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Bayo Adeyinka wrote:Open Letter To Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu My dear Asiwaju, I am compelled to write this open letter to you because of the state of affairs of the Yoruba nation. Firstly, I wish to acknowledge that fate has put you in a prime position to determine to a large extent the direction that the Yoruba people will go. The indisputable truth is that one may quarrel with your politics but your sagacity is never in doubt. Even those who don't see eye to eye with you agree that you are imbued with unusual native intelligence, uncommon people skills and unrivaled foresight. You, more than any other person, has been the game changer since the advent of democracy in 1999. It is for these reasons that I have chosen to direct this letter to you. My singular purpose is to tug at the strings of your heart. I am not writing to appeal to partisan considerations but to see, if per chance, I can pour out my heart to you in a manner of speaking. God has blessed you even beyond your wi...

A visit to my secondary school(Opebi Grammar School) in Lagos, I saw that our school of more than 50acre land space has been reduced to about 5acre while the remaining 45acre has been sold and use to build houses all within the awuse estate of opebi, salvation bus stop, Lagos. Now, each time I think about the privatization initiative of Oyo state government what comes to my mind is the fate experienced by my secondary school in Lagos how public schools land meant for expansion of facilities as the student population increases end up being sold by political office holders. A closer look at public schools in Oyo state, many of them are blessed with vast land sizes in choice areas and I believe these are assets meant to be secured for future educational benefit of our people in terms of facility expansion. In addition to public schools land, other public establishments suffers same fate and I am of utmost believe that as at when due many of these criminal acquisitions would be unravell...

Two years ago while driving from Ibadan to Lagos, I was attacked at sapade by two masked men armed with two long Dane gun but I escaped because i was on top speed but the vehicle behind me didn't. Last night around 7:30pm, this time around, I didn't escape considering the gigantic log of tree placed across the road on my way back to Ibadan. Sapade is a town about 3km away from Ogere toll gate, Lagos-Ibadan Express way. It is that town before the overhead bridge to ogere when going to Lagos and after the overhead bridge when you leave ogere when coming to Ibadan. At both sides of the road, the spot has two massively dugged potholes that most vehicles may never escape at night. So, when driving along this spot, please do endeavour to be watchful and never be sluggish behind the wheel and above all, it is not advisable to drive along Lagos Ibadan express way at night because every location is a death trap due to blackout from beginning to the end. Yesterday, I moved out of Lago...

This is not to show that the students were right in their agitations as agitation is not a new thing on campus but to show that the VC had all the opportunity of nibbling the situation in the bud before it got aggravated. I say this because if ui was to be Professor Olayinka's private establishment and the workers went on rampage, he would have addressed them so as not to record any financial loss. But in this situation, the VC acted like an employee that he is with the mentality that " oga ta oga o ta, owo alaru ape" translation: academic activities or not, their salaries would be completed. Even though I don't like protest during my 5yrs plus stay in ui, till I graduated, I never for once seen a protest that the management refused to address the student body or the protestants. And so, it is historical that the present management has no regard for students agitation and gathering . There can never be absolute good and bad. We both share that characteristics equall...

I want to start by saying that the primary reason for the existence of government is the welfare of the people in terms of education, security of lives, provision of basic amenities, shelter and clothing if possible to the core poor and every other thing is secondary. No government that tries making primary duty secondary and secondary duty primary, succeeds.  Of all the primary duties of the government, education is sacrosanct to the liberation of the people and mental empowerment. If it cant be made to be free, it should be made to be affordable as governments success is key to provision of services and not profit making. If the state cannot manage the public schools again, it should humbly give the schools back to their original owners. There are missionary schools among these public schools and during the time of baba awolowo that these people deceitfully claimed to be following, education up to secondary school was totally free and many among them benefitted even on scholars...

Fayose bans cattle grazing in Ekiti, says; “cattle farmers must own ranch” Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has banned grazing and rearing of cattle in the State, saying those interested in cattle farming should get their own private cattle ranch and that a bill to make movement of cattle from one location to another criminal in the State will soon be sent to the State House of Assembly. Governor Fayose, who made this known when he visited Oke-Ako in Ikole local government area of the State that was invaded last Friday by Fulani herdsmen that killed two residents of the town and injured others, warned that government will henceforth confiscate any cattle seen anywhere in the State apart from ranch created for them by their owners. He described the Fulani herdsmen that attacked Oke-Ako and other communities in the country as “agents of the devil that must be fished out and punished accordingly.” The governor said; “We will not leave our lands for ...

The hypocrisy of Nigerians is best described as hyper hypocrisy. The same people who would come to facebook and other media complaining about the cheat and inequality enshrined in the quota system are the same people coming to social media to defend the appalling communication disabilities of the allegedly rescued chibok mother who was to write the west African examination council some 2yrs ago. Most appalling and disgruntled in this northern quota system and sentiments of other region is the submissions such as: I have seen some girls in the north who can't even write their names in ss3. Should such a person be writing waec exam at all, to start with? What is the justification that one that cant write his/her own name in arabic or hausa merit writing a senior waec? Such statement as I have seen a student who couldnt write in English language but knows everything that has to do with the exams? Please do we write physics, chemistry, economics, geography, maths and other subjects i...