Like Husband, Like Wife By Tunde Odesola Five bangs and a drum roll heralded the national anthem. Men in starched babariga and kaftans stood up with hands on the rib cages housing their pulseless hearts. None sang along because the anthem meant nothing to them. The anthem was just an irritating noise. Only three and … Read more
By Tunde Odesola Although Oshodi Tapa rose from the ashes of slavery to become a warrior and foremost Yoruba leader over 170 years ago, his footprints on the sands of time in the land of Eko were etched in honour, industry and gallantry, unlike the infamous pathway to MC Oluomo’s emergence, which was soaked in … Read more
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Evidently, the strategic engagement tour, recently embarked upon by Governor Gboyega Oyetola, to all the Local Governments Areas (LGAs) in Osun State, was a veritable look-back mechanism, which afforded him a rare empirical assessment of the public administration journey so far. It was a good opportunity to have a peep at the … Read more
Over the past few days, footage of an aggrieved Instagram skit maker, Ashmusy, narrating her ordeal at NorthWest filling station, Ilaje, has saturated social media. In the video, Ashmusy recounts how certain personnel of the highly respected gas station sold water under the guise of petrol to her alongside other unwary customers. She was not … Read more
by Tunde Odesola When the British-American documentary film producer, Theroux, flew into Lagos from the US in 2010, looking for the hotbed of gangsterism in Nigeria, Oshodi stood naked in the sun. Theroux’ choice of Oshodi as the General Headquarters (GHQ) of disorder wasn’t a product of fate, fancy or accident. His choice was informed … Read more
The primary election of the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the July 16 governorship election is taking place tomorrow with three aspirants in the Osun 2022 race. EKO HOT BLOG recalls that the party’s Screening Committee on Thursday in Abuja screened Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun and two other … Read more
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Of a truth, Nigeria’s major predicament is that those who occupy the driver’s seat in her public administration have masked their interest to appear as if it is the public interest. Of course, the pursuit of this interest is to the advantage of those leaders and their cronies while the led bears … Read more
By: Adémólá Òrúnbon Sound turns to noise when it is unpleasant or harmful to the ears. Attention is not usually given to noise pollution as compared to air and water pollutions. In some parts of Nigeria, particularly, cities and major towns, noise is regarded as an indication that those areas are developed. That an urban … Read more
By Cynthia Nwoke A few weeks ago, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, indicated that the Federal Government had ordered an investigation to unravel the circumstance surrounding the importation and supply of contaminated PMS. Recall that the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari, to speak about the problem on Wednesday, February … Read more
by Tunde Odesola They wear the nation’s green-white-green flag as uniform. They have their own army, arms and ammunition. Their constitution is superior to the laws of the land. They’re state-backed bandits. They’re a clan of killers. They’re the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Though Lagos is the centripetal force in this discourse, … Read more
By Farooq A. Kperogi While Tinubu embodies a lot of unflattering attributes and still has many ethical question marks around him, it’s at least now certain that his age and higher education qualifications are not in dispute. There’s honor in admitting our error when we encounter superior facts. Enjoy: I resent Bola Tinubu’s politics and … Read more
By Tunde Odesola In a jaw-dropping revelation, Ade Lawyer, the self-confessed hired killer, accentuated how subsequent Lagos State governments of Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola, and Akinwunmi Ambode, had indirectly made life unsafe, cheap and nasty through the abetment of NURTW activities in the state. In a front-page story, “Confession Of An Alleged Assassin: How I Killed … Read more
By Hon Abike Dabiri Erewa Hon Abike Dabiri Erewa, the current chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), pens a tribute to her late mother, Alhaja Sadiat Abeke Erogbogbo who died on February 1, 2021 Nothing prepares you for the loss of your mother. Even though she passed on after 90 years of a life well-lived … Read more
By TOLA ADENIYI The selfish and self-centred Nigerian political leadership and their short-sighted collaborators are gearing up for the rituals and rigours of elections regardless of the humongous unresolved maladies in the land. It is needless recounting or listing the plagues in the unfortunate country called Nigeria because they are well known to both natives … Read more
Tribute to Madam Dupe Majekodunmi I have known “Mama Nike” all my life but there was a long break when she left for England at a very tender age. My recollection is that it was my father, Chief J.K. Randle who doted on her that accompanied her to her new school and foster parents in … Read more
Nigeria At AFCON – Segun Odegbami It is 24 hours to the start of AFCON 2021, there is hardly any Nigerian that expects that the Super Eagles will not get to the tail end of the championship. Such a high expectation is justified. Nigeria can be counted amongst one of the most consistent and most … Read more
PMB and the futurologists by Femi Adesina It’s the beginning of a year, and it’s that time you hear all sorts from futurists, perspectivists, and foresight practitioners. The Good Book tells us of the 5-fold Ministries of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers. These are offices into which God has called some people, to lead, … Read more
By Tony Enoch Uneasy Quiet at Ile-Ife as Queen Naomi Ends Marriage to the Ooni Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi The deteriorating relationship between the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, and his sultry wife, Queen Silekunola Naomi, an acclaimed evangelist, that has been hitherto discussed in hushed tones, boiled over on Thursday as the … Read more
Bola Ige and the War of the Fathers By Dare Babarinsa Today is the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Chief Bola Ige, first elected Governor of old Oyo State (now Oyo and Osun) and deputy leader of Afenifere. He was then the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, serving in the … Read more
Buhari’s Christmas Bonus for the Police by Femi Adesina They were born just like any other person. They have fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, wives, children, just like the next man or woman. They pound their beats, in thunder, lightning or rain. The sun beats them till their eyes almost pop out of the sockets. But … Read more