Category: Analysis

Kaduna and the meaning of Tinubu’s second march

    By Tunde Rahman   History has a way of choosing its own geography. When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu chose Kaduna to flag off his 2027 re-election...

The north's tadpoles and Deborah Yakubu

Monday Lines 1 :Peter Obi and his Igbo backers

    By Lasisi Olagunju       Where is Peter Obi? Someone asked that question last Friday. Why, he wondered, had he been somewhat quiet lately?...

Why they must attack Iran again. And again

  By Hassan Gimba “And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the...

Convocating a galaxy of stars in a troubled world…

    By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058.       The above title is a combination of the theme of the 5th convocation ceremony of...

2027: Wike’s Rainbow Coalition, Tinubu’s deft moves.

    Since the beginning of the political romance between FCT Minister, Nyesome Wike and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu some months prior to the 2023...

Makinde’s claim on N250billion  NLNG dividends false-FG

      The Federal government has responded to Oyo state Governor Seyi Makinde claim that it is sitting on NLNG N250billion fund as false and issue that...

Rule of Law, Nigeria’s only hope of survival (2)

    The first instalment of this article was published last week. Originally published in December 2021, I feel compelled to republish it now because its...

Still on the conversion of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic to a university…

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058   There is this saying that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well. What this means is that if a...

We Cannot Have A Criminal Justice System Run By Criminals –SDP’s Presidential Candidate Adebayo 

    The 2027 Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo has promised to overhaul the Nigerian Criminal system in a way...

AI to affect 40% of global jobs, urges policy reforms- IMF boss

      Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, says Artificial Intelligence (AI) could affect about 40 per cent of jobs...