Opinion
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From the N’East with good tidings By Femi Adesina
Who feels it knows it all. Perhaps the region most affected by the insurgency that almost strangulated the country since…
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The Collapse of the Nigerian Tripod By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigeria today stands on wobbly legs, and what needs to be done to make the country to stand steady and…
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A professor’s analysis of the growing ‘japa’ syndrome By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Professor Babafemi Badejo is not a stranger to this column. Today he takes a look at…
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For judges and teachers By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 9 January, 2023 Six weeks after the civil war ended in 1970, Chief Obafemi Awolowo as Vice Chairman of…
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‘Curious travail of INEC Chairman, CBN Governor’ By MARTINS OLOJA
As in ‘Alice in Wonderland’, it is getting ‘curiouser and curiouser’ that a few weeks to a critical general election,…
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NDDC: Fractured but unbroken By Dakuku Peterside
The inauguration of the Management Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) last week, the second under President Buhari,…
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Murder so cruel By Festus Adedayo
January 8, 2023 The murders of Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, a few hours after the new year, have made me…
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Onanuga, Alake and Obaigbena at Thessalonica By Festus Adedayo
To many, the recent virulent attacks and counter attacks by top Nigerian journalists, served a la carte to the world,…
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Buba Marwa shows we can do it By FEMI ADESINA
It was raging debate at a time in the country, when the land was beleaguered and almost totally asphyxiated by…
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The trouble with Obasanjo’s wish By Azu Ishiekwene
I’m sure he expected the firestorm. As is his custom, he primed and released it to explode at his own…
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My life or his publicity? When Zulum made a call By Isa Gusau
Our boss, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, my family and closest friends wouldn’t like what I am about to publicly reveal.…
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How peace can return to the South East By Evangelist Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko
On first January 2023, I was forced to break my self-imposed silence over the impasse in the land, after reading…
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Factoring Nostradamus into our 2023 plans By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 This is the period of the year when people make their New Year’s resolution, which is…
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Surviving 2023 By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 02 January, 2023 “How can they change to a currency that is not in circulation?” my friend asked me.…
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2023: The paradox of choice By Dakuku Peterside
2023 for Nigerians is about choice and with choice comes consequences. We face critical decisions on many issues that will…
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A matter of justice: Why voting Peter Obi makes Biblical sense By Isuwa Atsen, PhD
In this short essay, I attempt an exercise in Christian political theology in the context of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election.…
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Kukah don’t cook me nonsense By Femi Adesina
Under the camouflage of ‘speaking truth to power,’ it has become a regular thing for the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto…
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Tribute to George Obiozor By Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu
Dear Amb Okey Emuchay, MFR; and the Igbo Nation, “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a…
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What you might expect in 2023 By Azu Ishiekwene
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be shaken to its foundations, but it will survive. The most problematic question…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke: One month after mounting the saddle By Mallam Olawale Rasheed
Assuming office under a very hostile environment can be quite challenging. For Governor Ademola Adeleke, the battle for the Governorship…
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Buhari’s parting gift of a bleak Christmas By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Whereas Christians in many parts of the world celebrate December 25 every year as Christmas Day…
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Their 8,300 kilometres of lies: A short story By Felix Oboagwina
Brother Goke, could I have a word with you? How are you, Deacon, and how are Madam and the children?…
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Peter Obi: Time to destroy this temple By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 26 December, 2022 There is a trending video of a senile Paul Biya, President of Cameroon, at the just…
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Five lessons 2022 taught us about politics and nationhood By Dakuku Peterside
The year 2022 is winding up. High-level political activities characterised it – from the dramatic to the absurd. Highwire political…
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Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga: Guilty as charged? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Sunday Tribune, 25 December 2022 Celebrated and accomplished journalists and writers, lawyers of immense stature, and…
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