Miscellaneous

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction

Saturday, September 12, was a special day for the family, friends, and well-wishers of Dr. Akinade Akanmu Ogunbiyi, as the charming leader marked the...

A Hospital For Chima Ubani

In this sad season in Nigeria I got filled with so much joy when the news reached my end that Abia State Governor, Dr...

The Insult That Led to the Creation of Osun State

Osun State was created thirty-five years ago, but what if I told you the state was born, indirectly, from an insult. Yes, really. In 1945, Chief...

Nigerian Style Of Football

We played the game. It entailed any number of men or women running about kicking any roundish object. We had no special name for...

Osun: By this time on August 16

By Dotun Afolayan ​History does not merely happen; it is summoned by the friction between human agency and temporal inevitability. Across the vast tapestry of...

Osun: When words betray the throne

By Akintunde Adewoye ​Power is not just a tool to boss people around or a simple office job; it is a sacred trust. The words...

Osun election: If you ask me…

By Maxwell Ajibola ​Walk down the bustling streets of Osogbo, stop by a local market in Gbongan, or sit under a tree with farmers in...

Who rules Osun: Wealth or words?

By Adeola Ojo ​As the harmattan haze clears and the heat of political maneuvering gives way to the countdown towards August 15, 2026, the political...

Osun 2026: The case for Bola Oyebamiji

By Adeola Ojo ​Elections in Nigeria are rarely decided by policy talk alone. They are shaped by past favours, family roots, practical needs, and what...

The Prof Bart Nnaji Book

The capacious International Conference Centre, Enugu was filled to the brim on Friday, July 17 when the Prof Bart Nnaji Birthday Symposium, “Powering Tomorrow:...

The Fragility of the Throne

By Adeola Ojo In his incisive critique, Governor Adeleke and a Tale of Three Ataojas, Tunde Odesola contrasts the storied legacy of the Osogbo throne...

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