Abiodun Komolafe

Abiodun Komolafe writes in from Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State, Nigeria

Reflections on the IGP’s visit to Osun

Nobody knows what to make of last week’s visit of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Rilwan Disu, to Osun State, nor the...

Osun guber: Lessons from Ekiti (1)

The off-cycle election in Ekiti State, which secured the reelection of the incumbent governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji (BAO), should be interpreted as a roadmap...

BAO2BAO… and God answered! (2)

To begin with, the messages that flowed in after last Saturday’s publication reflect widespread public support for Oyebanji’s reelection. Virtually all the readers who...

BAO2BAO… and God answered! – (1)

Congratulations to Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, aka BAO, on his expected comfortable margin at last Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election. Congratulations are also in...

Tinubu, the Young Turks and fresh thinking

When dispassionate commentaries are made by independent analysts in the fullness of time about the Tinubu presidency, a striking reality will emerge: he infused...

Echoes from Ekiti, lifelines in Osun

With growing doubts about the efficacy of institutions in Nigeria, it is very important to use scenario-planning to forecast the reactions to unfolding events,...

Oyo Abductions And Our Illimitable Woes

We are all now in peril, and there’s no longer an acceptable definition of where the frontline is. The abduction of dozens of pupils...

Wole Olanipekun and the law of the land

“The legal practitioner lives for the direction of his people and the advancement of the cause of his country.” -  Christopher Sapara Williams (November 1888) Decades...

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