Sulaimon Olanrewaju

A little over a week ago, I came across a recording of a live Radio Programme hosted by the chairman of YES FM, Ibadan, Yemi Shonde, in which he interviewed the Special Adviser on Media to the Oyo State Governor, Dr Sulaimon…

Great leaders are disruptive, but the good ones play by the rules. Great leaders break existing rules and set new ones. Leaders move from being good to becoming great when they depart from the norm to chart a new path. Leaders are primarily…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has defended the selection of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo, insisting that the process followed all the necessary legal and traditional steps. Owoade’s selection and…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju After being in the saddle as Oyo State governor for over five years, a pattern, which represents ‘Seyi Makinde’s political ideology, is emerging. The ideology is what I call Makindeism. Every politician seeks…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju Penultimate Saturday, the ancient town of Saki in Oke Ogun axis of Oyo State played host to an unprecedented throng of people as the remains of one of the town’s leading lights, Chief Michael Adeniyi Koleosho, were…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju In 2010, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) was rated the best state university in Nigeria. It was also regarded as the eighth best in the country as well as Africa’s 76th best. The…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju The recent commissioning of eight feeder roads, totalling 38.48 kilometres, reconstructed within the Ibadan Zone underscores the unwavering commitment of Governor Seyi Makinde to addressing the critical…

Mr Masquerade Companion has made attacking Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State his raison d’être. He gets his kicks by kicking the Governor. He seeks escape from his personal struggles by tarring the Governor, who did so well in his first…

The pre-2019 profile of Oyo State was anything but complimentary. With an internally generated revenue (IGR) that hovered around N1.8billion monthly, the state’s economy was described as ‘largely agrarian, with the Oke-Ogun axis being the…

Governor Seyi Makinde’s speech while signing the Oyo State Project Monitoring Agency Bill (2024) into law last Thursday was both profound and philosophical. In his remark at the event, the governor said, “People ask me what will be my…