Day: 14 October 2024

Talabi Olatokunbo, the Secretary to the Ogun State government,has denied involvement in the arrest of the All Progressives Congress Youth Leader for Ijebu Ode Local Government and a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Babatunde Aremu. Aremu was said to have been picked up by the operatives of the Department of State Services in Ijebu Ode on Sunday, over a planned protest slated for today on the crisis rocking the NURTW in the state. A video circulating on Monday showed some people suspected to be security personnel…

Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, Telu 1, the Oluwo of Iwoland, has directed all the general public and his admirers to address him as ‘His Imperial Majesty’ instead of ‘His Royal Majesty’. The Oluwo, who gave the directive through a signed statement posted on his Facebook page on Sunday, said it was not unconnected to the respect his stool command as the direct blood of Oduduwa, natural paramount crown from Iwo’s formation, among other things. Akanbi noted that, unlike many other towns whose kings were promoted from being Baale (Dukes) to Oba…

In 1705, Daniel Defoe published a poem critical of the British parliament in which he wrote, “Gentlemen, and if the Cap fits any Body let ’em wear it.” In Britain, “if the cap fits” is still the norm; but in North America, by the late 18th century, the expression morphed into “if the shoe fits. The shift from cap to shoe might have been influenced by the Cinderalla story, as versions of the story including the lost slipper were well known in the USA and Europe by 1773. “If the…