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A fight to the finish in Osun, by Rotimi Fasan

A fight to the finish in Osun, by Rotimi Fasan

In concluding my piece here two weeks ago on the Osun State governorship election that is scheduled to hold on Saturday this week, I had suggested that Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke had successfully skirted around the political landmine represented by the federal might that could have been deployed against him to threaten his chances in […]
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Jealousy: Giving a dog a bad name ….

Jealousy: Giving a dog a bad name ….

In the last few weeks, we have read about a few love affairs gone awry. Still fresh in our memories is the air force man, Ben Kalu, who allegedly killed his lover, Air Force Woman, Oladipupo Solape. The usual refrain is “jealous lover” or jealous husband.” All of a sudden jealousy has become evil. It was not always so.

Shameful and ridiculous

Shameful and ridiculous

EARLIER on this week, I was contacted by a gentleman called Jude Ndukwe ([email protected]). He is the national leader of the Movement for the Advancement of National Transformation, MANTRA, a civil society organisation, CSO, and he introduced himself as the co-convenor of an upcoming rally that would culminate in a solidarity visit to the Abuja headquarters of Amnesty International, AI, the respected multinational human rights organisation.