Obafemi Awolowo – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sun, 28 Sep 2025 08:46:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Obafemi Awolowo – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Prince Daniel Adeleke Ademiluyi’s 40th Memorial https://www.theinfostride.com/prince-daniel-adeleke-ademiluyis-40th-memorial/ https://www.theinfostride.com/prince-daniel-adeleke-ademiluyis-40th-memorial/#respond Sun, 28 Sep 2025 08:46:24 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=467605 On Saturday, September 20, 2025, family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of Prince Daniel Adeleke Ademiluyi, who passed away at the age of 72. His transition was marked as a celebration of a life well-lived and a legacy of service to his community. Born on October 12, 1913, Ademiluyi’s life spanned a significant [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/prince-daniel-adeleke-ademiluyis-40th-memorial/feed/ 0 Yoruba: From Ancestors To Architects by Abiodun Komolafe (1) https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-from-ancestors-to-architects-by-abiodun-komolafe-1/ https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-from-ancestors-to-architects-by-abiodun-komolafe-1/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:03:09 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=467114 The Yoruba-speaking people of Nigeria have been floundering, a state that, as is common in human societies, has led to transferred aggression. This isn’t a problem unique to the Yorubas; we need only recall how large segments of the German population misdirected their aggression towards Jews and other minorities, resulting in a worldwide catastrophe. We [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/yoruba-from-ancestors-to-architects-by-abiodun-komolafe-1/feed/ 0 Democracy, Governance and Credible Elections (2) https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-governance-and-credible-elections-2/ https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-governance-and-credible-elections-2/#respond Tue, 28 May 2024 22:17:12 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=379363 Let’s come to the issues of recruitment and selection. All over the world, leadership is what changes history. Think of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka, Vladimir Lenin, and come to terms with the fact that followership is just extras in a movie! Or, was it ‘the people’ [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-governance-and-credible-elections-2/feed/ 0 Democracy, Governance and Credible Elections (1) https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-governance-and-credible-elections-1/ https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-governance-and-credible-elections-1/#respond Sun, 19 May 2024 21:57:28 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=378415 There is a problem with the institutional framework in which the Nigerian state as presently constituted is based. To have democracy, good governance and credible elections, there must be institutional reforms and great accountability in government. The three are interwoven, only that we tend to think that democracy is all about elections. In any case, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/democracy-governance-and-credible-elections-1/feed/ 0 Afenifere and The Progressive Camp (2) https://www.theinfostride.com/afenifere-and-the-progressive-camp-2/ https://www.theinfostride.com/afenifere-and-the-progressive-camp-2/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:16:26 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=376551 In the week, I had cause to be at the Akure, Ondo State home of the Afenifere Leader, Reuben Fasoranti, and I saw modesty in its raw form. From Fasoranti’s symbolic bungalow which has played host to presidents, governors and other crème-de-la-crème of the society in their monstrous agbada or Babarigas, to the information gleaned [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/afenifere-and-the-progressive-camp-2/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 Nigeria’s Real Enemies by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerias-real-enemies-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerias-real-enemies-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 30 Jul 2023 17:45:12 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=351840 “Then I said to them, ‘You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.’” – Nehemiah 2:17 The belief in some quarters is that the Bola Tinubu presidency is [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerias-real-enemies-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Battle for Space: The Nigerian Context by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/battle-for-space-the-nigerian-context-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/battle-for-space-the-nigerian-context-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:11:07 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=349122 Birthdays come with their own adequate burdens of celebrations which the celebrants may not get out of, even after the celebrations may have ended. After the dance in the marketplace, in the forest, and, finally, at the power centre, what remains? Well, it is a question of the buoyancy or otherwise of one’s protocols. The [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/battle-for-space-the-nigerian-context-by-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 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 For the Records: The Hard Truth About Lagos History! https://www.theinfostride.com/for-the-records-the-hard-truth-about-lagos-history/ https://www.theinfostride.com/for-the-records-the-hard-truth-about-lagos-history/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 08:42:58 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=343431 There was no Lagos state in 1960. What we had was Lagos Federal Capital (former Lagos Colony). That is the problem when leaders deliberately muddle things up for the young ones. Lagos Capital of 1960 was Isale Eko, Victorial Island, Ikoyi and part of Apapa. Ketu, Ojota, Somolu, Bariga, Yaba, Isolo, Ikeja, Alimosho, Ipaja, Ikorodu, Epe, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/for-the-records-the-hard-truth-about-lagos-history/feed/ 0 A word for Bola Tinubu! By Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/a-word-for-bola-tinubu-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/a-word-for-bola-tinubu-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:28:37 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=339857 Without being immodest, the structure of political campaigns in Nigeria has shown that Bola Tinubu’s dexterity and mastery of the game of politics is actually solid. The organisation of his campaigns, the strategy and the choice of the places he has been going, either for consultations or campaigns; and the responses he has been getting, [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/a-word-for-bola-tinubu-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Provincialism, Parochialism and Underdevelopment by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/provincialism-parochialism-and-underdevelopment-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/provincialism-parochialism-and-underdevelopment-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:58:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=336420 By nature, development ‘belongs to those who know it, not those who have it or can buy it.’ It is like a picture, which one keeps working on. Parochialism, on the other hand, is a cultural entrapment. It is evil! With it at work, extant philosophies are laced with the cultural sentiment that a people [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/provincialism-parochialism-and-underdevelopment-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Nigeria, Political Choices and Consequences by Abiodun KOMOLAFE https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-political-choices-and-consequences-by-abiodun-komolafe/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-political-choices-and-consequences-by-abiodun-komolafe/#respond Sun, 21 Aug 2022 20:53:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=331039 To those who have been asking for my views on the last Osun governorship election, let me confess that the keenly contested election is a story worth telling. Deservingly so, yours sincerely will give a bird’s-eye view at an appropriate time. Soon! Surely! That said, there is something about political orientation in Nigeria, which is [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-political-choices-and-consequences-by-abiodun-komolafe/feed/ 0 Press Statement On Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ Foundation 30th Anniversary Seminar https://www.theinfostride.com/press-statement-on-obafemi-awolowo-foundation-30th-anniversary-seminar/ https://www.theinfostride.com/press-statement-on-obafemi-awolowo-foundation-30th-anniversary-seminar/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:03:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=322336 The Ọbafẹmi Awolọwọ Foundation was inaugurated on April 11, 1992. We, therefore, invite the general public to a webinar, scheduled to hold on Monday, April 11, 2022 at 5pm (Nigeria time). Themed, ‘The Role of Foundations in Developing Countries’, the seminar will attempt an incisive analysis of the impact of Foundations on development efforts, share [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/press-statement-on-obafemi-awolowo-foundation-30th-anniversary-seminar/feed/ 0 Oyo APC Releases Names Of New Executive Members https://www.theinfostride.com/oyo-apc-releases-names-of-new-executive-members/ https://www.theinfostride.com/oyo-apc-releases-names-of-new-executive-members/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:30:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=311766 Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has released names and positions of all the newly elected executive members of the party. InfoStride News recalls that the party had its state congress on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital. The congress was held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Oke Ado, Ibadan. Our correspondent gathered [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/oyo-apc-releases-names-of-new-executive-members/feed/ 0 Restructuring: Chief Olu Falae spoke the Minds of honest and progressive Nigerians https://www.theinfostride.com/restructuring-chief-olu-falae-spoke-the-minds-of-honest-and-progressive-nigerians/ https://www.theinfostride.com/restructuring-chief-olu-falae-spoke-the-minds-of-honest-and-progressive-nigerians/#respond Sat, 05 Sep 2020 13:12:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=268685 This piece written by Chief Olu Falae is exactly what restructuring Nigeria is all about and should be. A good recipe for those who pretend that they do not understand what restructuring is all about. FOR THOSE STILL GREEKED BY THE TERM, THIS IS THE MEANING OF RESTRUCTURING AS CANVASSED BY SOUTHERN NIGERIA by Chief [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/restructuring-chief-olu-falae-spoke-the-minds-of-honest-and-progressive-nigerians/feed/ 0 Bisi Akande Shares Obafemi Awolowo’s View On Education — Yemi Osinbajo https://www.theinfostride.com/bisi-akande-shares-obafemi-awolowos-view-on-education-yemi-osinbajo/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 02:43:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=240857 Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has come out to say that ex-national chairman, All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande shared identical views with the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo on the importance of education in building the mind and aiding nation-building. Osinbajo said both men agreed that a developed human mind would end up meaning good governance. Speaking [...]

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]]> The Amalgamation of Nigeria was a Fraud – Richard Akinjide https://www.theinfostride.com/the-amalgamation-of-nigeria-was-a-fraud-richard-akinjide/ Tue, 10 Oct 2017 07:03:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=184816 I stumbled upon this piece shared by my contact on WhatsApp and thought I should also share with you. If you are a true patriot, buy a lobe of Kolanut or make yourself a mug of coffee and read this. You also need to share with other patriots! The Amalgamation Of Nigeria Was A Fraud [...]

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]]> 55 Amazing Things You Need To Know About Nigeria and Nigerians https://www.theinfostride.com/55-amazing-things-you-need-to-know-about-nigeria-and-nigerians/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 21:11:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=173216 Do you know that? You will be shocked to find out that you do not know about Nigeria and Nigerians. Read these 55 historical facts about the people called Nigerians” and the nation called “Nigeria”, a country in Western part of Africa with the largest population of black race in the world. Happy reading! 1. The [...]

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]]> Dele Momodu’s Pendulum: What exactly are we restructuring? https://www.theinfostride.com/dele-momodus-pendulum-what-exactly-are-we-restructuring/ https://www.theinfostride.com/dele-momodus-pendulum-what-exactly-are-we-restructuring/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2017 09:14:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=170465 Dele Momodu has again delivered another mind-blowing bombshell on July 1, 2017 about restructuring the entity called Nigeria. Please read and enjoy while sharing your thought! Fellow Nigerians, let me say categorically that I’ve never seen a country where the citizens like to argue over every miniscule issue like Nigeria. We are a country of [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/dele-momodus-pendulum-what-exactly-are-we-restructuring/feed/ 6 Adamu Adamu And The Call Of History By Philip Afaha https://www.theinfostride.com/adamu-adamu-and-the-call-of-history-by-philip-afaha/ Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:12:20 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=148517 One day, Nigerian History will join English language and Mathematics as compulsory subjects in our schools. The need for this sure inclusion is staring Nigeria in the face; while inaugurating the recent disarticulation of history from Social Studies in the school curriculum, the Honourable Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu had observed that the Nigerian nation [...]

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]]> Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Letter From Prison To Major General Aguiyi Ironsi Pressing For His Release And That Of His Colleagues Dated 28th March 1966 https://www.theinfostride.com/chief-obafemi-awolowos-letter-from-prison-to-major-general-aguiyi-ironsi-pressing-for-his-release-and-that-of-his-colleagues-dated-28th-march-1966/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 09:01:59 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=145194 I stumbled upon this piece on LinkedIn and though I should share with you. The piece was shared by Olusegun Awolowo, son of the Late Sage, Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo. It is a reflection on Obafemi Awolowo s Letter From Prison To Major General Aguiyi Ironsi Pressing For His Release And That Of His Colleagues [...]

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]]> Late Mama HID Awolowo Buried Next To Husband https://www.theinfostride.com/late-mama-hid-awolowo-buried-next-to-husband/ Thu, 26 Nov 2015 18:02:29 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109032 The remains of Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, wife of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, were on Wednesday finally laid to rest beside her husband’s, at the family compound in Ikenne, Ogun State. The burial of Mrs. Awolowo, who died at the age of 99, followed a church service held at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, which [...]

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]]> Nigeria Police Team Led By IG-P Arase Pay Condolence Visit To The Awolowos https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-police-team-led-by-ig-p-arase-pay-condolence-visit-to-the-awolowos/ Mon, 28 Sep 2015 23:52:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101262 The leadership of Nigeria Police led by Inspector General, Solomon Arase, on Sunday paid a condolence visit to the family of late Obafemi Awolowo in Ikenne, Ogun State over the death of Hannah Awolowo, who passed away on September 19. The IG was accompanied by the Ogun Police Commissioner, Abdulmajid Ali; his Lagos counterpart, Fatai [...]

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]]> #Leadership > No Matter How Hard Tinubu Tries, He Can Never Be In The Same Class As Awolowo – Tunde Bakare https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-no-matter-how-hard-tinubu-tries-he-can-never-be-in-the-same-class-as-awolowo-tunde-bakare/ Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:30:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-no-matter-how-hard-tinubu-tries-he-can-never-be-in-the-same-class-as-awolowo-tunde-bakare/ Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Tunde Bakare, has said a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, does not belong in the same class with the former Premier of Western Region, Obafemi Awolowo, and does not deserve to take the place of the late sage as the leader of the [...]

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