Opinion

Fulani herdsmen heard the call and obeyed it. They are now in Iwo kingdom. They did not only come with cows but their relatives. They did not only come to rear cows, they reportedly came to steal the missing peace in their towns that Iwo…

Distinguished readers, "The strive is O'er, the battle done The victory of life is won. The song of triumph has begun. ALLELUIA!" Kilometres away, one could easily feel the celebration of the good people of Iloko-Ijesa. The chains of…

The growing rate of insecurity in Osun state is worrisome. The prevailing situations are consequences of our actions; the aggressive increase in crime rate and how these 'law breakers' have continued to hold both the people and government…

I had always been a huge fan of your work but for some time now, a lot has changed. After seeing this statement credited to Omoyele Sowore of Sahara Reporters and published in a rag-tag online tabloid belonging to Maureen Badejo’s GIO Tv as…

Apparently, Boko Haram insurgents and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have gravely injured and shackled the North East Development Commission (NEDC), a baby created out of necessity to cater for humanitarian crisis incited by…

The coronavirus pandemic indeed brought the world to its knees, with various countries imposing lockdown in the bid to stop the further spread of the virus. Consequently, efforts were deployed towards developing a vaccine that would halt…

I love comic movies especially the indigenous ones. Ajani Atoribewu is a renowned Yoruba jester and comic actor. He has featured a lot of comedy movies where he displayed his raw talent and he became a toast of all through his superb act.…

One of the thriving industries in Nigeria today is hypocrisy, and leaders who walk on that path are seen as heroes. In this clime, refusal to compromise standard and firm embrace of tenets of integrity by being brutal with the truth, firm…

It is no longer news that the Boko Haram crisis in North-East Nigeria has devastated economy of the region, and humanitarian crisis is the order of the day. The North East region of Nigeria is made up of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe…

Notwithstanding heightened division in opinion, orchestrated negative propaganda and the deepening conspiracy theory against COVID19 Vaccine, Nigeria took delivery of 3.92 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, 2 March 2021.The…

It’s amazing that some people just don’t know when to give up, there is a Yoruba proverb that says Aja ti ko ba gbo fere olode, ose tan lati parun ni. Maureen Badejo has come again with stories fabricated from hell. Instead of her focusing…

In those days, the graduates of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) pranced the land with mercurial elegance as proud products of one of Nigeria’s best second-generation universities. But this aura suddenly faded and over the years…

By David Onmeje The recent appointment of the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd) as Ambassador by President Muhammadu Buhari threw up yet the political sentiment among Nigerians who largely see things from…

New things are happening at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and suddenly, there’s a throwback to the 1996-1999 Lagos State, when the then Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa was military administrator. Marwa took a broom, and…

Prolific novelist and scholar, Prof. Chinua Achebe once reminded of a great virtue Nigerians have discarded, but which is still haunting the nation. He said, "One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised."…

The newest assignment in Nigeria now for the multitude of idlers, detractors and covert saboteurs is the administration of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the country. It swirled like harmattan breeze with every frenzy. The…

Distinguished readers, I know how the victimised students of Osun State University are feeling and my sympathy goes to them. In 2014, I was among the protesters who stormed the state secretariat and held Otunba Titi Olaoye Tomori who was…

“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.” - Mahatma Gandhi (former Indian Prime Minister) The sudden re-engagement of Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and leader of anti-insurgency operations,…

It is my fervent conviction that liberty is man’s greatest asset. It resides in everyone and in its confined seclusion; very hesitant to dare the worldly tempestuous waves, unless it is pressured by forces of disfigured pride or…

By my estimation, patience is not merely one of life’s fusillade of virtues. It means much more than such simplistic conclusions to me. And maturing with each passing day, I devout considerable time to gauge the actions and postures of…

One of Africa’s globally celebrated novelist and erudite scholar, Chinua Achebe spewed this timeless maxim in one of his novels; “The man of the people is not about Harvard or Cambridge degrees; but the man that speaks and understands the…

At last, salvation from the asphyxiation of the COVID-19 pandemic for Nigeria looks very certain now. Like the popular idiomatic cliché, there is now light at the end of the tunnel. A bright hope and reality of the total freedom from the…

Youths of any nation globally are the foothold of a secured tomorrow for the country. Nigeria is a country blessed with agile and vibrant youths. In them, the portrait of endurance and perseverance exudes, laced in the dogged determination…

Distinguished readers, When you go to churches, mosques or shrines, do not forget Iloko-Ijesa in your prayers. The town's wheels of growth and communal development have suffered greatly in the hands of political forces who are hellbent…

Barely 2 years after former governor of Osun State and current Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola took a compulsory leave from discussing Osun politics in public, it is quite relieving that he has ended the forceful leave. On…