Opinion
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Kogi government and its macabre dance By Sufuyan Ojeifo
Still smarting from the national embarrassment of topping the odious table of states that have not been able to…
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Decentralising port operations and ending the chaos in Lagos By Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa
LAST week, I was trapped for hours on the Isolo-Apapa Expressway in an unprecedented traffic gridlock. Many lanes of the…
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Gov. Kayode Fayemi’s 14 ‘wise men’
By Ayodele Oni At last, Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, early this week forwarded to the State’s House of…
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New mandate: By God and Rivers people By Simeon Nwakaudu
There are several Biblical Guides to courage and victory in the face of extreme ungodly obstacles. One of such guides…
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Osun election petition tribunal verdict: One leg off… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last Friday’s decision of the Osun election petition tribunal to shoot down the All Progressives Congress and…
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Between Ozekhome and Omatseye’s Goebbelian vituperations By Dr Ademola Adegoke
The pen is ordinarily a sword of justice; a tool for pounding oppressors and elevating heroes of democracy and rule…
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Opinion: Osun Guber Election: Time to stand for Truth By Olawale Rasheed
(Opinion article sent in just before the Tribunal ruling declaring Senator Ademola Adeleke winner of the Osun State governorship election)…
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Basic education for Nigeria’s poor By Aniebo Nwamu
Suddenly, attention is shifting to Okotie-Eboh Primary School in Delta State. A video that has gone viral on social media…
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The many ‘sins’ of Isiaka Ajimobi By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Reading my “Now Amosun, Okorocha have repeated OGD’s mistakes…” (“TREASURES” column, New Telegraph of Wednesday, 13…
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Nigeria 2019: Notes from the field By Reuben Abati
Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just…
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Thank you Ochendo By Godwin Adindu
“If you are incapable of gratitude, you are incapable of noble sentiments. Even animals are grateful,” — By Sir George Bernard…
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Ozekhome: Fanning embers of disunity and subjugation of Igbo race By FEMI ADESINA
On February 27, 2019, lawyer and activist, Mike Ozekhome, wrote a piece under the headline, ‘Buhari’s skewed view of…
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PMB, the principalities and powers By FEMI ADESINA
Twice on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari displayed an uncommon generosity of spirit. We had set forth at dawn, shortly before…
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Things that pertain to our peace By FEMI ADESINA
I’d never had the head for figures. In fact, the enmity between me and mathematics was so bad that if…
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Onnoghen: Is Buhari a hostage? By Sufuyan Ojeifo
Who misadvised President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Samuel Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, using the…
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2019, Yoruba interests, and Osinbajo’s vaulting ambition – IV By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Now, are the Igbo marginalised in the scheme of things in Nigeria? On the economic front, they…
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The Atiku Abubakar Option By UZOMA O NWAGWU
Tues Jan 8, my arrival at Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja coincided with the arrival of the Presidential delegation…
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Peter Obi, Nigeria’s game changer By Uche Amunike
Choosing Peter Obi as the Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was a great delight to Nigerians…
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Obi a tribal bigot? No Sir, Mallam El-Rufai By Esin Etim Esin
In all human societies, the Almighty God and Creator has always implanted people with a sense of propriety who serve…
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A break from ASUU and orthodox education By Aniebo Nwamu
What would happen if the Nigerian government proscribed ASUU, NASU, NANS and their cousins in polytechnics and colleges of education?…
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Nigeria’s online travel booking space in search of real value By Gideon Ayogu
Although boasting a lot of potential, Nigeria’s travel and tourism industry has remained in a state of near-misses and failed…
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2019, Yoruba interests, and Osinbajo’s vaulting ambition (11) By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I will be economical with the truth if I say I did not expect the avalanche…
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Appreciating Ugwuanyi’s passion for his people By Louis Amoke
Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, through his recent assistance to victims of fire outbreaks in the state, to…
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2019: Yoruba interests and Osinbajo’s vaulting ambition – 1 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Once again, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stirred the hornets’ nest with his garrulous postulation that the 2019…
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Gani Adams and the preservation of indigenous culture By Tayo Ogunbiyi
On 13th January 13, 2018, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, officially installed Iba Gani Abiodun Adams 15th Aare Onakakanfo…
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