Author: Mr Abiodun Borisade

Breaking: Kaduna govt. reimpose 24-hour curfew again Friday, October 26, 2018 The Kaduna State Government on Friday reinstated the 24-hour curfew on Kaduna metropolis and environs, as well as Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru, Kateri and Kachia. Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity said in a statement that the curfew is effective from 11 am till further notice. He said this became necessary to help maintain peace following the murder of the Chief of Adara, Mr. Maiwada Galadima in the hands of his abductors who took him away last Friday. “The Kaduna State Government calls…

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THE FOUR YORUBA THEATRE LEGENDS By Dr Dele Omojuyigbe Legendary comedian, Moses Olaiya Adejumo alias Baba Sala, died early this month but a handful of Yoruba people showed little sense of loss. When Ola Omonitan aka Ajimajasan died some days after and there were no comets seen, it wasn’t surprising. It is our character. We have a tiny value for people of history. We neglect achiever-professionals but appreciate politicians who feed on us and contribute little to society. Baba Sala’s departure marked the end of an era in the entertainment industry in Nigeria, the last of four pioneer Yoruba actors…

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Arrant Nonsense!!! The effontery….., our commonwealth you want to single-handedly corner for yourself…. “ile Baba Governor” indeed. Surely there is God….Alhamdullillah. This is the back view of the section of Government House grounds (GRA Ado-Ekiti) carved out by Fayose, in an attempt to corveteously sustain his physical presence & Person on a failed Eleka4Gov bid. Property Sealed up by Ministry of Urban Planning (Ironically, same Ministry was to enhance the fraud). Senior Civil Servants that oversaw the Paperwork have been readily providing information; details of the “furniture arrangements” which ran into 100s Millions of Naira available…

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Fayose Fails To Meet Bail Conditions Over 24 hours after he was granted bail by Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose is yet to regain his freedom. LEADERSHIP Friday investigation revealed that the embattled former governor was yet to perfect his bail conditions. According to one of the court officials, who does not want his name mentioned, the verification of the N50 million bond, which is one of the bail conditions, was yet to be done. The source informed our correspondent that although the former governor has met other…

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Beyond Fayose and Abati: The future of Ekiti By Femi Odere As one of Nigeria’s brilliant minds in the Fourth Estate of the Realm whose credibility with his readers was built largely by several years of expressing their true feelings about their governments and speaking truth to power through his weekly column in the heydays of The Guardian newspaper, Dr. Reuben Abati was not only considered a class by himself but a colossus in the pantheon of public intellectuals and opinion molders this country has ever produced. The respect people had for him then was almost boundless. But…

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#HNNGossip PORN OR YORUBA MOVIE? Mercy Aigbe will make more money doing international porn than forming #HerExcellency with Ambode. Y’all stressing over some house. House ko, house ni. Porn cash will buy her Drake’s mansion in #Toronto😁😁😁📽🎬😱 Watch video on Twitter @hnnafrica. I don’t post the same content everywhere. https://twitter.com/HNNAfrica/status/1055197561806639105?s=19

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SANWO-OLU: CHANGING THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF LAGOS *By Gboyega Akosile In a period of three weeks, the political space in Lagos was charged up. The sound of electoral beat reached a crescendo. It was not the usual cacophonic sound that often characterises political campaigns. It was a well arranged sound; the type you get in an orchestra! Sanwo-Olu featured prominently on the lips of political discussants in few weeks to the primary that eventually produced him as the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the State. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu dared to challenge the incumbent Governor of Lagos State,…

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Ike Ekweremadu may have acted fast to deny the allegation of joining APC, but he must be very careful. If he is not careful, the same way he climaxed politically, is the same way he will crash without pity. What destroyed Senator Jim Nwobodo was the role he played at the Jos convention that denied Dr Alex Ekwueme the PDP presidential ticket. The moment the Jos convention ended, Jim Nwobodo was elected a senator. He was projected to emerge the senate president but the same Obasanjo whom he betrayed Ekwueme to help emerge the PDP presidential candidate said, he couldn’t…

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