Fatai Diekola: When the blackmailer misses his mark. By Tunji Awojide

"The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways."
- Deuteronomy 28:7

Aregbesola

I would have refrained from joining issues with Fatai Diekola Oyedele for three main reasons. First, his tirades, as far as yours sincerely is concerned, are a non-issue. So, responding in kind can only be likened to killing an ant with a sledge hammer. Secondly, even in the political configuration of Osogbo, FD, as he is fondly called, is a lightweight. For this reason, dissipating energy and time on such a petty politician is like according him an undue attention. Thirdly, and most importantly, the real succession battle has not even started. What we are currently being treated to are mere scratches. When the real battle eventually commences, I have no doubt in my mind that Rauf Aregbesola's achievements in office as Osun State governor, including those lives he has positively impacted, are capable of taking the battle to the doorsteps of his enemies.

Osun is broke but people don’t believe because of the massive infrastructure I built - Aregbesola

Rauf Aregbesola, governor of Osun state, on Tuesday said people find it difficult to believe that the state is facing serious economic challenges because of the massive infrastructural projects undertaken by his administration. Maintaining that Osun is not the only state experiencing tough times, Aregbesola said the country must learn some lessons from the current situation.

He said this when he played host to the team of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Osogbo, led by Omowumi Omidiji, its new general manager.

Gov. Aregbesola Meets Osun Cocoa Farmers, Says Osun is committed to Agricultural development

The Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s campaign for massive agricultural production took another dimension Wednesday as he left the state capital, Osogbo to attend a meeting with cocoa farmers on their farmstead at Oke Osin, in Atakumosa West Local Government Area of the state.

There, he reiterated his administration’s commitment to the development of agriculture‎ for the sustainability of the state economy against the reliance on proceeds from oil.

‎The Governor while addressing the members of the State Farmers Association, during the meeting, stated that government has worked its talk on agriculture by giving soft loans of about N1billion to farmers in the state.

National Assembly Crisis: APC Summon Dogara, As Lasun Set To Step Down

Speaker Yakubu-Dogara

The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday summoned the Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara and his deputy Yusuf Suleiman Lasun, as part of efforts making to resolve the leadership crisis at the National Assembly. It was however gathered that the deputy Speaker may have agreed to step down for the party candidate so as to allow peace to reign at the 8th Assembly.


Hon Lasun who came to the party secretariat around 12pm in company of his governor, Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, held a closed door meeting with the party National Working Committee (NWC) led by its chairman, John Odigie Oyegun.

The ruling APC has been swimming in crisis water following the controversial emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President and Hon. Yakubu Dogara as Speaker, House of Representative respectively, contrary to the choice of the party.

AREGBESOLA'S VICTORY IS A STATEMENT OF FACT ABOUT HIS EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE - PASTOR W.F. KUMUYI

The General Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry , Pastor William Folorunso Kumiyi has descibed Governor of the state of Rauf Aregbesola as a man who has demonstrated exemplary leadership with his disposition to all religion creeds and massive infra structural development in the state. 

He said the attitude of the governor has not suggested any form of favouritsm to any religion in his policies and programme.

The Deeper Life General Overseer made the statement while addressing journalists during a Courtesy visit to the Governor, at the State House, Osogbo. 

Kumuyi thank God for the peaceful conduct of the August 9 Governorship Election in the state and the emergence of Governor Aregbesola for second term while urging the governor to double his efforts during the second term.

Gov. Aregbesola presents 20 superior Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to state Police command

The Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola presented yesterday 20 superior Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) worth more than N1.3billion to the police command.

Presenting the vehicles to the police, Aregbesola expressed worry at what he called the Federal Government’s penchant for playing politics with crucial security matters.

He appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to separate politics from security by granting the state a short code for its emergency centre.

Aregbesola: Working for the future By Kunle Oyatomi

PRESIDENT John F. Kennedy did not live to witness the final fulfilment of the most ambitious of his goals: the landing of man on the moon by the United States as he predicted.

The Soviet Union had had a head start many times over, starting with the Sputnik in 1957, and the United States saw it as a competition between "tyranny" (Moscow) and "freedom" (Washington).

Since the Soviets had not landed man on the moon, Kennedy saw such a feat as being the achievement to settle the matter once and for all. So, on May 25, 1961, the American leader went to the Congress and threw the challenge that had since changed the face of space exploration.

OSUN O’MEALS CASE STUDY: Pupils And Farmers Benefit From School Meal Programmes Around The World - KOMOLAFE

Global leaders met in London earlier this year to discuss how school meal programmes can improve educational outcomes and boost agricultural economies.

The meeting was co-hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture & Food for Development and the Partnership for Child Development (PCD) from Imperial College London, which is working with governments to build the evidence base and provide technical assistance for the development of effective and sustainable home grown school feeding (HGSF) programmes. HGSF refers to school feeding programmes which procure their food from local smallholder farmers thereby supporting local rather than foreign markets.

In 2013, up to $75billion dollars was invested by the governments of 169 countries into school feeding programmes. It is estimated that for every $1 spent feeding school children, $3 are generated for the local economy.

Keynote speaker Rauf Aregbesola, Governor of Osun state in Nigeria, reported on the success of his state’s school meals programme, known as O’Meals, which feeds over 250,000 children every school day. The O’Meals programme provides employment to over 3,000 women and purchases food from over 1000 local farmers.

Aregbesola Urges Sultan to Lead Muslims in Protest against Boko Haram

Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola has called on the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar to lead Nigerian Muslims in protest against the activities of Boko Haram.


According to Sun News, Aregbesola made the call while delivering a speech at the reunion lecture organised by the University of Lagos Muslim Alumni(UMA).

“””””"We must rise up and denounce the evil perpetrated by the Boko Haram sect because they are tarnishing the peaceful religion of Islam. I call on the Sultan of Sokoto to immediately lead other sincere muslims in a protest to denounce and totally reject the activities of the sect. They do not represent Islam. They are evil and wicked. We reject everything that the sect represents and our religion forbids them. They are sycophants and we cannot continue to be quiet in the face of the insecurities.””””….