Abiodun Komolafe – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:30:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Abiodun Komolafe – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Yoruba Nation: Prospects and Perils beyond 2031 (2) https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-nation-prospects-and-perils-beyond-2031-2/ https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-nation-prospects-and-perils-beyond-2031-2/#respond Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:30:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=478474 In the words of Frantz Fanon: “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfil it or betray it, in relative opacity.” Let there be no doubt – and we say this to emphasise the gravity of the moment – Yorubas stand at a critical crossroads. Without being alarmist, it is make or break, now or never! [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-nation-prospects-and-perils-beyond-2031-2/feed/ 0 Yoruba Nation: Prospects and Perils beyond 2031 (1) https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-nation-prospects-and-perils-beyond-2031-1/ https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-nation-prospects-and-perils-beyond-2031-1/#respond Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:13:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=478470 Last week, the Ekiti State Chapter of the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) – a body I once served as pioneer Administrative Secretary – gathered in Ado-Ekiti for a colloquium marking former Governor Kayode Fayemi’s 61st birthday. Beyond the celebration, the event was a platform to advance President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s vision and drum up support [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-nation-prospects-and-perils-beyond-2031-1/feed/ 0 Nigeria: Powering beyond the immediate by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-powering-beyond-the-immediate-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-powering-beyond-the-immediate-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:49:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=373073 Nigeria is at a crossroads and Nigerians are trying to find the responses to an economic crisis and currency turmoil. Of course, all manner of symptoms keep appearing! Towards the end of February, Governor Biodun Oyebanji unveiled an N12 billion economic relief programme for Ekiti residents. That’s in addition to other proactive steps already taken [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-powering-beyond-the-immediate-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Sanwo-Olu And The Pursuit Of A Social Market Economy (3) https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-3/ https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-3/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2024 17:00:28 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=369526 Once upon a time, growing up in Lagos was akin to living in El Dorado. Life in Igbosere Road and Lafiaji was tolerable, with good social amenities and infrastructure for the common good. On a rather sad note however was the degeneration that became its lot due to rural-urban migration; and there was no town [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-3/feed/ 0 Sanwo-Olu And The Pursuit Of A Social Market Economy (2) https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-2/ https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-2/#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:15:13 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=369507 Section 25 of the Nigerian Constitution is explicit on the differences between citizens and settlers. But then, there’s a saying in Ijesaland: ‘Gbogbo ìjesà ni omo Owá, sùgbón b’álé bá lé, àwon omo Owá mo ara won.’ Translated literally, it means ‘Kings have many children but when the chips are down, each king knows his [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-2/feed/ 0 Sanwo-Olu And The Pursuit Of A Social Market Economy (1) https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-1/ https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-1/#respond Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:50:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=369487 My discussion about the performance of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu must be put in the context that I met him at Saint Andrew’s Anglican Church, Okepopo, Lagos; and that was in 2003, under the vicarship of the then Reverend Canon ‘Segun Ajayi. Meeting him, I remember Sanwo-Olu as a man with a good dose of human [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/sanwo-olu-and-the-pursuit-of-a-social-market-economy-1/feed/ 0 Of Monstrous Cathedrals and Hungry Congregants by Abiodun Komolafe https://www.theinfostride.com/of-monstrous-cathedrals-and-hungry-congregants-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/of-monstrous-cathedrals-and-hungry-congregants-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:39:42 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=367247 Sometime in 1989, a friend told a story of how he was in dire need of sponsorship for his university education. When all things proved difficult, he approached one of the presbyters in a church in Ibadan, Oyo State who eventually advised that his impressive General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level) results be [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/of-monstrous-cathedrals-and-hungry-congregants-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 The Passable View of Roads in Southwest Nigeria by Abiodun Komolafe https://www.theinfostride.com/the-passable-view-of-roads-in-southwest-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/the-passable-view-of-roads-in-southwest-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:01:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=359017 From time immemorial, the masses have relied on constituted governments to implement road projects for the socio-political economy of the society. Whichever government got the construction right would be praised while those who focused on the maintenance would also be eulogised by the masses. However, those who neither got the construction nor the maintenance right [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/the-passable-view-of-roads-in-southwest-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Insecurity and the Plight of Kidnap Victims (1) https://www.theinfostride.com/insecurity-and-the-plight-of-kidnap-victims-1/ https://www.theinfostride.com/insecurity-and-the-plight-of-kidnap-victims-1/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:51:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=356517 Temitope Oladipo Fayehun must be passing through hard times. A native of Ilesa in Osun State, Fayehun’s ordeal started on March 2, 2021, when he, alongside others in his vehicle, fell into the hands of some Fulani kidnappers along Osogbo-Ibokun-Ilesa Road in the state. While some of the passengers were killed and had their corpses [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/insecurity-and-the-plight-of-kidnap-victims-1/feed/ 0 Gboyega Oyetola at 69! https://www.theinfostride.com/gboyega-oyetola-at-69/ https://www.theinfostride.com/gboyega-oyetola-at-69/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:38:45 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=355838 A man represents different things to different people. It’s like a mirror in the sun, reflecting different parts of humanity, which depends on who is looking at it, and what part of life we met him. It boils down to human behavioural patterns and the factors responsible for them. Unfortunately, the outcome becomes a political [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/gboyega-oyetola-at-69/feed/ 0 NDLEA and Buba Marwa’s Burden https://www.theinfostride.com/ndlea-and-buba-marwas-burden/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ndlea-and-buba-marwas-burden/#respond Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:31:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=355835 There was a time in Nigeria when the name, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) suggested a dynamic, positive and functional institution. Perilous, and as the war against drug crimes and related offences was, society and criminals were conscious of the institution’s existence. During that time, everything was bright and beautiful for the Agency but, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ndlea-and-buba-marwas-burden/feed/ 0 NADECO, Where Are You? (Part 2) by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/nadeco-where-are-you-part-2-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nadeco-where-are-you-part-2-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 24 Sep 2023 08:10:25 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=355398 Wait a minute, how many of the original National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) members are still alive and what’s their current attitudinal disposition and worldview to the democracy that we claim to be enjoying? We need to interrogate this premise so that we can appropriately gauge if what we have in place is worth what they [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nadeco-where-are-you-part-2-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Order and Stability: A Case for Nigeria’s Youth – Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/order-and-stability-a-case-for-nigerias-youth-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/order-and-stability-a-case-for-nigerias-youth-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sat, 08 Jul 2023 07:39:02 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=350369 Change is inevitable! The trouble however is that, most times, one doesn’t see it coming; not even the military; otherwise, all coups would have been preempted and suppressed before they were eventually executed. So also, it is reasonable to say in public administration that, in the few weeks of Bola Tinubu’s administration, there have been [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/order-and-stability-a-case-for-nigerias-youth-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 President Tinubu Must Hear This – Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/president-tinubu-must-hear-this-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/president-tinubu-must-hear-this-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2023 09:08:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=349945 All through history, finding and keeping round and square pegs in their respective holes has never been a Sugarcandy Mountain party. It’s a tough job for experts and committed people! Therefore, President Bola Tinubu must keep working round the clock, looking for leaks and blocking the same. Take a look at Operation Feed the Nation [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/president-tinubu-must-hear-this-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Obafemi Awolowo and Nigeria’s Latter-day Progressives by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/obafemi-awolowo-and-nigerias-latter-day-progressives-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/obafemi-awolowo-and-nigerias-latter-day-progressives-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 04 Jun 2023 13:56:36 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=348233 There’s an awe of a legend, and this awe is fed or fuelled by the happenings in the life of that legend. When Obafemi Awolowo said certain things during his lifetime, subsequent events could only be explained and substantiated, at times, by the metaphysical analysis of those events. Take, for instance, when the late sage [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/obafemi-awolowo-and-nigerias-latter-day-progressives-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Still on Fayemi and Ekiti Politics by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/still-on-fayemi-and-ekiti-politics-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/still-on-fayemi-and-ekiti-politics-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 28 May 2023 16:46:41 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=347834 On July 29, 1966, Adekunle Fajuyi, a Lieutenant Colonel, and Military Governor of Western Nigeria, staked his life, when some revenge-seeking counter-coupists came for the head of Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s military ruler. Aguiyi-Ironsi was on a visit to the region; and the governor told the coupists that they’d not kill his guest in [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/still-on-fayemi-and-ekiti-politics-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Osun: au revoir, IleriOluwa; et tu, TOP? By Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-au-revoir-ilerioluwa-et-tu-top-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-au-revoir-ilerioluwa-et-tu-top-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 21 May 2023 14:30:14 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=347442 There is an unravelling mystery about the Nigerian press. The custodian of this value is clearly misunderstood and misused in opportunities. But it is for the present crop of journalists to reinvent themselves into relevance; otherwise, the Nigerian press will remain a caricature of itself and the ideas of its founding fathers. Nonetheless, the patriots [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-au-revoir-ilerioluwa-et-tu-top-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Osun APC: Hope rekindled? by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-hope-rekindled-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-hope-rekindled-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Mon, 08 May 2023 08:40:18 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=346665 On Monday, May 1, 2023, the immediate past governor of Osun State, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola inaugurated “an 11-man committee to stimulate, revamp, restructure and reposition the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State Chapter”. Nigerians wish the Professor Isaac Adewole-led Committee well in the onerous tasks ahead. That said, there’s a Yoruba adage, which says: ‘Bi [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-hope-rekindled-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Fayemi and Oyebanji: Lessons in Mentorship by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/fayemi-and-oyebanji-lessons-in-mentorship-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/fayemi-and-oyebanji-lessons-in-mentorship-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 30 Apr 2023 17:58:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=346201 Let me start by saying that I am not an indigene of Ekiti State but Oluwafunmilola, my beloved wife, is from the famous Awosusi family in Aramoko-Ekiti, which, by the by, is only a stone’s throw from Ijebu-Jesa, my Native Nazareth in Osun State. So, apart from being a stakeholder in the Ekiti project, so [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/fayemi-and-oyebanji-lessons-in-mentorship-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Withheld Salaries: Adeleke’s Faulty Steps by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/withheld-salaries-adelekes-faulty-steps-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/withheld-salaries-adelekes-faulty-steps-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 23 Apr 2023 19:30:36 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=345791 Mutatis mutandis, politics is not the same as repudiating the ethics of public administration. To say that the executive governor of a state has the right or power to stop the payment of workers’ salary – what they earn legitimately – is, to say the least, an evolution throwback! That the society could not be [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/withheld-salaries-adelekes-faulty-steps-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Taking Society for Granted by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/taking-society-for-granted-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/taking-society-for-granted-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2023 14:30:47 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=345126 Whenever a section of the society wants to embark on something new, it’ll first fly a kite. To sane minds, flying a kite is like testing the waters. If the society is gullible enough to ‘collectivise, objectify, even sacralise’ it, then, it becomes the norm. Unfortunately, societal norms tend to grow organic; and continue to [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/taking-society-for-granted-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 The Evils of Complacency in Politics by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/the-evils-of-complacency-in-politics-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/the-evils-of-complacency-in-politics-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:00:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=344092 Oftentimes, intrigues exist in political matrixes. Concepts such as political mass participation, collective demands, group identity and determination, and collateral damages could all mean different things to different people. It only depends on which side of the divide the definer pitches his or her tent. This unrestricted latitude and privilege to operationalize concepts and political [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/the-evils-of-complacency-in-politics-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Atiku’s Irreversible Blunders by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/atikus-irreversible-blunders-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/atikus-irreversible-blunders-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:17:18 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=343818 There is a Yoruba adage, which says that ‘ogbon odun yii, were emii ni.’ (The wisdom of this year is foolishness in the course of time). Talking philosophically, when one relies on an older matrix to work in the present, one’s failure is likely to be like Atiku Abubakar’s. Why? The dynamics of the present [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/atikus-irreversible-blunders-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Democracy, Ideology and Loyalty by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-ideology-and-loyalty-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-ideology-and-loyalty-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:50:54 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=342901 Democracy is a political paradigm, albeit, with a specific ideological undertone; and the ideological tone refers to the attributes of democracy. Indeed, that distinguishes it from other ideological classifications. Making it simpler, democracy is different from, say, monarchy in that, while the former embraces and encourages all to participate in a political system, the latter [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-ideology-and-loyalty-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 The Nature of Democracy in Nigeria by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/the-nature-of-democracy-in-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/the-nature-of-democracy-in-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:05:50 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=342502 Talking seriously, Democracy as a concept was alien to Africa, and by implication, Nigeria. Largely, right from inception, democratic norms and values were never assimilated and internalised by Africans. At best, its definition and perception were conveniently based on assumptions. So, it meant different things to different people who thought differently! Needless to repeat that [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/the-nature-of-democracy-in-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 How to win elections in Nigeria! by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/how-to-win-elections-in-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/how-to-win-elections-in-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:18:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=341230 To start with, election candidacy ought not to be an impromptu decision. For inspiration, we may have to turn to the Western civilization for succour. After all, our social structures and institutions are patterned after theirs. In the United Kingdom, as in other saner climes, young men and women who participate in school politics – [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/how-to-win-elections-in-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Osun: when Bola Tinubu came a-visiting by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-when-bola-tinubu-came-a-visiting-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-when-bola-tinubu-came-a-visiting-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:03:45 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=341218 The love Nigerians have for Bola Tinubu obliterates the hatred that anybody may possess for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Otherwise, his recent visit to Osun State wouldn’t have been such a huge success. To this end, the immediate past Governor Gboyega Oyetola and other members of the party in the state deserve commendation for [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-when-bola-tinubu-came-a-visiting-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 2023: Let us pray for Nigeria! By Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-let-us-pray-for-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-let-us-pray-for-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Mon, 02 Jan 2023 15:58:44 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=338955 This is the Year 2023! As the New Year comes, it is customary for people to look towards new things. Unarguably, an improvement over the present has always been the desire of human beings. The same goes with nations, which collectively look forward to improving their lots. Just as human beings make predictions, nations also [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/2023-let-us-pray-for-nigeria-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Osun Guber, APC Primaries and Other Stories by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-guber-apc-primaries-and-other-stories-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-guber-apc-primaries-and-other-stories-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:16:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=327427 When we were growing up, we were treated to the fact that, whether things were convenient or not, elections, globally, were contests; that membership of a political party was a thing of pride; and that, in a contest, ‘you win some, you lose some.’ We were told that, in every contest, a candidate from a [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-guber-apc-primaries-and-other-stories-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Who wins Osun Governorship Election? https://www.theinfostride.com/who-wins-osun-governorship-election/ https://www.theinfostride.com/who-wins-osun-governorship-election/#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2022 21:09:08 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=326877 In 2018, I wrote a piece on the then governorship candidates of the leading political parties in Osun State. In the article, entitled ‘Osun: Picturing into the future’ (ref: The Nation, September 18, 2018), I tried to showcase each candidate’s quality as well as what his candidature meant for the peace and progress of the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/who-wins-osun-governorship-election/feed/ 0 Revisiting Nigeria’s Political Trajectory by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/revisiting-nigerias-political-trajectory-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/revisiting-nigerias-political-trajectory-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Fri, 06 May 2022 07:19:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=324304 The political formation, which eventually secured Nigeria’s independence, was powered by the ideals of independence, and Nigerians expected that the country’s domestic affairs would be wholesome. However, immediately after the independence issue got sorted, her internal socio-political contradictions and grey public administration dynamics became manifest. To put it mildly, things that were hitherto not so [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/revisiting-nigerias-political-trajectory-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Osun: Progress in Spite of Fractured Politics – Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-progress-in-spite-of-fractured-politics-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-progress-in-spite-of-fractured-politics-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sat, 29 Jan 2022 20:20:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=317531 In the last three years, the alleged hostilities between Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State and Rauf Aregbesola, his predecessor in office, stayed only in the realm of speculations. But, a week or two ago, the cat was eventually let out of the bag when the Minister of the Federal Republic openly confessed that there [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-progress-in-spite-of-fractured-politics-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Not On Their Watch By Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/not-on-their-watch-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/not-on-their-watch-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:35:21 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=308114 Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Olugbenga Babatunji are two leaders in their own right. While Oyetola is the Governor of Osun State, Babatunji is the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Osun. Through their talents and efforts, they are also two of a kind. While the former, representing the State, superintend the public administration of the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/not-on-their-watch-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Osun APC, let reason prevail – Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-let-reason-prevail-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-let-reason-prevail-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:44:39 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=305242 Let me start by making a categorical statement: this intervention is not aimed at apportioning blame to any of the factions, so to say, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) currently at daggers drawn in Osun State. On the contrary, it is intended to be a gentle nudge on all the aggrieved persons from both [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/osun-apc-let-reason-prevail-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Appreciating a responsible Father by Abiodun Komolafe https://www.theinfostride.com/appreciating-a-responsible-father-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/appreciating-a-responsible-father-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2020 14:44:15 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=268739 Next Friday, September 11, 2020, the mortal remains of my late father, Pa Sunday Alaba Komolafe, will be committed to Mother Earth. The event, which will take place at Ijebu-Jesa, his Osun State-ancestral hometown, will no doubt mark the end of an era and, of course, the beginning of a new journey that will be without the fervor [...]

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