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I was sixteen when I left secondary school. My father believed that education should be followed immediately by responsibility. A young man, in his view, had to begin to work, earn something and learn to fend for himself. He therefore found me a job in the old Ondo State Civil Service, and I was posted […]
Continue ReadingNigerian journalist and former Nigerian Senator who represented Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Babafemi Ojudu gave reasons he thought made Ademola Adeleke of Accord Party to win the Osun State governorship election. His reasons are: 1. Whoever was responsible for the hunger in the land. 2. The Edo State Governor, whose ill-advised and insulting outbursts against […]
Continue ReadingWhen General Olusegun Obasanjo military government announced a transition programme in the late 1970s, many politicians began preparing for the return to civilian rule. Among them was Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Awolowo did not wait for the starting gun before thinking about the race ahead. Years earlier, he had looked into the future and concluded that […]
Continue ReadingA lot happens in Nigeria that, if you did not witness it yourself, you would swear it was impossible. Some events are so bizarre, so grotesque in their violation of common sense and morality, that even D.O. Fágúnwà’s magical adventures in Ìrìnkèrindò Nínú Igbo Elegbeje pale beside them. Yet these are not tales from another […]
Continue ReadingWe have truly degenerated in Nigeria. Can you imagine a Shehu Shagari as minister in the First Republic behaving this way? Or a Richard Akinjide in the Second? Or Chief Bola Ige in the Third? Public life in Nigeria has lost its dignity. The solemnity once associated with leadership has been replaced by swagger, arrogance, […]
Continue ReadingSenator Babafemi Ojudu, former presidential aide, has voiced his concerns about President Bola Tinubu’s suitability to lead Nigeria at this critical time. Chatting with Edmund Obilo’s State Affairs podcast as a guest on Monday, Ojudu, who previously served in the office of former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, expressed his belief that Nigeria would have been […]
Continue ReadingSpecial Adviser to Nigerian President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, says he will not support the presidential ambition of an All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Tinubu. Ojudu further stated that contrary to reports, Tinubu did not make him successful as he was already an accomplished publisher before meeting the former Lagos State governor. The […]
Continue ReadingIt was in 2009. The Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin ordered a rerun in a number of polling units in the election between Segun Oni of PDP and Dr Kayode Fayemi of ACN. Oni had in the main election and the election petition tribunal that followed been declared winner of the gubernatorial contest. Our party, […]
Continue ReadingAll Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti State chapter, has suspended a presidential adviser, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, and 10 other party leaders for allegedly disobeying the directive of the party’s National Executive Committee. Ade Ajayi, State Publicity Secretary of the APC, said this in a letter titled, ‘Indefinite suspension of some members of Ekiti State Chapter of […]
Continue ReadingSenator Babafemi Ojudu, the former Special Adviser Political Matters to the President and aide to Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo replies Governor Nasir El-Rufai over his recent comment on North-South development and says the Kaduna governor got his lenses wrong I love reading my friend Malam Nasir El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. You […]
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