Bola Ige, not Awolowo founded Afenifere — Akande
MY Participations, the autobiography of former Governor of Osun State, and Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, is fast panning out as a controversial book that is stirring the hornets’ nest on many fronts.
How to break Awolowo’s curse on Nigeria, Don proffers solution
A renowned Professor of Engineering and Islamic scholar, Professor Sabit Olagoke has disclosed that myriads of problems confronting Nigeria, were as a result of a curse laid on the country by the late Premier of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
Awoism and the unending search for transformational leadership in Nigeria: Challenges (4)
It is a notorious fact that Chief Awolowo was a singular arrowhead and defender of the rights of the Nigerian people to qualitative education. In addition to providing free primary education in the Western Region, Chief Awolowo was instrumental to the establishment of the University of Ife (now rightly known as Obafemi Awolowo University). His vision for OAU was to promote quality university education, character development and spartan self-discipline.
Off to Ikenne to consult Awolowo
This past week I got my first taste of the shenanigans in Nigerian politics.
I had been expecting that side of things, of course.
Segun Odegbami: My Political Diary – Day 25
This past week I got my first taste of the shenanigans in Nigerian politics.
South-West: The search for Awolowo’s successor
SINCE the death of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the first Premier of the Western region on May 9, 1987, the exemplary life and the numerous legacies he left behind still reverberate across the South-West geo-political zone and beyond.
