Elected representatives: Servants or Masters? – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Nov. 15, 2024 | Osun State, Nigeria – “Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.” – Cicero, 46 B.C. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC), renowned statesman, lawyer, philosopher, poet and ‘the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced’, was right! We have to […]

Nigeria’s Forgotten Poor! – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | October 5, 2024 – “I have heard you loud and clear. I understand the pain and frustration that drive these protests, and I want to assure you that our government is committed to listening and addressing the concerns of our citizens”. These were the words of President […]

Powerless: Nigeria’s Unending Struggle with Electricity – By Abiodun Komolafe

  By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | July 19, 2024 –Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that electricity generation in Nigeria began in Lagos in 1886. Therefore, one can safely say that this year marks the 142 nd […]

Tinubu and the Creation of a New Society – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | March 28, 2024 –  Nigeria is at a critical juncture; and in such a context, it is “cometh the moment, cometh the man.” For President Bola Tinubu, this adversity should be turned into a historic advantage which should propel him to be the creator of a new society […]

Insecurity: Time to Heed Zulum’s Warning – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | NNP | January 23, 2024 – At a programme in honour of the reconstituted North-East Development Commission (NEDC) recently, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, warned that Nigeria risked being wiped off the map in the near future if no proactive steps were taken to stop young people and children from […]

Obaship in an Era of Palliatives – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | Sept. 16, 2023 – In an interview with journalists recently, the Elegboro of Ijebu-Jesa in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Moses Oluwafemi Agunsoye stated that “no one can sit on the throne as a monarch nowadays without having good money”. According to the first […]

Thoughts on Revenue Generation – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | August 08, 2023 – In a nationwide address last Monday, President Bola Tinubu announced some palliatives to mitigate the impact of the high cost of living brought about by the fuel subsidy removal. Great speech! Excellent delivery! So, kudos to Mr President! However, a section of Nigerians frowned at […]

Osun: Au revoir, IleriOluwa; Et tu, TOP? – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | June 29, 2023 – There is an unraveling mystery about the Nigerian press. The custodian of this value is clearly misunderstood and misused in opportunities. But it is for the present crop of journalists to reinvent themselves into relevance; otherwise, the Nigerian press will remain a caricature of itself […]

2023: The Other Side of the Story! – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | April 29, 2023 – In most human societies, visible phenomena are oftentimes credited or associated with the causes of other events. Then, the analysis will take off from there. But, most often, there are other unknown forces or factors that are not easily discernible but are sometimes the […]

Taking Society for Granted! – By Abiodun Komolafe

By Abiodun Komolafe  | Osun State, Nigeria | April 09, 2023 – Whenever a section of the society wants to embark on something new, it’ll first fly a kite. To sane minds, flying a kite is like testing the waters. If the society is gullible enough to ‘collectivise, objectify, even sacralise’ it, then, it becomes the […]

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