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The attention of the Oyo State Government has been drawn to the statement credited to SSACO alleging that Governor Seyi Makinde has “paralysed” local governments in Oyo State. That claim is not only misleading; it is contradicted by the…
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The Yoruba say, when a man forgets the ladder that took him to the top of the iroko tree, the fall that awaits him will be narrated as a proverb. On Thursday, Ibadan stood still for its king. Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja clocked 82. Not 82…
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Since I assumed the responsibility of leading the Odidiomo Campaign Organization, I have worked closely with Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide Odidiomo. That experience has given me a closer understanding of the politician behind the name…
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Nigeria’s tertiary education reform agenda has received a fresh intellectual and professional assessment as the Pioneer and Immediate Past Rector of Federal Polytechnic Ayede, Oyo State, Engr. Dr. Taofeek Adekunle Abdul-Hameed, FNSE,…
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In response to my brother, Shuaib Idris, who wrote the piece titled "Seyi Makinde deserves our sympathy", I submit that Seyi Makinde doesn't deserve our sympathy. How do you sympathise with somebody who brought political calamity upon…
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The ill-fated jamboree organized on Monday by the so-called BOYE NATION / JAF MOVEMENT — a gathering co-sponsored by a renegade, so-called Personal Assistant without political address and dominated by PMS — has inadvertently exposed the…
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Desperation is a silent killer. I have been carefully listening to Governor Seyi Makinde’s public outbursts recently and I can see someone who is under a severe pressure and an imminent total depression. Let me reference a few of such…
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Politics. That masquerade that never dances the same step twice. Who would have thought? Who, after the defeat of 2023, after the prodigal son ran to Accord and came back with a ministerial cap gifted by the same President Bola Ahmed…
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When Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja ascended the revered throne of the Olubadan of Ibadanland as the 44th Olubadan on September 26, 2025, he inherited not merely a traditional institution but a historic responsibility to provide moral…
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There are strong indications that the Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, is set to abandon the serious business of governance in Oyo State to embark on a jamboree town hall meeting in Katsina State, in pursuit of what political…
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