Friday, June 27, 2014

Reflective: Five (5) Lessons from #EkitiDECIDES

Sayo Aluko




It's been almost a week now, and the dust still seems settling. A shocker for a distant few, an expectation for the proximal many, the Ekiti state gubernatorial election in south-west Nigeria came, saw, and "conquered". These below are 5 major realities, lessons sort of, that I've basically tried to decipher from the election as a whole.

Friday, June 13, 2014

Rauf, Rochas, Ibikunle, NIGERIA, and Hope.


Sayo Aluko



In the course of the past three weeks, I've had to visit three Nigerian cities, Abeokuta, Owerri and Oshogbo and as my journeying drew to a close, I was able to conclude from all I saw, that, as per thriving well as a country, Nigeria has huge hopes after all.
Without emotive equivocation and over-analytic sentiments, the governors of these 3 states are actually governing.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

"The Art of Selfless Service", a biography of Akinwunmi Ambode gets lauched and is a must read!


Sayo Aluko

On the 15th day of May, 2014, the essentially timely book "the Art of Selfless Service" was launched. In few words, the roll call at the event was simply awe-inspiring. Many accomplished men and women of enviable repute had come to honour Akinwunmi Ambode, the unarguable man of the moment.