History rarely rewards mere ambition. It rewards preparation and in politics, the distance between aspiration and stewardship is bridged by two enduring pillars: knowledge and experience. As Oyo State approaches 2027, the conversation about who should lead must rise above slogans and sentiment. It must interrogate capacity, intellectual, administrative, and moral. In that regard, the…

There are political tours that are about mobilisation, consultations, handshakes and the familiar rituals of electoral politics. My recent political tour through Igboloyin with Sen. Sharafadeen Alli, governorship candidate of my party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), became something much more profound. What began as a political engagement became an encounter with the physical reality…

OYO APC LEAVING NO MARGIN FOR ERRORS. Before I proceed with my thoughts on Governor Makinde and the fresh dilemma before him, it is important to touch on a News that broke on Sunday evening. This time around, Oyo APC is leaving no margin for error in its desire to occupy the Agodi Government House…

To interrogate public policy in a democracy is both necessary and inevitable. Yet in a polity as textured as ours, criticism rarely travels alone. It is often accompanied by context, ambition, and alignment. The recent and rather caustic condemnation by Governor Seyi Makinde of the Federal Government’s twin reforms: the removal of fuel subsidy and…

Before I get to the main points of this piece, I must comment about Governor Seyi Makinde’s challenge to the opposition when, he, for the first time in seven years plus, commissioned projects linked to a Local Government Chairman. The Governor, while commissioning some projects, purportedly executed by the Chairman of Ibadan North, threw jabs…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sure knows when and how to withdraw the carpet from under the feet of his detractors at the point of ecstasy. On Wednesday, it was reported that the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had frozen the accounts of the Osun state Government. Trust Governor Seyi Makinde, he saw another opportunity…

The All Progressives Congress APC in Oyo state has disclosed that the country – Nigeria was lucky not to have elected somebody like Governor Seyi Makinde as its leader in 2023 “otherwise the world’s most populous black nation would have been sold to interested buyers from other countries while the proceeds would have ended in…

President Bola Tinubu has approved salary increases of between 30 and 80 per cent for Nigeria’s armed forces personnel. About 250,000 personnel are to benefit from the new deal. Under the new arrangement, which becomes effective from September 1, officers above the rank of colonel will enjoy a 30 per cent salary increase. This applies…

I have been following, with interest, several reports about the fresh tempest brewing between Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state and Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan. Though, both of them have not publicly spoken about or admitted any skirmishes between them, the signs are too clear to be ignored. It is not that I would be surprised…

The ancient town of Oko in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State came alive on Sunday as sons and daughters of the community gathered to witness the commissioning of two solar-powered boreholes and more than 100 solar-powered street lights, projects facilitated by Omo-oba Adedamola Olaniyan of the Oranmiyan Dynasty as part of his commitment…