Opinion
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Does it still make sense to trust Tinubu? By Azu Ishiekwene
This was tough to write. My heart resisted it, but I yielded to my head. The petrol in my car,…
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Fresh insights into the power sector By Dr Ronke Adewale-Johnson
“It’s an unfathomable paradox”, ruefully stated the woman sitting next to me at the discussion segment of the three-day Energy…
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Professor Ishaq Oloyede at 70… By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Everyone knows what is good; why they cannot imitate it is what baffles me! Or are…
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TRIBUTE: How Justice Emmanuel Ayoola changed my world. A father and confidant By Sir Folu Olamiti
It was happenstance I least expected that Monday morning of 1999. I had dressed up to go to work as…
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Immigration Service: Special promotions as disincentive to professionalism By Dr. Charles Okafor
In any organisation, and more so, the Military and Para- Military institutions, promotions are earned, not given. Officers and men…
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Agenda for Tinubu’s National Youth Conference By Alabi Williams
14 October 2024 The offer by President Bola Tinubu to address the diverse challenges and opportunities confronting young people via…
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Petrol price as slow poison By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 14 October, 2024 On May 25, 2020, George Floyd of Minneapolis repeatedly pleaded for reprieve. “I can’t breathe,” he…
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The log in your eye By Hassan Gimba
There is a phrase that has gained widespread currency across the world: “Physician, heal thyself.” Not many know it is…
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Of men of God, Lamborghini and Rolls Royce… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The first item that caught my attention on Facebook penultimate Wednesday was Mr. Nsikak Essien’s page.…
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Zinox celebrates 23 years of groundbreaking achievements in technology, innovation
Zinox Technologies, Nigeria’s premier technology company, founded by Forbes Best of Africa’s Leading Tech Icon Leo Stan Ekeh, marked its…
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Did a ring kill Ayinla Omowura? By Festus Adedayo
October 13, 2024 Obviously, because I am the unauthorised biographer of Ayinla Omowura, the musical enfant terrible of Yorubaland of…
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Rivers of crises By Dakuku Peterside
The ongoing economic crisis has reached every corner of the nation, touching the rich and poor, urban and rural dwellers…
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Examining the President’s T-Pain alias By Festus Adedayo
Sunday, October 13, 2024 In Arabian folklore, the genie is a spirit depicted as being imprisoned inside a bottle or…
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“Five more ‘tactical errors’ Tinubu must clear” By Emmanual Ogebe (FEEDBACK)
Inside Stuff With MARTINS OLOJA, “The Guardian” October 12, 2024, Back Page Media veteran Martins Oloja’s piece on “Five Tactical…
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President Tinubu must avert a Sahara Energy war on Ogoni – By Fegalo Nsuke
The unfortunate story of the Ogoni repression has too many instances of avoidable mistakes. The first was the failure of…
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Diri’s “Professorial” outing on federalism in Nsukka! By Kola Oredipe
There was no contention as to his brilliance on the day. He truly justified his nomination and invitation as Guest…
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Living in the fear of God By Anthony Akubue
Throughout the history of Christianity, it has been a practiced ideal to make room for the stranger until that stranger…
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How Africa is paying for pursuit of the last Hamas By Azu Ishiekwene
When the Israeli-Hamas war started one year ago, it didn’t look like it would last long. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Is the almajiri system being imported into the South-west? By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpoint@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 I witnessed the debate about who owns the home between the man and woman fortuitously last Monday…
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Femi Adesina: Service and imperishable legacies By ORI OWAN
It was the famous writer, Chinua Achebe, who said “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the…
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South West politicians’ lip service to development (3) By MARTINS OLOJA
Let’s continue with the vital questions to our leaders in Western Nigeria on the points at issue in this serial…
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Reflections on Independence By Alabi Williams
07 October 2024 After his Independence Day anniversary speech last week, President Tinubu proceeded on a two-week vacation to the United Kingdom.…
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Rivers: Beyond Wike and Fubara By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 7 October, 2024 Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells…
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Thoughts on Nigeria’s food insecurity By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria is grappling with a multitude of significant challenges, each akin to a ‘ticking time bomb’ that threatens national stability.…
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Day NLNG ‘shocked’ me By Gabriel Akinadewo
I had planned to attend the 8th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Lokoja, Kogi…
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