Opinion

An online medium, Scan News, in one of its reports recently reported that the United State government averred that “massive corruption” is still evident even under the present administration in Nigeria. One would have expected that, like many other damning reports in the past, the swift justifications and explanations usually …

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Again, Osun governorship election has come and gone with its attendant bliss and despair. A winner has emerged while losers have either cheered themselves with courage or looked in the direction of enriching Nigeria’s jurisprudence. While one may wish to laugh at the contenders, even yell at …

By Afiz Lawal Party primaries have been concluded by various political parties and by now, all the 93 registered parties in the country are expected to have submitted their candidate’s list’s to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. There were lots of twists and intrigues in the just concluded primaries …

Osun governorship debate, organized by Channels Television and its partners, has come and gone with all its bliss and glamour but memories of the rare event are bound to last for a long time to come. In all, five candidates were invited. But while four honoured the invitation and explored …

By Niyi Akinnaso One of the primary functions of party leaders in a democracy is to ensure the emergence of candidates for political positions, who would uphold party principles, respect its constitution, and effectively implement its agenda. The leaders of all political parties which fielded candidates for the Osun governorship …

It is a matter of days before the electorate in Osun goes to the polls to elect a successor to Rauf Aregbesola, the outgoing state governor. Nature, they say, abhors vacuum. As Aregbesola’s administration is gradually but furiously winding down, it is incumbent on the people to access where they …

The Ekiti state election has further proven to us that a people’s government is not one that directly caters for the poor in guise of sharing ponmo in public places, it is not the one that empathizes with the lower class by eating roasted corn on streets, it is not …

By Yomi Obaditan The much-anticipated Osun gubernatorial election is due for Saturday, this weekend. The surprise thing that draw attention to the state are twofold.  One, for the first time in the history of Nigeria’s elections, 48 candidates are contesting for just one seat of the governor which the incumbent …

As the state of the Living Spring goes to the poll to elect a new leader who will pilot the affairs of the state for yet another four years, in accordance with Nigeria’s Constitutional provisions, what prospect for a free, fair and credible elections? The election comes up on the …

By Segun Adejumo Ekiti governorship election threw up another major electoral challenge in the country which is the issue of vote buying. It was the election that coined the now popular term – “d’ibo ko seebe” meaning, “vote and cook soup”. Vote buying is not new to Nigerian electoral system …

By Tunde Odesola I’m not a woman wrapper. I identify, in the main, with the postulations of Prof Chinweizu Ibekwe, the 75-year-old controversial Nigerian critic, essayist, poet and journalist, who, in his book, “Anatomy of Female Power,” affirms that women are pretty much smarter and more devious than men. Analyzing …

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Once upon an administration in the State of Osun, a people groaned in the rough of aches and moaned in the tumble of pains. Then, hunger begat hunger, poverty took the place of affluence and it was as if the gods were angry! Under the criminal grip …

By Sufuyan Ojeifo The mode of primary election to select candidates for the 2019 general poll is currently, and largely unwarrantedly, threatening internal peace and cohesion in the All Progressives Congress, APC. Rising from its leadership meeting last week in Abuja, the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led National Executive Committee, NEC, announced …

By Bobson Gbinije FREEDOM from fear and injustice and Oppression will be ours only in the measure/That men who value such freedom are ready to /Sustain its possession – to defend it against/ Every thrust from within or without.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) “Man”, notwithstanding philosophical, archeological, anthropological, historical and …

As a global phenomenon, governments and administrations are mostly appraised in their twilight, by the amount of projects that can be tagged ‘legacy projects’ accomplished whilst in office. In Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s State of Osun, one wouldn’t have to look too far to highlight the youth-themed project, Osun Youth Empowerment …