Category: Analysis

The Salvo From Boss Mustapha

By Kazeem Akintunde Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Boss Mustapha, raised the political barometer in the country a notch higher last week...

Akeredolu’s cenotaph of controversy: A rejoinder

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1 My phone rang on Thursday, 26 June, 2025 and a long-standing friend was on the line. “I know you are from...

APC, ADC: Spot the difference!

APC, ADC: Spot the difference! By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 “ They initially romanced SDP; then discovered that it was purportedly one of the many...

Vox populi: Akeredolu’s cenotaph of controversy

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058   What a cenotaph! And what a controversy! What memories – bitter and sweet – of the dead!...

Ganduje: Why are they resigning?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533   Three highbrow resignations of recent are those of the presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale; the NNPC...

Nuclear Truths and Selective Justice: The Treaty and the West’s Dance With ‘Hypocrity’ (2)

By Hassan Gimba Of course, one must ask that question because everyone, especially those accusing Iran of inching towards acquiring the nuclear bomb, knew it was not so....

Osun APC guber ticket: Aspirants emerge, battle lines drawn

  By abiodun KOMOLAFE With the 2026 Osun gubernatorial contest, slated for Saturday, August 8, 2026, it is not surprising that the jockeying to win the governorship...

THE UNFINISHED LIFE OF OMOLOLU OLUNLOYO

    By Dare Babarinsa Politics is a complicated game. Nigerian politics is even more complicated. Yoruba politics is the most complicated, with its nuances,...

FG, NUJ on Yahaya Bello: Insensitivity, impunity or what?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0907 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 I thought I was seeing double when I first saw the report on social media that the Nigeria Union...

Makinde’s N63bn bogus renovation budget

  The approval last week by the Oyo State House of Assembly the sum of N63 billion naira by Governor Seyi Makinde to renovate the states government house to say the...