Opinion

(In celebration of the Black history month!) For the purpose of this soliloquy, we will describe descendants of former slaves in the United State as Black Americans while their cousins who arrived as immigrants these 20th and 21st centuries as African Immigrants, just to draw a distinction. Why is there …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Wednesday, 2 February, 2022). When Prof. Ishaq Oloyede ended his first five-year tenure as the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on July 30, 2021, many were apprehensive he might not receive the nod of the appointing authorities for a second term in …

Enugu State is a peaceful state in Nigeria. Last week, the Messengers of Peace Foundation awarded ‘Most Peaceful Governor in Nigeria’ to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. This is a testament to the comparative claim of nirvana in Nigeria. Peace is good. Peace means justice: No justice, no peace! We want peace …

Monday, 31 January, 2022) How do you address a people who create a situation and then turn round to play the victim? The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, talked tough in a Sun newspaper interview at the weekend. He said any southerner hoping to …

Polemics, without unduly or intentionally sounding hypercritically alarmist; but equally, not without good reasons to pretend otherwise and implicitly imply there is no cause for alarm; is seriously concerned on the burdensome, increasing worrisome spectres and prospects of what lies ahead as the ultimate political fate of Abia State in …

Symbols, like gestures, are central features of organised human society. They are crucial for constructing or interpreting meanings and ideations. Few universal symbols permeate all cultures and communities, but most symbols found their usage and resonance within specific societies. Humans across generations have used these symbols to communicate meaning and …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I read my brother and friend’s treatise on the 52nd Convocation Ceremony of the University of Lagos – A Quick Return to UNILAG – and was enthralled. Professor Babafemi Badejo of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, is no stranger to readers of my columns in the Sunday Tribune …

It is important to remind all the parties, particularly the two major National parties – All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the idea of North/South political rotation in Nigeria is a historic principle holding Nigeria together that was bequeathed to Nigeria’s future generation by the founding …

January 28, 2022 The increasing gruesome killings of women, especially young girls, for money rituals by bloodthirsty, heartless and desperate Yahoo boys are worrisome. The craze for quick money, fame and material wealth is driving the inordinate propensity of our youths into despicable and fetish practices like diverse blood rituals, …

President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Professor (Ambassador) George Obiozor has said that there are many competent personalities in Igboland who “can confront and solve Nigeria’s perennial and endemic socio-political problems and guarantee peaceful coexistence for all the citizens regardless of ethnicity, religion or race,” and called on all the parties …

Our attention has been drawn to a write up titled: “RIVERS AIRCRAFT: AGAIN WIKE LIED AGAINST AMAECHI, by George Tolofari, former Rivers State Commissioner of Transport (2007-2015), dated, January 26, 2022. We are truly amazed at the sheer desperation with which Mr. Tolofari and indeed several key figures of the …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Babafemi Ojudu is in the news – but again for the wrong reason. The first time Ojudu missed his steps was when he regaled the world with the story of the Sunday Igboho he claimed to know. This time around, Ojudu went on the roof top …

I read the piece that Prince Kassim Afegbua had to do about the 2023 elections and how he expended a lot of energy in trying to de-market his principal in the 2019 presidential election. It is confounding to see that the Atiku Abubakar which Afegbua riled in his outburst is …

Monday, 24 January, 2022) Some people sold their father’s land to purchase guns; now that war is in their home, they are begging for where to stand on to use the weapons. I got that sense from an elder some days ago as we agonised over the destruction of the …

Last week, we metaphorically likened presidential aspirants to masquerades stepping out for the proverbial election dance come 2023. We tried to articulate the qualities and competencies candidates must have to gain the attention and trust of the electorate. We further, argued that this is the best time for us to …

Obi Cubana is not just a patron of the arts, but an artiste in his own right. Take the message from the master minstrel, Gerald Eze, the genius of the Igbo musical instruments Oja and Uboaka, who jammed with Obi Cubana in Abuja as a forerunner to the Christmas festivities. …

During a visit to Lagos on an advocacy campaign on the need for the diversification of the Nigerian economy in 2004, the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Engineer Hamman Tukur told the then Governor Bola Tinubu that any local government created outside the constitution was …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Another General Election is approaching, and partisan politics is in the air again – filled with its treachery and betrayals, nights of long knives, wisdom and tomfoolery, promises and deceits, hopes and frustrations with sharks and hawks of all hues jostling for supremacy. The doves and …

Our attention has been drawn to an article titled: “Gov Wike and the Soot Scandal” published by Dr. Ugoji Egbujo in his ‘Frank and Fair’ column, of the Vanguard Newspaper, January 22, 2022. Considering the obvious fact that this writer, often regarded with good reason too, as a complete hack …

“I have used Owerri/Orlu road, now under reconstruction. A lot of work is going on there, including on Sundays. I couldn’t believe it. But it made me happy and pleasantly surprised. You and the Governor must continue along this trajectory. My people, Ndigbo say: “Agbachaa  oso, aguwa mile.” The above was …

A deal would enable Britain to practice the free trade it has long preached and represent recognition by a G7 economy of the benefits of African unity, writes President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria Two years after the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, my country Nigeria and her African …

It’s Friday in Anambra. It’s a beautiful day broken by the sight of the greeny beauty of Agulu lake. The snaky body of water, also known as Ezu Agulu yet more widely worshipped as Idemili by the more than 10 communities congenitally tied to the river from the outflow of …

January 21, 2022 A Lagos based businessman called to ask for help because he wanted to “secure” his wife so she can always obey him. “When I had money, I was ‘king’ to her and her family but since things have not been rosy with me in recent times, my …

On August 27, 1985, he was taken out of Dodan Barracks, the then seat of government, in Ikoyi, Lagos, by those who had overthrown him in what was popularly called a palace coup. President Muhammadu Buhari was not to return to a place that was his abode for 20 months, …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Expectedly, it has been torrents of hails and brimstones since Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially declared his intention to contest the presidency in 2023. Tinubu lovers have also responded in kind; “arguments for” and “arguments against” rent the air as the contenders compete for supremacy. The …