Every town or community has its shining stars, that would etch the name of the community or town in the heart of the people – Awolowo’s Ikene, Samuel Ladoke Akintola’s Ogbomoso, Tafawa Balewa’s Bauchi, Jonathan’s Otuoke and William Shakespare’s stratford – upon Avon, United Kingdom and Fagunwa’s Okeigbo. Daniel Orowole, later (Olorunfemi) Fagunwa, was born to a family of Christian pioneers in Okeigbo, in present day Ondo State, in 1903, Aderinsoye Ologbenla, an Ooni elect who had reigned in Ile-Ife for eight years and continued in this capacity until his death in 1893, was a scion of the Giesi ruling house, Ile-Ife.

Dr. Gani Enahoro, is the Vice President, African Veterinary Association, AVA and the Immediate Past President, Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association, NVMA. He assesses President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office highlighting the misses and disappointment of the government. Assessing the past one year of President Muhammad Buhari’s (PMB) government is a mixed bag of hard work and successful outcomes on some fronts, near misses in some cases and disappointment in a few places.

After three continuous days of unremitting tension-soaked court sessions, Chief James OnanefeIbori won a major victory this week at the Southwark Crown Court, London. The court ruled that the confiscation hearing against him, which was to start last Monday June 6, would wait until the conclusion of the investigation of corruption,and misleading the court, charges against the British Police and the Prosecution, in jailing the former Delta State Governor. Thus, the hunters have now officially become the hunted as the police officers that investigated Ibori would now have to prove they areinnocent of corruption charges and scandalous court-manipulation in a bid to ram-road Ibori into prison.

One year ago today, the 8th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was inaugurated. That inauguration marks a further consolidation of our democracy and opens a new chapter in the practice of government by representation in our country. Let me congratulate all my colleagues not only for the time we have spent in the legislature, but also for all that we have achieved together and all that we have planned to achieve for our peoples and our country as the highest legislative body in the land. Every generation of Senators will face its peculiar challenges. The task we set for ourselves and our understanding of our roles as Senators must therefore, reflect a robust understanding of the challenges that we face as a law making body at this time in our history.

The Banks are kicking. The National Employers Consultative Assembly is furious. Apostles of free market are seething. The federal government has directed the banks and telecoms companies to suspend planned massive staff retrenchments. The political opposition has been stirred. To hell with ‘command and control’ economic polices, and tyranny! Foreign investors are cringing. Many critics are excited, there is a mockery feast going on. Buhari and his men are incorrigible. He is perhaps a closet communist. His iron fists will ruin the economy and break the country.