Wole Olanipekun @ 72
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
Glory be to God, Chief Oluwole Oladapo Olanipekun is two years above seventy!
It is not due to his power or ability to plead cases in the court of law. It is purely the grace of the Strength of…
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Insecurity: Time to Heed Zulum’s Warning
Written by abiodun KOMOLAFE
At a programme in honour of the reconstituted North-East Development Commission (NEDC) recently, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, warned that Nigeria risked being wiped off the map in the…
Still on the Wike-Fubara Feud…
Written by abiodun KOMOLAFE
If we go back to the history of Nigeria, the truth is: dear fatherland has learnt nothing. In the days of Obafemi Awolowo and Ladoke Akintola, this was how they started inventing stuff that had never…
Nigeria, Revenue Poverty and Taxation Atrophy
Written by abiodun KOMOLAFE
When our forefathers came up with the wise saying that ‘the earnest wish of potters is for earth to be clay', it was not only worthy of commendation but also no mean achievement. The beauty of the…
The Passable View of Roads in Southwest Nigeria
From time immemorial, the masses have relied on constituted governments to implement road projects for the socio-political economy of the society. Whichever government got the construction right would be praised while those who focused on…
Governor Oyebanji’s One Year in Office
Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji of Ekiti State is privileged to have inherited a stable platform. Were it to have been otherwise, one doubts if he would by now have finished negotiating the trouble zones, not to talk about development in…
Insecurity and The Plight of Kidnap Victims (1)
Temitope Oladipo Fayehun must be passing through hard times. A native of Ilesa in Osun State, Fayehun’s ordeal started on March 2, 2021, when he, alongside others in his vehicle, fell into the hands of some Fulani kidnappers along…
Oyetola at 69!
A man represents different things to different people. It’s like a mirror in the sun, reflecting different parts of humanity, which depends on who is looking at it, and what part of life we met him. It boils down to human behavioural…
NADECO, Where Are You? (1)
Last week, I had the honour of visiting Dr. Amos Akingba, a chieftain of Afenifere and National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), in his Ode-Irele, Ondo State country home. Akingba, who turned 85 last March, relocated to his hometown about two…
Remembering Abba Kyari
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
Abba Kyari, CFR, OON! Remember him? Kyari was the Chief of Staff (CoS) to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Born on September 23, 1952, he served in that prestigious position between August 2015 and April…