Opinion

Democracy thrives with the rule of law. The fundamental principle is that the law is always supreme and must be the guiding spirit of all actions in public life. Those who fail to abide by the letter and spirit of the law get punished. If a law is found wanting …

The belief in several quarters that Nigeria is currently on auto-pilot has been given a bad bashing by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. It’s indeed striking that Tambuwal who doubles as the Chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum stresses that Nigeria is in a …

Monday, 11 April, 2022 Are we being ruled by coincidences or by conspiracies? There was a British passenger liner, the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic. It was a ship of luxury boasts that was built to sail forever; but it sank in the night of 14-15 April, 1912 during its …

I resisted the temptation to be surprised when I read that Mr. Adams Oshiomhole has declared his intention to run for the Edo North Senatorial District’s seat against the backdrop of his orchestrated media blitzkrieg for several months, pretending not to be interested in what looks like ‘he’s being prodded …

Permit me to begin this piece by congratulating the new kid on the block; Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo on his inauguration as the new Governor of Anambra state. Albeit the swearing-in ceremony was a low-key one, it was however made eventful by the theatrics of an unexpected dramatis personae. In …

Let’s start with a caveat: free comments are part of democracy, and so this is not an attempt to muzzle anyone. Nobody should come and shout, oh, they don’t want us to say our minds again. They want to padlock our mouths. Not at all. President Muhammadu Buhari is not …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is not a flippant person; neither is he a busybody and meddlesome interloper. He is a reticent person, self-effacing and not like many other pastors who hug the limelight, puff and …

We are moved to respond to the infantile, ignorant, pedestrian, low quality, confused and rambling response of Garba Shehu, spokesman of the so-called Presidency, an amorphous entity, to the fact-filled patriotic, well thought out chronicle of the dire living conditions of Nigerians by the PDP Governors in their communiqué of …

The rejected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) fantasy communiqué is a work of fiction by those who truly believe black is white and one plus one equals three. This statement of the delusional seeks to cover up the serial and criminal failures of the PDP’s long and damaging period in office, …

Two souls stood in the presence of their Maker in the beforelife, to hear what destinies they should follow on earth. “Each of you will live illustrious lives in one and the same Land,” they were told. “Each of you will marry your wives and bear a suitable cluster of …

Monday, 4 April, 2022 A nation goes irretrievably bad when bad things happen and the powerful decree against mentioning or discussing them, or, even, accepting that they are happening at all. Every worthy news manager in Nigeria today is very familiar with the strains and stresses of reporting the attacks …

Atiku Abubakar: PDP’s only realistic path to Aso Rock  This assertion somewhat sounds blunt, unapologetic and arrogant coming from an APC stalwart. Sadly, it is the plain truth, given the moment, times and seasons we are in. The stakes are high, the country is polarized and the optics are unpredictable. There …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Sunday, April 3, 2022). “When you have a government in place, the major responsibility of that government, especially a democratic one, which was elected by the people, is to ensure the safety of life and property of innocent citizens. When things like this continue on a …

  Some members of the Class of 1977 of Madonna High School, Ihitte, Imo State, in Nigeria have paid a condolence visit to the family of their departed classmate, High Chief (Dr) Rt Hon Stanford Onyirimba, a former Majority Leader of the Imo State House of Assembly. Sir Onyirimba, also …

A survivor of the deadly bombing by terrorists of the Abuja to Kaduna passenger train on Monday, Anas Iro Danmusa, has given a vivid account of how Facebook and other social media platforms triggered activities that led to the swift intervention of the military and other security agencies leading to …

Haters of God and humanity struck on Monday, bombing the Abuja-Kaduna train. They then proceeded to open fire on passengers of the immobilized coaches. It was premeditated murder from the very bottom of hell. See the toll of the carnage. Promising lives, cut short. Destinies terminated. Hopes and plans, ruptured. …

The recent sponsored video publicity of Dr. Pedro Obaseki captioned: “PDP 2023: The Arithmetics of Zoning” refers. The said video seems quite interesting and captivating particularly for the undiscerning. The analysis therein looks more like a mere academic exercise that is skillfully crafted, arranged, packaged to suit the predestinated purpose …

The expanded and upgraded Eti Osa Lekki-Epe Expressway and Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge represent two of the laudable infrastructure assets that set Lagos on global map, but undue politicisation almost frustrated their actualisation were it not for the tenacity of the state government. Even years after the successful execution of the …

  turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Against the expectations of many, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) wobbled and fumbled through into a successful – for so it seems for now – national convention last Saturday. The house many had thought would collapse did not after all! APC managed to cobble …

Monday, 28 March, 2022) I saw two bearded, bitter members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Channels TV late last week lamenting. They said ex-PDP leaders were taking over the house they built. They fretted and lamented what was about to happen to their tendency at the party’s national …

Feelers indicate that Amazon may now be ready to explore what the continent has to offer on the e-commerce front but the nous and experience of indigenous giants such as Konga will come in handy if it is not to stumble heavily in Africa’s biggest market It is no longer …

The Case for an Igbo President of Nigeria by Chuks Iloegbunam; Press Alliance Network Limited, Lagos; 2007; 117pp It is 52 long years since the much-ballyhooed end of the Nigeria-Biafra war, yet nobody from the losing end of the war has served as the president of the country. The matter …

turnot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 A comrade, Tony Iyare, asked why I had not yet commented on the show of shame, as many have described it, at my – and his – alma mater, the erstwhile University of Ife (established in 1962 but renamed the Obafemi Awolowo University in 1988 in …

  March 25, 2022 There are parents and there are good parents! There are parents who can lay down their lives in defence of their children. Such parents don’t mind going naked in order to clothe their children. It is such sacrificing parents that will sell their treasures to finance …

A lot of auguries have attended the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), which holds a crucial National Convention on Saturday. And most of the prognostications have not been good. Implosion. Explosion. Schism. Scatter, are some of the words often used to describe the fate that would befall the party. But …