Opinion

“A new sociology of the Ekiti people is emerging…”, so said Kayode Fayemi, the state’s outgoing governor in his major speech after losing the last governorship election in the state. He was wondering aloud how the enlightened, highly educated...

The victory of Ayodele Fayose of the People’s Democratic Party over incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress cannot be over emphasized. Without doubt, it was huge victory and certainly the news of the hour....

Africans finally realize that fake and broken European or American that we used to call Akada can never successfully compete with the original. Akada will always remain second class. The simplest case in point to African originality is Nollywood...

Before we kill of all herdsmen, please let us stop and reflect: Who are they? What do they want? How can we help them? This paper is divided into three parts: What the Hausa/Fulani herdsmen are not; what they are;...

Not even the most politically naïve Nigerian can fail to appreciate that the recent governorship election in Ekiti State is a forerunner to the 2015 presidential elections. The two major candidates in Ekiti, incumbent Governor John Kayode Fayemi and...

Peter Ayodele Fayose, the Governor-Elect of Ekiti State, is an enigma in Nigerian politics. Nobody seems to understand his style and strategies. Until the declaration of the results of the governorship election of June 21st, 2014, which proclaimed him...

If you are talking about results from a population of 2.3million. With over 1.6 million eligible voters and 700 thousand plus registered voters from which meager figures of 100, 200 and 40 thousand, totaling just about half of registered...

“Fayose is a son of a bitch.” “Yes, he is our son of a bitch.” The above statements came from an exchange between two users on a social network medium to express their opinions on the outcome of the Ekiti governorship...

The June 21 Ekiti State Governorship Election has come and gone, but its tale remain fresh in the mouth of many in the country! First, it is a tale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) been a formidable party...

At a time most observers hoped that the coming into being of the new political dispensation in Egypt will usher in a rapprochement between the state and the media, it has further nosedived to an all time low in...