Opinion
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From Lagos to Ilorin to Ife… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The past many days, starting from Saturday, December 4, 2021, witnessed, for me, a flurry of…
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Aku and the journey to the home – Some considerations for Ndi Igbo By Paschal Emeka Egerue
The Igbos have this belief that they are of Jewish stock. Often times, other people who are not Igbos join…
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Massey Street Children’s Hospital: Letter to Gov. Sanwo-Olu
Family seeks State’s posthumous honour for Hospital’s First Medical Doctor: Dr. Oguntola Odunbaku Sapara By Cynthia Sapara Your Excellency Sir,…
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2023: Open Letter to H.E. Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia
Dear Jagaban I wish to congratulate Your Excellency, Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the giant strides you have made…
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Bisi Akande and Nigeria’s Last Puritan By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 13 December 2021 There is a huge noise over Chief Bisi Akande’s autobiography released on Thursday, December 4, 2021…
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Akintoye: A response to critics By Bolanle Bolawole
t urnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last week’s “The travails of Prof. Akintoye” attracted reaction from far and near. Some of…
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Dissecting Lai Mohammed at 70 By Felix Oboagwina
“Lai Mohammed just entered!” someone in our group whispered, as the lone figure sauntered into the departure lounge of the…
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Agenda 23 for Soludos of South East and Politics By Chukwuma ShaFT AMaram (Polemics)
Perceived or tangible gains, direct influence, and impacts on South East politics in 2023 general elections, following Prof. Charles Chukwuma…
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We’re not all gloom and doom, are we? By FEMI ADESINA
Let’s go down memory lane. In May, 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari had led the Nigerian delegation to London to attend…
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Kokori ignites old-time fire at Michael Imoudu Institute … By Bola Bolawole
turnpoit@gmail.com 807 552 5533 Frank Kokori, remember him? He was the petite but fire-spitting General Secretary of NUPENG who led…
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FROM TAKING IT WITH CONSENT TO HACKING IT WITH CONTEMPT OUTSIDE THE BOX BY ALEX OTTI
Email:alexottiofr@gmail.com “If you lay with a scorpion, don’t be surprised when it finally stings you.” ―DaShanne Stokes One fateful day,…
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The Christmas gift Nigerians deserve By Dakuku Peterside
Though a Christian celebration, Christmas has turned into a cosmopolitan, cultural, and social celebration marked and enjoyed worldwide by different…
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The travails of Prof. Banji Akintoye By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Prof. Adebanji Stephen Akintoye, erstwhile chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities…
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Still on the South-west and religious bigotry By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 A saying of the elders is that for as long as lice persist on the head,…
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Ember Dismemberment 2 By Martins Onyeike
As a follow-up to the first part of this piece, this “ember” season is proving to live up to its…
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Lori Iro: The evil that lie merchants do By FEMI ADESINA
You have probably seen something on social media, which I consider a parody of lie merchants against our country. We…
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King Herod and the Nigerian state By Lasisi Olagunju (MONDAY LINES)
Monday, 29 November, 2021 A month from now, it will be over for the year 2021; a new year will…
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EndSARS: Legal competence of Panels of Inquiry on Police – Keyamo erred gravelly in law and logic By Dr. ONYEKACHI UBANI
The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Dr. Monday. O. Ubani, has dismissed as…
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A Generation Ambushed By Drugs By Dakuku Peterside .
Nelson Mandela, the legendary African anti-apartheid fighter, said the future belongs to the youth, but Barak Obama qualified it by…
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APGA, Soludo may take over South East in 2023 polls if… By Chukwuma Amaram (Polemics)
Which of the following assertions or statements is more correct? Spectacular performance of APGA’s political machinery culminated in spectacular victory…
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Rotation, Federal Character and the Two-Term provision By Okechukwu Edward Okeke
The key terms of this essay are the three phrases of its title: rotation, federal character and two-term provision. Here…
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The Political Economy of Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform By Professor Kingsley Moghalu
Being a Public Lecture by Professor Kingsley Moghalu, OON, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford Oxford Martin School University of…
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Adegoke: Hotels and Risk of Ritual Deaths By Michael West
November 26, 2021 Perilous time is here! One of the cheapest commodities in Nigeria these days is death. It…
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Buhari’s ‘DEEL’ with Nigerian youths By Femi Adesina
What’s the deal for youths in the country, particularly from the Muhammadu Buhari administration? That is a question that often…
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