IT’S JAGABAN’S O’CLOCK 02

He asked, “What are Asiwaju’s legacies?”, BATists chose to permit Omoye to dance shamelessly unclad in ShopRite, they did not dignify the misfit with a response, they must have wondered, which planet he was when we bombarded this space with unrivaled Accomplishments of the Man, the Myth and the Legend. I Would have maintained the dignifying silence of my comrades but today being Asiwaju’s special Day, I will choose to call the lunatic, husband material, not so he can let us be but so he doesn’t consider harakiri. He may be

IT’S JAGABAN’S O’CLOCK 01

A fellow asked,

“Awolowo we know, his legacies we can see, BATists should tell us what really is Asiwaju’s legacy?”

When have idiots ever agreed to the counsel of the wise, or failures acknowledge the accomplishment of their betters; the harshest ..questions are usually asked by nonentities not interested in answers.

Talking of Awo, some of his old foes in Northern Nigeria who later became editors of the ‘New Nigeria’ tabloid derided Awo’s philosophical thoughts as “mere rantings”. Infact, in one of their editorials,

THE 1966 COUP
The first Nigerian Coup 02...

The Ideology.

This is according to Nzeogwu himself as captured in many written documents including the book 'Why we Struck' by Ademoyega, one of the Chief plotters and some content captured in 'My Watch' by Gen Obasanjo who happened to be Nzeogwu's roommate at the time... So before straying to this article to ejaculate folly, these are not my opinions but hard-concrete documented history.

1. The coupists believed that their immediate step would be to correct they considered the worst anomaly of the 1957

WHY DINO FAILED...

Having been Rep member and Senator, one would naturally expect a somewhat experienced politician like Dino to put in some serious fight in the Guber contest, but what greeted us was a stormy embarrassment, a shameful outing and what can rightly be termed as Inglorious Send-Forth, an official retirement crusade, the quietus of Melaye's political career.
But how did this come to be?

Shall I Begin?

1. The 34th law of the laws 48 laws of Power: 'Be Royal in your own fashion: Act like a King to be treated as One.'

Conversely, Act

EVOLUTION OF NOLLYWOOD 03

The first film ever produced on video in Nigeria was 1988's Soso Meji, produced by Ade Ajiboye (Big Abbas) and that was the inspiration others needed to move from celluloid, TV shows to Home Videos. The film was also screened at the few available theatres at the time. Subsequently, Alade Aromire produced Ekun (1989) on video, which was screened at the National Theatre, Iganmu.

Then came the Kenneth Nnebue's Living in Bondage in 1992, which was hugely successful. There had been misconceptions that this was Nigeria's

TAKEAWAY FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OUTING AT THE NBA CONFERENCE

1. Tinubu did not claim perfection and he's not contesting with God for the Omniscience Title. He admits he would make mistakes, but costly blunders will be avoided.

2. He brags with his team which he referred to as Great minds...Tinubu knows a tree can't make a forest, even Jesus needed the 12 apostles...A leader with no known league of exemplary followers and protégés in no Leader at all.

3. He charged us to change our mindset, be solution driven, we can't complain of lack in the midst

EDIDE
Are we seeing the reawakening of the Yoruba Speaking Film Makers?

Are they about to claim their rightful position in the scheme of things as it concerns the creative industry?

Have they finally woken to the reality that Art should also be for legacy and not the immediate renumeration alone, and nothing brings the biggest renumeration than legacy?

The 1st generation of Movie Makers were yoruba speaking, The Ogundes, Duro Ladipos, Oyin Adejobi's etc

I believe the 2nd generation will be the Ade Love's of this world, Lere Paimo, Isho Pepper,

ASIWAJU IN OGUN STATE..

I am a proud Ijebu Boy and I stand tall almost the height of Everest in elegant pride that the President deems it wise that the first state he would visit as C-in-C is my state; the state most instructive and pivotal to his Presidencial journey. The state -where 'Emilokan' was coined, where 'Eleyi' was christened, where 'Olule' was echoed and where 'E gbe epo pamo, E gbe Naira pamo' was incubated, the prominent state that produced luminaries like Awo, MKO, Fela, Soyinka etc, very instructive indeed.

In that vein, I recognize my

THE UNSHED TEARS OF AWOLOWO...
The Tale of a grieving Father...

The Unpleasant News aching to the ears of all that heard it broke, an unfortunate event that caused eyes to break into painful flood of tears, an excruciating tragedy that melted rocky hearts and threw the entire Western region into sober mourning.

10th of July, 1963, the ash that goes in advance of fire, the branches that wither ahead of the tree, promising children that die way before their parents..Death visited the Awo's dynasty, spared the elderly and insisted on journeying with son

LET THE POOR TRULY BREATH...

Governance is more of the little hops than the high jumps, more of the whispers than the screams, more of the little drops of water that eventually becomes an ocean than the downpour that may cause a flood...Asiwaju armed with a background of tested -and trusted leadership skills went first of all for the low hanging fruits as against attempting to mount the Iroko from the top. He took out the Behemoth in the room being the oil subsidy, while accompanying it with effective communication to the governed, so those that occupy

Again, if building an opposition force to take over from a ruling party were easy, the Great Awo would have done it and the Agulu Messiah wouldn't have cowardly fled APGA to join the ruling party...But Asiwaju did.

If removing subsidy from oil thus daring the powerful forces of -the Under-World were easy, I bet you the Generals would have done it with all the might of guns and tanks behind them...But Asiwaju did. He took the risk while escaping the consequences in a rare display of high profile strategic negotiations and conflict resolution skills, your

ASIWAJU - AGBADO IN FLESH

2. Corn is More than Food:

Vast majority of crops serve only one purpose- Food, but not Agbado, besides the fact that it performs adequately in d food department, giving us delicacies of different dimensions, such as boiled, roasted and even processed -into exotic diets such as cornflakes, popcorn, Tacos etc but the plant and its kernels understand the biblical principle that man's survival must not be by food alone, which is why it presents itself as usable tool for the production of antibiotics, cosmetics and even fireworks.

FATHER'S DAY...

It is on a day like this we remember the male figures in our lives that have played fatherly roles and then we pay adequate tribute for their priceless sacrifice, their immense contribution and invaluable mentorship...

1. To the Father of the Nation, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 1st for winning the election and saving the Nation the unfortunate possibility of being led by unprepared minds, unreliable hands and impotent brains...And upon assumption of office, he has hit ground flying and setting the Nation upon sure path, hitting the

ASIWAJU - THE AGBADO IN FLESH

Symbolism is common in human literature, the identification of humans to their preferred animal or inanimate reflection. The Almighty Jehovah is called the Lion of the tribe of Judah, Lion being a majestic figure amongst creatures that walk on all Fours in the wild, famous for its bravery and strength, Jehovah, The Lion. Christ was linked to the Lamb, his symbolic meekness and patience easily likened to Sheep. Mike Adenuga calls himself 'The Bull', perhaps because of his size and larger than life personality or because

ASIWAJU SHOOT FOR THE STARS 02
DELE ALAKE: Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy - A Journalist, Activist and Technocrat. One of those in the trenches of anti-military media activism risking life and livelihood to enshrine democracy. BSc Political Science Unilag, MSc Mass Communications Unilag. Communication advisor and confidant of Chief MKO Abiola. Former Editor of the National Concord.
Former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State under the father of Modern Lagos, Asiwaju Tinubu. Before

ASIWAJU SHOOT FOR THE STARS...

1. Zacchaeus Adelabu Adedeji: Special Adviser to the President on Revenue- 1st Class degree in Accounting from OAU, Alumni of Harvard Kennedy School in Comparative Tax Policy and Administration.

Astute Accountant, Corporate Tax and Public Finance Development Expert with over 15 years experience.

One time Commissioner for Finance in Oyo State.

2. Wale Edun: Special Adviser to the President on Monetary Policy - Chair of ChapelHillDenham Group, Lagos, a leading Investment Bank. He was Executive director of Lagos Merchant

CBN GOVERNORS SINCE 1958

1. Roy Pentelow Fentow - 1958-1963: appointed the first and the only expatriate Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria. He served from July 24, 1958 to July 24, 1963.

2. Aliya Mai-Bornu - July 25 1963 till June 22 1967: Appointed by the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. A qualified English Teacher in Yola who later bagged a degree in Economics from Bristol University. The first Indigenous CBN Governor. As a mark of honour, he's one of the prominent figures on the 1000 Naira Note.

3. Clement Nyong Isong - August 15

THE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH THE gODS...

Traditional rulers are custodians of cultures and key administrative channel of governance. Government interested in reaching the grassroots, the most micro unit of the population must maintain healthy alliance with the royalties. In Yoruba Land, we call them Unquestionable (Kabiesi), second only to the deities, in Oyo the Alaafin is referred to as Death himself while the Sultan stands as the religious head of Muslims in the North and better part of Nigeria. Monarchs may no longer wield powers of life and death once

WHEN THE WAYS OF A MAN PLEASE GOD...

The book of Proverbs is graphically compelling, even those competing with maggots in IQ, may be forced to reflect after an encounter with the book, not puzzling, that's the content you get from the wisest man that ever lived, King Solomon. Didn't Joseph's brothers choose fortune over blood, that ordinarily should be thicker than water? They were right by their own standards, it is to the extent they understood that they acted..but Joseph's ways pleased the Lord, his brothers queued before him in helpless submission

WHAT IF?

What if Judas didn't betray Jesus?
How would the Messiah have fulfilled divine assignment?

What if Akintola didn't betray Awolowo? Maybe Awo wouldn't have been jailed and may have also been terminated by d Igbo boys in 1966.

What if Dimka didn't kill Murtala?
OBJ may -never have been HOS and may not have been in the reckoning for the presidency 20 years after in 1999?

Nature is a collage of scenarios and possibilities of what could have been if events played differently. Tragic attendance on one culminates into celebratory stance for another

BOLA ON THE WHEELS...

I think if there is anything the Buhari's government was weak at, it is in effective communication...Even God effectively communicated the arrival of his own son, through the shining star which guided the wise men to purpose...And then again the Almighty Effectively communicated his endorsement of Christ at Jordan, BREAKING NEWS: "This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased".

Gerald R. Ford, former US President who operated at the highest level of governance and in the headquarters of Democracy said "Nothing in Life is