“No event, no history”, goes the popular cliche. Also, politicians and politics are members of the same family who may choose or refuse to conjoin or interrelate in order to be or not to be on the same page. This is simply because what is paramount and permanent in any political calculus is: Interest. This informs why members of the same family may go to any length to outdo one another with a view to having the upper hand in the game. In january, 2009, Chief Bisi Akande, then immediate past Governor of Osun State and also incumbent National Chairman of Action Congress (AC), had his 70th birthday.Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola…

When I stumbled al a distribution of invitation cards for my 70th birthday sometimes in December 2008, I began to wonder how came an idea that am worthy of celebration at the age of 70? I quickly suspected some of our youths particularly those of the Afenifere Renewal Group – for initiating the idea. The reality began to dawn on me that I have truly crossed-over to the ranks of the septuagenarians when the celebrations which began as a great intellectual concourse on Wednesday. January 14, in Lagos grow into a huge political education and a stupendous carnival of feasting in lla-Orangun on Friday 16th January, 2009 with an interlude…

Last Saturday, an agrarian community in Osun State was throbbing with dignitaries who converged on the ancient town for the 70th birthday of the National Chairman of the Action Congress (AC), Chief Abdulkareenm Adebisi Akande, writes Deputy Political Editor Emmanuel Oladesu. NEVER in its history has the ancima lla, in the heart of lgbomina in Osun State Sate, played host to such a huge crowd from sunrise to sunset last Saturday, there was no dull moment as political heavyweights converged on the agrarian community for the 70th birthday of the National Chairman of the Action Congress (ACN) Chief Bisi Akande. It was an epoch-making moment; Progressives nationwide accorded Chief Bisi…

First, permit me to express deep regrets at my inability to welcome you personally to that classless state of gerontocracy that does not distinguish between the sexes, between pauper and plutocrat, between governors and ex-governors, between presidents and ex-presidents. That state is, of course, varied. There are entrants and occupants who fantasise that they are what they once were and delude themselves that they will remain such for eternity. On the other side are those who are blissfully content that they have been given the opportunity to contribute to humanity, who can rest confident that they acquitted themselves honorably, selflessly and productively. They move without regrets into other arena of…

Encomiums have been showered by friends and associates of the National Chairman of Action Congress (AC), Chief Bisi Akande, as he clocks 70 today. He was also honoured today at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, with the launch of a book titled Drama of Fate, written by a journalist, Mrs. Dupe Olaoye-Oshinkolu, as part of activities marking his 70th birthday. The event, which was about to kick off at press time, was attended by Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, who was billed to present the book. The birthday lecture titled Elections and Electoral Malpractice: The Nigerian Dilemma was to be delivered by another eminent guest and Lagos State Attorney-General…