Category: Column
The unwritten rules of a true democracy
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Approaching the midpoint of a momentous year already defined by dramatic twists and turns, a critical...
Arsenal, at Last
Azu Ishiekwene I love Arsenal fans. I sometimes think there can’t be many of them who won’t make good spouses or lifetime friends. It takes the...
Alausa’s controversial JAMB admission policy for Colleges of Education… By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 (Published in...
The Tinubu Enigma: Part 11: Power, Legacy and the Loneliness of Leadership
By Lanre Ogundipe Power is often imagined as the triumph of arrival. In reality, it is the beginning of isolation. The higher leaders rise within the architecture...
The Illusion of Selective Perception: Ian Smith’s Ugly Cognitive Bias.
A half-century after Ian Smith declared that Black self-rule would inevitably reduce African nations to structural ruin, sewage-lined streets, and...
Atiku,Obi, Kwakwanso,three of a kind
Once again, the country is in the mood of another electoral cycle. The cycle is to usher in a new government in 2027 after the four year tenure of...
How I Returned from the Gate of the Other World (3)
By Hassan Gimba The Arbiter I want to believe Allah (SWT) brought me back to read my scorecard. He does that whenever He wants. All the more reason to forgive...
FMC Owo: Hope fulfilled or hope betrayed?
FMC Owo: Hope fulfilled or hope betrayed? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 It still looks like yesterday when, in 1971,...
South Africa: We are all victims
By abiodun KOMOLAFE South Africa has pursued post-apartheid policies, the consequences of which we are seeing today. The...
The Tinubu Enigma: Part 10: Reform, Pain and the Burden of Power
By Lanre Ogundipe There is a profound difference between winning power and governing a distressed state. Politics rewards optimism. Campaigns thrive on promises,...
