Opinion
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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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Buhari’s applause for Akinwumi Adesina By FEMI ADESINA
The strife is o’er, the battle done. But it was by no means easy. It took so much: tact, diplomacy,…
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How Buhari is tackling food inflation in Nigeria By Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the concern of his administration about the sudden spiral of food prices, at a time…
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How Africans under-develop Africa By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 It is a little over 40 years since Dr. Walter Rodney died; the Guyanese radical historian,…
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The Corporate Affairs Controversy BY OKEY IKECHUKWU
The controversy over the revised (and perhaps questionable) 2020 version of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) has taken…
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Of Karma, CAMA, the Church and mushrooming churches (2) By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners’ Chapel has become the whipping boy and fall guy of…
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My Mercedes is bigger than yours By FEMI ADESINA
I am borrowing the title of a 1975 book by Nkem Nwankwo to express my thoughts today. Published by Heinemann…
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UNILAG: And the losers are… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Nigeria’s Ivory Tower fought long, bitterly and hard against the country’s combination of whining civilian administrations…
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Wike’s Olive Branch, sign of true democrat By Paulinus Nsirim
Those who had been stoking the fires of divisive politics and fanning the embers of the politics of bitterness in…
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RE: Edo polls and threats of violence By Paulinus Nsirim
The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to an article titled: “Edo Polls and Threats of Violence”…
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Of Karma, CAMA, the Church, and mushrooming churches (1) By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Karma or the Law of Karma is an expression usually used – though not exactly appropriately…
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Edo: Godwin versus ‘God-sent’ By Louis Odion, FNGE
The Bini word “Nosagie” (“Osagie” for short) translates roughly as “the one sent by God”. For incumbent Edo governor, the…
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I hate trains. I hate bridges. I hate rice. I hate tallest building East of the Niger. By FEMI ADESINA
Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when…
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Funtua: Honour not deserved (4) By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Last June when Mr. Sam Amuka Pemu aka Uncle Sam (pen name, Sad Sam) celebrated his…
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Can Naira be saved from further devaluation? By: SONNY IROCHE
In the complex interrelated Global Macroeconomics dynamics, a country’s currency is determined by a matrix of economic considerations and not…
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Kashamu: The verdict of history By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 In life, he was controversial; in death, no less. Who else but Kashamu Buruji, who boarded…
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Ismaila Isa Funtua: We began as adversaries … By FEMI ADESINA
For decades, I had known him as a politician, businessman, and media entrepreneur. His reputation was as impressive as his…
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The night Carrington staked life for Nigeria’s democracy
By Louis Odion, FNGE Lagos, like other states, was groping in the ghost land that Nigeria had become that dusk…
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Funtua: Honour not deserved (3) By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 We start the third part of our subject matter today with the views of three thoroughbred…
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Chinese African loans in perspective: Facts, records, myths – Nigeria’s case By Dr. Kazeem Bello
There has been recent outcry about the Chinese loans for projects development in Nigeria and its implications for the sovereign…
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With love for my brother, Femi Adesina By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he…
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Why we need to calm down By FEMI ADESINA
There’s this hilarious video that went viral recently. A boy had offended his mother, and was about to get a…
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Funtua, honour not deserved (2) By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The fire stoked by the Nigeria Press Organisation, NPO, comprising the Newspaper Proprietors Association (NPAN),…
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COVID-19: Governor Wike’s succour strategy By Paulinus Nsirim
It is an incontrovertible fact that since the deadly coronavirus pandemic broke out globally, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of…
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A 2023 agenda for southern Nigeria… (3) + Funtua: Honour not deserved… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 I feel the compelling need to yield space to a few of our teeming readers…
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