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Taming the Unbridled Four Horsemen: Ebora of Owu and the African Renaissance, By Toyin Falola 9 min read Through his catalogue of experiences in the service of Nigeria and the African continent, Obasanjo has shaped and earned for himself a poetic license like none other, in a way that transcends the African regional polity to the global. With this license, his assessment in the service of the country, Nigeria, is often overlooked by many vibrant minds each time he wields his big ink-stick on the evolving polity. It was the nineteenth-century German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, who described poets as shameless with their experiences, as they adopt and exploit these experiences in the beautiful light of lines that turn them into aesthetics. Although not a poet in the conventional or literary sense of the term, His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo, leads his world like one. As he would always say, “I am an epitome of Grace ....
Views: Visits 58 It is interesting that each time Chief Bisi Akande occupied a high office, he has been persuaded to do so. He did not want to be Secretary to the State Government of Oyo State but Chief Bola Ige persuaded him to take the job. He never wanted to be Deputy Governor, and was lobbying for another candidate, but destiny dropped it on his lap. He did not want to be Governor of Osun State, but Lady Luck decreed otherwise. In 2015, his friend and old Nemesis, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari became President of the Republic. Akande never lobbied to become the chairman of any public corporation. Akande, who lives in retirement at his country home in Ila-Orangun, Osun State, would be marking his 82 birthday on Saturday January 16. After a lifetime of productive labour, he is learning to take things with ease. ....