Category: Column

2027: Concensus as APC litmus test

      Since the beginning of the Fourth Republic in 1999 and the first cycle election in 2023,none of the three previous Governors in Ogun state have been...

The Tinubu Enigma- Part 7: The Economics of Power — Money, Resources and Political Sustainability

By Lanre Ogundipe   If Part 6 examined the intelligence that drives President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political method, the next layer of analysis must confront a...

Journalism has changed; don’t you think?

Journalism has changed; don’t you think?   “Comment is free, but facts are sacred”- Charles Prestwich Scott.   By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705...

When ABUAD bows for BAO

  By abiodun KOMOLAFE           “Building Legacies: Governance, Successor-generation and Continuity”, a lecture delivered by Governor...

Amupitan’s Yanga Wakes Trouble

  By Azu Ishiekwene   Six months after his appointment as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan...

Pat Utomi: An economic buccaneer flirting with intellectualism

Pat Utomi: An economic buccaneer flirting with intellectualism   By Sunday Dare     Professor Pat Utomi has once again chosen to dance naked in the public...

The Tinubu Enigma Part 6: Political Intelligence as Power — The Mind Behind the Machine

The Tinubu Enigma Part 6: Political Intelligence as Power — The Mind Behind the Machine By Lanre Ogundipe If Part 5 examined the structure of power surrounding...

Terrorism: Of Sovereignty, Help from Outside

    Sovereignty is the supreme, absolute power and authority of a state to govern itself, manage its own affairs, and make laws within its territory without...

How Troops arrested 15-year-old who took part in killing of Gen. Braimah, others 

      Troops of Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have nabbed a 15-year-old boy, who identified himself simply as Tijjani, for...

Jos killings: Between President Tinubu and Governor Mutfwang…

Jos killings: Between President Tinubu and Governor Mutfwang…   By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058   “I am proud of the Senate of the...