The Bimbo Adekambi Interview: I Said So || Sola Abegunde
I had wanted to do something about the interview granted by the candidate of the Allied People’s Movement, APM, Mr. Bimbo Adekambi until the misadventure at a popular Radio station interrupted my plans and talk of that misadventure, I see that the Radio station had done a rejoinder to the statements by Prince Diran Odeyemi….
Oyo 2027: All Hail Omi Tuntun 3.0 FM || By Sola Abegunde
It’s never been easy, any time I had reasons to come hard on the Media in Oyo state. This is so, because, I have met quite a lot of highly professional, determined and very objective Media Practitioners and owners in the course of my advocacy over these years. In fact, I have to say that…
The Shrinification of Politics: Adekanmbi’s Metaphysics of Power and the Assault on Democratic Discourse || By Timilehin Kolade
Politics, in every democratic society, is fundamentally a marketplace of ideas. It is a contest of vision, competence, persuasion and public trust. Elections are won not in shrines but at the ballot box; not through metaphysical speculation but through organisation, mobilisation and the confidence of the electorate. When politicians abandon these democratic fundamentals for mystical…
AI, Education and Development: The Remi Oseni Model || By Timilehin Kolade
Politics is often judged by the intensity of electoral competition, yet its noblest expression lies in its capacity to transform lives. The most enduring political legacy is not the rhetoric of campaigns but the institutions that expand opportunities, cultivate human potential, and prepare society for the future. This is the prism through which Hon. Remi…
AI, Education and Development: The Remi Oseni Model || By Timilehin Kolade
Politics is often judged by the intensity of electoral competition, yet its noblest expression lies in its capacity to transform lives. The most enduring political legacy is not the rhetoric of campaigns but the institutions that expand opportunities, cultivate human potential, and prepare society for the future. This is the prism through which Hon. Remi…
Governor Makinde’s Latest Newsletter: Another Accidental Discharge || By Sola Abegunde
If you are conversant with the activities of local hunters, you will know that sometimes, their guns used to misfire. Infact, there is a particular way the gun would misfire to the extent that it could cause very serious injuries to the hunter, or, on some occasion, it could kill the hunter who fired the…
Re: Federal High Court Restrains EFCC From Investigating The Finances Of Oyo State – A Deliberate Misrepresentation Of Federal High Court Judgment By The Government Of Oyo State || By Sola Abegunde
I was physically present yesterday, when the Hon. Justice Maha of the Federal High Court 2 sitting in Ibadan delivered judgment in a case instituted by the Governor of Oyo state, Accountant General of Oyo state and the Attorney general of Oyo state against the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The bone of contention…
APC Fires Back at Atiku, Says Ex-VP ‘Haunted by Ghost of Corruption’, Defends Service-Wide Vote
— The All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a blistering attack on former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over his allegation that the 2026 Service-Wide Vote (SWV) was designed to finance President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election campaign in 2027. In a statement issued on Wednesday by its National Publicity…
Federal High Court Voids EFCC Directive to Oyo AG, Upholds Agency’s Right to Probe State Government
By Sola Abegunde A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo state, on Wednesday set aside a letter by the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, asking the Oyo state Accountant General to furnish the Commission with details of payments to Contractors from 2021 to date. The Oyo state Government had through the office of…
Senator Billboard, Opebe and the Death of Issue-Based Politics || By Timilehin Kolade
Politics is fundamentally a marketplace of ideas. It is where competing visions of development, governance and public welfare are subjected to the judgment of the electorate. Whenever politics abandons ideas for insults, or policies for personalities, democracy is diminished. The growing popularity of expressions such as “Senator Billboard” and “Opebe” in Oyo State’s political vocabulary…

