Opinion
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Tinubu and The Patriots: Putting the cart before the horse? By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Last week, in the middle of the #ENDBADGOVERNANCE protests, an assemblage of eminent Nigerians visited President…
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Kalu, Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo! By Emeka Obasi
Gradually, we are approaching the end of the Civil War, fifty four long years after General Philip Effiong took the…
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Domestic violence, the rage and mutilation of Nigerian passport: The implications By Dr. Charles Okafor
The lady who publicly tore her husband’s Nigerian Standard Passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, Nigeria over…
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Still living in denial By Alabi Williams
12 August 2024There is evidence that government has refused to learn lessons from the anti-hunger/EndBadGovernance protests. That much is perceived…
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Yoruba’s spirit of resistance By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 12 August, 2024 The king in pre-colonial Oyo had power over everything. He determined who lived and who died.…
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For Sanwo-Olu’s Lagos tenants and landlords By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 12 August, 2024 Some 200 years ago, someone could whimsically deport someone from a part of this country to…
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Nigeria and the symbolism of the Paris Olympics By Dakuku Peterside
Nations, diplomacy, and sports are interwoven. Sports persons and sports teams are, in a sense, representatives of and mirrors of…
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The python and Tinubu-North’s matrimony By Festus Adedayo
Sunday, August 11, 2024 Undoubtedly, the political matrimony between President Bola Tinubu and Northern Nigeria is at Talaq stage. Talaq…
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That coup in the North and the Federation Account By Yushau Shuaib
The terrifying videos were not from Hollywood movies but scenes from Northern Nigeria during the #EndBadGovernance protest. The so-called protesters…
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End bad governance protests: The rage next time… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Yesterday, the #ENDBADGOVERNANCE protests ran its full gamut. In the days, weeks, months and years to…
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GMO Foods – A sustainable path to improved food security By Grace Yussuf
The benefits of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in agriculture for sustainable food production and improved food security came to the…
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The trouble with Tinubu By Azu Ishiekwene
Almost everyone thinks they know what is wrong with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his government, except Tinubu himself. And…
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Unlocking immense value in Zenith Bank’s Hybrid Rights Issue and Public Offer
Zenith Bank Plc, in a significant move to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) new minimum capital requirement of…
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Nigerian hospitals: Now worse than mere consulting centres? By Bola BOLAWOLE (Yusuph OLANIYONU)
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The story you are about to read is an abridged version of the true life experience of…
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My Seventh Decade: Writing my Autobiography to Reflect and Therapize By Isaac Megbolugbe
Gratitude, But So What? As I entered my seventh decade of life in 2022, I felt an overwhelming sense of…
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Nigeria: How did we get here? By Jeff Godwin Doki Ph. D
Oedipus Rex, that Greek mythology which has been popularised by Sophocles and Nigeria’s Ola Rotimi, presents to us a king…
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Protest: What Tinubu’s speech should have stressed – Peter Obi (Full text)
My Response to the President’s Address – Obi Having led the call for the President to address the nation and…
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Protesters of the North By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 5 August, 2024 They did what locusts do to farms. They spared almost nothing. They ate road slabs, pilfered…
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Tinubu, beware the gathering dark clouds (1) By Hassan Gimba
This was published on 10/05/2024, precisely five months ago. Was I clairvoyant? No, the signs were there for all to…
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Perspectives on #EndBadGovernance protests By Dakuku Peterside
We are witnessing some of the worst anti-government protests in our recent democratic history, fuelled by economic hardship, hunger and…
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NNPC Ltd: An all-round asset to Nigeria By Olufemi Soneye
In its editorial of 2nd August, 2024, the BusinessDay newspaper, characteristically, launched another scurrilous and baseless attack on the Nigerian…
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The protest, M̀gbekē and her cutlass By Festus Adedayo
Sunday August 4, 2024 There is this anecdote in Igboland of M̀gbekē and her cutlass. By the way, M̀gbekē is…
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‘Our government is committed to listening, addressing concerns of our citizens’ – Tinubu (Read full speech here)
BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA…
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Underage admissions controversy: The way forward By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Visit any of our institutions of higher learning and you begin to see toddler-undergraduates all over…
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Venezuela in the valley of hope By Nixon Uzoma
Venezuela was the first Latin American country I ever visited in 2001. It was a land awash with wealth as…
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