NIGERIANS,NOT YET TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR GOVERNORS.

   The Nigerian state governors have now emerged. While some such as  Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State are getting reelected for their second term in office, others such as Mallam Nasir El Rufai  of Kaduna State are enjoying their baptism of fire. Many of the governors' supporters are celebrating the emergence of their messiahs.
   OOB's candid advice is that we should not celebrate too early. Let's wait and see what these executive governors have to offer to the electorate first.

OLUSOLA OSO PROPOUNDS THE BUHARISM THEORY

    THE BUHARISM THEORY has been propounded by Olusola Oso[B.A, M.A.], a blogger and writer on  April 4, 2015.The theory was inspired by a painstaking study of the circumstances leading to the emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari as the President-elect of Nigeria, Africa's most populous and most economically-developed country.
   THE BUHARISM THEORY states that winning elections to political posts on the big stage[e.g. Governorship and Presidency] requires four basic principles: i]a great deal of zeal, ii.] robust determination,iii] continuous resurfacing, and iv.] the incumbent and leading opponents loss of popularity with the citizens of the particular state or country they lead or desire to lead. The first two principles are self-explanatory. General Buhari evidently has them in wholesale quantities.However, they are not enough to clinch coveted political positions as many politicians, like many people in other professions, characteristically possess them. The last two principles are so crucial that they can make the contestant to win big elections.
   Continuous resurfacing implies that a politician who desires to emerge victorious in elections to political offices on the big stage must remain undaunted and never be discouraged by electoral loss he might have recorded in the past. He must learn useful political lessons from thoroughbred politicians like Abraham Lincoln and Muhammadu Buhari who made unsuccessful stabs at coveted political offices before emerging victorious.He must keep on contesting, not taking any break.By so doing,he would begin to register in the minds of the electorate whose resistance against his candidature may eventually be broken. They may begin to wax sentimental, and say,''This man contesting again? Well,he most probably has something great to offer.''
    The last  principle of THE BUHARISM THEORY is perhaps the most significant. According to a TIV[a Nigerian tribe] proverb,''the snake or fish that wants to grow bigger must first swallow other snakes or fishes.''  This proverb perfectly captures the political terrain. The competition is ruthless. A state or country can only have one Governor or President or Head of State at a time.For a politician to hold such ultra-competitive posts, he has to 'swallow' other contestants up. This 'swallowing' process only gets simplified if the incumbent Governor or President or Head of State has lost popularity with the electorate due to his actions or inactions. When this happens,the electorate would begin to view the contestant as the messiah who will liberate them from their snowball of problems. This is what perfectly worked for General Buhari. He contested at a time when the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan's popularity has waned due to growing insecurity, comatose economy, grandscale corruption and massive unemployment in Nigeria. Buhari suddenly turned to a messiah, the proverbial Moses who would lead the over 120 million Nigerians to the promised land.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT BUHARI

   AS rightly predicted and endorsed by OOB, after three failed attempts, General Muhammadu Buhari has been elected as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from May 29 when he will be officially sworn in. His surge of popularity in recent months worked for him. President Goodluck Jonathan's inability to curb the Boko Haram insurgency, the pervasive corruption under his administration and the worsening state of economy and youth unemployment were his undoings. As Rousseau said, the will of the masses always prevail eventually.
   What really worked for Buhari is his fabled transparency, indifference to wealth and most importantly, the Nigerian people's great desire for a change of leadership. The PDP-led government has steered the ship of the country for 16 uninterrupted years. Nigerians desire a taste of the meal of a new cook, so that they can be able to do a comparative analysis.
  So much have been said on President Jonathan's magnanimity in defeat. Does he have choice.? In my own opinion,he was only trying to play safe, and prepare for life after Aso Rock.
   Congratulations to the General from OOB. SAI BABA...... SAI BUHARI.

AISHAT NOBLE-MUSTAPHA'S KILLER NOT YET CONFIRMED

   The real cause of the death of the  Silverbird Television delectable staff, Aishat Noble-Mustapha gruesomely murdered on Saturday, March 14 close to her abode in Ogudu, Lagos State is not yet ascertained.  However,it has been confirmed that, contrary to the story being peddled, no boyfriend of the deceased had a hand in her death.  STV group staff who has monitored the situation closely told Encomium Magazine that the prime suspect, David Ubabudike, who is one of her neighbours cooked up the story that her boyfriend murdered her. Investigation is on going to unravel the cause of her mysterious,. untimely death.

OOB ENDORSES GENERAL BUHARI AS NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT

   On Saturday, March 28, Nigerians in their millions would troop out enmasse to perform their civic and crucial responsibility of casting their votes to elect who will pilot the affairs of Africa's most populous country for the next 4 years. The die is cast between the PDP Presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan and the APC counterpart, General Muhammadu Buhari who has steadfastly demonstrated that he still has an unfinished business in the country's highest position.
  Olusola Oso's Blog[OOB] is using this platform to endorse the candidacy of General Buhari. Nigerians need a change, a new lease of life, having been ruled by President Jonathan for 6 uninterrupted years which have been characterized by parlous state of economy, profligacy, alarming level of corruption and great insecurity which has dispatched thousands to their untimely graves.
  VOTE GENERAL BUHARI, VOTE APC. Nigerians deserve a brand new leadership.

UNILAG RESUMES LECTURES

    One of Nigeria's best Universities,the University of Lagos resumes lectures on Monday, in consonance with the time table released by the school authorities. Characteristically of most Nigerian universities during the first week of resumption, lectures are still skeletal this week, as time table clashes, lecture venues and other key issues are still being sorted out. By next week Monday,lectures would definitely start full blast. Freshers and returning students are seen milling round the school premises, socializing, gisting,trading gossips and generally getting set for the new academic session.
  OOB wishes staff and students of this citadel of learning an eventful academic session.

GOVERNOR FASHOLA PONDERS POLITICAL FUTURE

  The outgoing, dynamic Governor of Lagos State, Raji Fashola[SAN] is seriously pondering his political future as his days are now numbered as the State Governor. According to inside sources,the governor had seriously fancied his chances of emerging as the Vice Presidential candidate of the megaparty, All Progressives Congress[APC] due to his huge popularity and stellar performance as Lagos State Governor. However, a few days ago, APC dropped the bombshell that Governor Fashola will not be considered as Vice Presidential candidate largely as a result of his Islamic religion,as the party has been strongly warmed against fielding Muslim-muslim candidates for the 2015 presidential elections.Since the announcement was made,the Governor has been mulling over his political future.

UNVEILING TONI MORRISON; ONE OF THE RICHEST WRITERS IN THE WORLD

   The African-American writer who won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize with her phenomenally successfully novel, Beloved and the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature is arguably among the richest and the most successful writers on the planet. Her novel, Beloved reportedly sold well over 60 million copies,and was adapted into a blockbuster screen movie. The novel is based on slavery which ravaged America in the 19th century,and culminated in the American Civil War. Practically all her literary works are bestsellers. She is still waxing stronger by the day.

I DID NOT WIN NOBEL PRIZE BECAUSE OF DEATH AND THE KING'S HORSEMAN.

   Perhaps you don't know, in order for a writer to be awarded the coveted,ultra-competitive Nobel Prize for Literature, apart from his or her volume of literary works, the writer must write a phenomenally successful literary work that must tickle the Nobel Committee enough that such a writer is qualified to be inducted into the Nobel Hall of Fame. Ernest Hemmingway won the prize for The Old Man and the Sea, Gabriel Garcia Marques won it for 100 Years of Solitude, Toni Morrison reportedly clinched it with her literary masterpiece, Beloved, a novel which sold well over 60 million copies. The big question in literary and academic circles is, which of Soyinka's works made him to win the prize in 1986. Majority have said that he won the prize for Death and the King's Horseman.
   On a chance meeting him the Nobel laureate at a book fair in Lagos recently, I asked him the knotty question. Hear him: ''It is not true that I was awarded the Nobel Prize because of Death and the King's Horseman. The Nobel Committee was silent on which of my literary works actually clinched it for me. However, in the citation, A Dance of the Forests, The Man Died and Ake were mentioned sparingly. People often said that I won it for Death.....because of the huge popularity of the play. You can't really unravel the workings of the minds of the Nobel Committee.'''

WHAT IF PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN FAILS TO WIN 2015 ELECTION?

   Contrary to popular opinions, if President Goodluck Jonathan fails to win the 2015 presidential election and fails to elongate his stay in that fortress called Aso Rock, heaven will definitely not fall down. With his Ph.D in his kitty and the volume of money he must have saved while serving as Nigeria's president, he will surely get something doing in his post-Aso Rock era. After all, divine intervention rigged events in his favour for him to be catapulted into that coveted position. It took the untimely death of a whole human being [ex President, Shehu Musa Yaradua] for him to get there. If Nigerians say they don't want him as their President again[ events are decidedly pointing in that direction] so be it. Human beings must learn to get prepared for every eventuality. Nothing is forever. ''Life is but a walking shadow'',so says the inimitable English playwright, William Shakespeare. ''All is vanity'',so says King Solomon,the richest and wisest King in human history in the book of Ecclesiastes.

CHIEF TONY ANENIH LOSES 500 MILLION LIBEL SUIT

 A High Court sitting in Benin City has dismissed a 500 million naira libel suit instituted by the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the People's Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih against the Chief Press Secretary to Edo State Governor and the Edo State Broadcasting Service[EBS]. The court refused the prayers of Chief Anenih to declare that a press release issued on behalf of the state government in 2010 was libellous and therefore refused the prayer for 500 million naira damages, amongst others.

MUSIC STAR PRESH JOHN PART WAYS WITH FIANCEE, PRINCESS DIANE

    OOB authoritatively gathered that the Nigerian music star, Presh John has parted ways with his pretty fiancee, Princess Diane. He engaged the plum, fair skinned University of Lagos graduate some years back. They became hot items in the social circles,and he allegedly performed her first marriage rites in the bride's hometown in Oko, Anambra State in May,2011. Three years down the line,nothing tangible came out of the marriage. In confirmation of the break up, Presh John was quoted as saying in recent interviews that he is not even in any relationship presently. On her own part, Princess Diane also no  longer has any picture of the singer on her social media and never talks about him again.

AMERICAN PHYSICIAN CONTRACTS EBOLA IN GUINEA

    AN American physician has been diagnosed of EBOLA virus in New York,U.S.A, thus becoming the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly virus in New York. The 33 years old physician was working with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea when he contracted it. He is presently undergoing treatment  in New York.

YINKA FASUYI BUILDS NEW MANSIONS IN BODIJA,IBADAN

 

YINKA Fasuyi ,the colourful C.E.O of Management Consultant Company and the owner of the flourishing educational institute  Ibadan Business School is making the utmost of his 6 University degrees to make cool cash for himself and live big, together with his beautiful wife and doctorate degree holder. He has arguably the most beautiful office in Ibadan. He also owns four huge buildings he uses as offices. He is not relenting in his property acquisition. Apart from his sprawling mansion in Bodija,he has built yet another mansion in his Iyaganku home. In his home town, Ilesha, his mansion is labelled as ''Paradise.'' One common feature of his houses is their white colour and Roman pillars.

FOLAKE THOMAS-ODEYALE CONVERTS TO ISLAM

    Ibadan big girl, Folake Thomas-Odeyale was delivered of a baby boy in America recently. The gist is that the colourful CEO of Crystal Fashion  has converted to Islam. She is doing her Nikkai and naming ceremony together on November 8th in Maryland, U.S.A. Prior to her marriage,she was a devout Christian in Celestial Church and also a prophetess. Now,she has totally embraced a new life and she is addressed as Hajia Khadijah in America.