Opinion
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Nigeria and COVID-19 lessons By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Here, COVID-19 has come and gone – or so it seems! – but the world…
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Ondo election and Kunle Ologundudu’s ‘Yellow Journalism’ By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 In Nigeria, election is war and in war, “truth is the first casualty”. Greek tragic dramatist,…
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Nigeria at 60: Buhari fires on all cylinders By FEMI ADESINA
President Muhammadu Buhari came sparkling as Nigeria marked her Diamond Jubilee on Thursday, October 1. In the National Broadcast to…
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Buhari goes rail-wire By FEMI ADESINA
Have you heard the news? I’m sure you have. But just in case you haven’t, here’s the news on the…
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Bayelsa: Celebrating a resounding successful story @24 By Kola Oredipe
The joy that followed the announcement of the creation of Bayelsa State on October 1st, 1996, was no doubt ecstatic.…
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Sanwo-Olu: Make Lagos liveable, not duplicate of Dubai By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 I have lived and worked in Lagos since 1986; so, Lagos is my second home although…
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CampHope & Hopism: Imo people need to know what they connote By Sam Onwuemeodo
It pays to go from the known, to the unknown. The journey of life. Navigating, from the known to…
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Buhari condemns attack on Gov. Zulum’s convoy, killings of security agents
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Sept. 26, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the ambush on the entourage of Gov. Babagana…
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Nigeria: Sale of assets as dangerous policy myopia? By Chukwuma Soludo
I have just read the wide media coverage regarding the recommendations of the National Economic Council (NEC) as well as…
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Putting our money where our mouth is By FEMI ADESINA
There is a story that President Muhammadu Buhari likes to tell. He has done so many times in public and…
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Edo election: Shape of things to come? By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 True is the saying that success has many fathers but failure is an orphan! While those…
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Wike: The emerging Champion of the South South By Paulinus Nsirim
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, went to the ancient city of Benin, saw and faced the agents of a siege ,…
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Coalition of leaders: Nigeria’s future and the Constitution By DR. KAZEEM BELLO
After 60 years of independence, we are still deceiving ourselves about governance in Nigeria. While it is true that the…
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Between ‘Dividers-in-Chief’ and ‘Dividers-in-Law’ By Wole Soyinka
I am notoriously no fan of Olusegun Obasanjo, General, twice former president and co-architect with other past leaders of the…
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Alaafin Adeyemi, Bode Thomas, Tinubu, and the Oonirisa By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 You may have heard the story of the very unfortunate encounter between Alaafin Adeniran Adeyemi 11…
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EDO 2020: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…Thanks, but no, thanks! by Tony Usidamen
I watched with rapt attention the video that you made for the people of Edo concerning the 19th September gubernatorial…
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Fuel Subsidy Removal: The needless furore By Maryam I. Shettima
Mr President is in the eye of the storm recently for bravely realizing the inevitable expungement of the fuel subsidy…
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Fuel: The day of reckoning is here By Louis Odion, FNGE
It is a factual error to conflate the subsidy uprising of 2012 and the crisis of 2020. True, both speak…
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Release Opeyemi Owatimeyin now! By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com Reports making the rounds on social media are to the effect that one Opeyemi Owatimeyin has been whisked into…
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Edo: Where two wrongs make a right By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 362 1058 The much talked-about Edo State governorship election comes up next Saturday, 19th September, 2020. The run…
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President Buhari focused on nation building and unity of Nigeria By FEMI ADESINA
To state that we live in challenging times is perhaps an understatement and does very little justice in accurately capturing…
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Dry taps to flow again in Rivers State By Paulinus Nsirim
In continuation of his unwavering commitment to improve the living standards of Rivers people and prepare every sector in the…
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Notes from Ministerial Performance Review Retreat By FEMI ADESINA
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” posits management thinker, Peter Drucker. And that was one of the reasons that…
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Now, your suffering commences… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 An authoritative report once described Nigerians as the happiest people in the world. That report came…
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Of Karma, CAMA, the Church and mushrooming churches – 3 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 In addition to the rants and chants on social media, subtle diplomacy is ongoing on CAMA…
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