FOR MOST OF US, the idea that a politician can choose simplicity over flamboyance, frugality instead of frivolity, substance over noise, and performance over propaganda is a radical thought. We tend to think, or at least fear, that politicians are egotistical and extremely selfish, something that alienates them from the Continue Reading

Residents of Oyo State and members of the African Action Congress (AAC) on Monday took to the streets of Ibadan to protest what they described as Governor Seyi Makinde’s fresh attempt to grab more lands under the guise of expanding the Ibadan Circular Road project. The demonstrators, carrying placards and Continue Reading

As the administration of His Excellency, Engineer Seyi Makinde (GSM), gradually approaches its constitutional conclusion, political analysts and concerned citizens of Oyo State have begun deliberating on the kind of transformational leader that should succeed his transformative tenure. Among the emerging figures being widely discussed within political and civic circles Continue Reading