the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in…
Osun 2018: Omisore in pursuit of restoration
With less than a week to Osun state governorship election, the question of who takes over from the incumbent has…
