Leadership Beyond Tenure: Why Impact Matters More Than Time in Office. Part 1

Leadership is not measured by the number of years spent in office but by the value created within the period of service. Across different spheres of society, history has repeatedly shown that some individuals achieve extraordinary results within a short time, while others occupy positions for many years without leaving any meaningful legacy. The difference lies not in tenure but in vision, commitment, empathy, innovation, and the willingness to serve.

In representative democracy, citizens do not elect leaders merely to occupy seats. They elect individuals to solve problems, champion development, and improve the quality of life of the people.

Don’t promote violence, Ooni warns politicians

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has warned politicians and party members against promoting political violence.

The monarch gave the warning when Gov.  Rauf Aregbesola visited his palace on Monday in Ile-Ife.

Ogunwusi said politicians must work together in harmony, warning

PDP Wins Ife Central State Constituency Election

INEC has declared the PDP candidate, Dipo Eluwole, as the winner of the bye-election into Ife Central State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly.

The Returning Officer, Dr. Francis Oladimeji, made

STOP YOUR SPONSORED NUGATORY SACRILEGE, OONI HAS NEVER BEEN QUIZZED BY THE EFCC

Sijwade family and Ooni Adeyeye

We were shocked to read a statement on an online medium by one Sulaiman Alimi Adeniyi who claimed to be representing a group he referred to as Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice in which he lied to have been invited by the Economic and Financial

Impeachment call: Aregbesola replies Osun judge’s allegations

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has responded to the petition written against him by a serving judge in the State Judiciary, Justice Folahanmi Oloyede.

The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salaam, said

PDP warns Aregbesola against planned sacking of judge

The Peoples Democratic Party has warned Governor Rauf Aregbesola to desist from the alleged plan to sack Justice Folahanmi Oloyede.

The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Osun State, Mr. Bola Ajao, gave this warning in a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Monday.

Osun Judge Confirms Authorship of Petition Against Aregbesola

The ripples that greeted a petition by a serving judge in Osun State, Justice Oloyede Olamide Folahanmi, against Governor Rauf Aregbesola, demanding the House of Assembly to investigate him on alleged financial recklessness may have widened just as she admitted to the Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Adepele Ojo, that she authored the petition.

We are displeased with affront on our socio-cultural values —Ooni of Ife

Being the opening address delivered by Alayeluwa, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, Ooni of Ife, at the summit of the Yoruba people held at Oduduwa Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife on November 28, 2014.

A people’s battle won and continued rescue mission

(Being text of a press conference by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the August 9 governorship election in Osun State.

Gentlemen of the Press!

The Iyiola Omisore you don’t know

Senator Iyiola Omisore appeals to different people in different ways. As a politician, he is like the proverbial elephant that is easily described in a myriad of adjectives by onlookers depending on the part of the body that catches your fancy. Some political foes  see him as someone whose quest for power is insatiable and one who is  impatient. Some see him as  a deadly, if not dangerous politician who doesn’t tolerate the  opposition

Ooni makes case for Ife State •Reveals how Omisore sacrified gov ambition twice

THE Ooni of Ife, His Royal Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, on Saturday, told President Goodluck Jonathan of the personal sacrifices that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has made in his quest for the governorship of the state since the return to civil rule in 1999.

Day Ile-Ife celebrated, prayed for its son

On Wednesday, Ile-Ife went agog as its son and standardbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyiola Omisore, and leaders of the party in the South-West visited the town. MOSES ALAO writes on the experience and major issues that have dominated the campaign so far.

TOUTED as the cradle of wisdom; the source of civilisation and the root of the Yoruba, Ile-Ife is supposed to have an aura of difference in

Omisore assures on youth empowerment

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the August 9 Osun governorship poll, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has promised to put youth empowerment on the front burner, if elected governor of the state.

He said the era of creating non-profitable jobs for the teeming youthful populace in the state will soon end, calling on well meaning Nigerians to

I am committed to inclusive reconciliation in PDP —Omisore

DETERMINED to achieve collective total support of members ahead Osun governorship poll, slated for August 9, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the  state, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on Sunday, restated his committment to an inclusive reconciliation among all interest groups within his party.

Towards a peaceful governorship election in Osun

Judging by antecedents, elections in Nigeria are often fraught with intrigues and suspicions among stakeholders, which sometimes result in the disruption of peace if the issues involved are not properly defined and addressed.

Political pundits, therefore, note that adequate security should be

PDP presents certificate of return to Omisore

The National Chairman of  the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mauzu, on Thursday, presented the certificate of return of the party to his governorship candidate in the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola  Omisore.

Presenting the certificate to Omisore in Abuja, Alhaji  Mu'azu said "winning this primary is the beginning of the great beginning.

Omisore receives certificate of return from PDP chairman in Abuja today

THE governorship candidate of the Peoples  Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming August 9, 2014 election, Senator Iyiola Omisore will today (Thursday) in Abuja be presented with the certificate of return by the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.

Credible source informed the Nigerian Tribune that barring any hitch, Omisore, who polled 1,128 votes in the last Saturday gubernatorial

My Governorship Ambition is Not Worth the Blood of Any Osun Indigene - Omisore

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, yesterday said his desire to serve the state was not at the expense of the blood of any indigene of the state.

He also noted that his governorship ambition was about the people and that it was from them that he draw the  inspiration and determination to serve them.

National Confab: Oba Ojutalayo Hinges Peace On Constitutional Role For Traditional Rulers

A traditional ruler on Wednesday in Lagos appealed to the delegates to the ongoing National Conference to carve out special roles for traditional rulers in the new Constitution.

Oba Kole Ojutalayo, the Laroka of Waniki in Ile-Ife, Osun State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that permanent peace in the country would depend on the role assigned to traditional rulers.

Osun 2014: Omisore on the march again

When on February 8, former deputy governor of Osun State under the administration of Chief Bisi Akande, Iyiola Omisore, declared interest in contesting the governorship of the State of Osun, under the Peopls Democratic Party, PDP, he was certain that it was not going to be easy to clinch the PDP ticket, but he was undaunted.