Chimamanda Adichie: The Miraculous Deliverance Of Oga Jona

Now, this is just class! Chimamanda presents an admixture of sarcasm, craft, depth, all woven around the theme of constructive criticism. Oga Jona....from me to you, I say, "governance is intensive, but can be also simply straightforward" Dear Readers, I present to you...a grand slam of an article!....enjoy....

As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt it. A strange peace, a calm clarity. He stretched. Even his limbs were stronger and surer. He looked at his phone. Thirty-seven new text messages – and all while he was asleep. With one click, he deleted them. The empty screen buoyed him. 

Reflective: Five (5) Lessons from #EkitiDECIDES

Sayo Aluko

 

It's been almost a week now, and the dust still seems settling. A shocker for a distant few, an expectation for the proximal many, the Ekiti state gubernatorial election in south-west Nigeria came, saw, and "conquered". These below are 5 major realities, lessons sort of, that I've basically tried to decipher from the election as a whole.

Rauf, Rochas, Ibikunle, NIGERIA, and Hope.

Sayo Aluko

In the course of the past three weeks, I've had to visit three Nigerian cities, Abeokuta, Owerri and Oshogbo and as my journeying drew to a close, I was able to conclude from all I saw, that, as per thriving well as a country, Nigeria has huge hopes after all.

Without emotive equivocation and over-analytic sentiments, the governors of these 3 states are actually governing.

"The Art of Selfless Service", a biography of Akinwunmi Ambode was launched

LAGOS 2015: WHO HAS THE “HEAD”?

Sayo Aluko

The race for who succeeds Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola as the Governor of Lagos State come 2015 has entered top gear. It's already an open secret. Without any doubt, argument, and/or weightless jabs of eccentric sentiment, considering the fact that the 15-year reign at the helm of the then Alliance for Democracy (AD), then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and now All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state has been distinctively exemplary, it shouldn't be far from sane that continuity of purpose with what this platform offers, is the best option come 2015. Continuity of purpose and not just the overused and propagandist cliché of "change" muffled by some bruised interest groups. .

As expected, an avalanche of names have sprung up from different coffers, politically-minded groups and spurious political permutations, each rightly or otherwise, touting one or two these names as possible successors.

LAGOS - As 2015 Beckons…

Sayo Aluko

Come May 29, 2015, all things being equal, a new Governor will be sworn into office in the landmark state of Lagos. And, to say the least, the jostle for that mantle of service, has been massively intriguing, thanks and no-thanks to the many unnecessarily extensive, spurious and politically-motivated calculations and permutations going on in various coffers.