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FlashBack In spite of the national economic recession rocking the whole nation due to global fall of the crude price, the state of Osun under the stewardship of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in the last 12 months has never witnessed the kind of developmental project going on across the state. A trip to some of the construction site put some of the project on 90% completion while others are 60-70% and one begin to wonder is Osun not part of Nigeria again? Many are obviously of the fact that circumstances of governance are at the mercy of available resources. The government has to source, appropriate and allocate in the most socially inclusive, cost efficient and economically sustainable manner. In many state today, we don’t want to come to terms with the realities of the modern economy that draw on sustainability. How could a nation like ours sustain her welfare without fiscal discipline to maintain reasonable reserve even in time of oil boom? Not too many of our governors today has tha...

Ladi Kwali was a Nigerian potter, born in the village of Kwali in the Gwari region of Northern Nigeria. She was an exceptional and excellent potter who made beautiful potteries. She lived all her life practicing pottery craft in Kwali village of Northern Nigeria, where she caught the attention of a white man who loved her work and helped her showcase her art around the world. She was later invited to the United Kingdom, despite her informal education, to teach her art to students as an external lecturer/tutor. Kwali was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1962 and an honourary doctoral degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1977. In 1980, the Nigerian Government invested on her with the insignia of the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (NNOM); the highest national honour for academic achievement. She also received the national honour of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) in 1981. Ladi Kwali died on August 12, 1984. She was...

There was pandemonium at a Lagos Hotel yesterday when the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, got stuck inside the elevator in the Hotel. The monarch alongside his wife, Olori Prophetess Naomi and other members of his entourage had gone to see the Queen Moremi stage play. When they arrived the hotel lobby, they were made to use the lift to get to the hall where the play was to take place. However, when they entered the elevator with their entourage which reports claim were over 20, it got stuck shortly after the doors were closed. There was panic at the hotel as the king and his entourage were stuck for almost 30minutes. They were however evacuated from the basement of the hotel.