Category: Column
Saving the Police from Itself
By Azu Ishiekwene When six states in Nigeria’s South-West zone came together in January 2020 to create Amotekun, a regional security outfit to confront...
USA versus Iran: Two-of-a-kind, six-and-half-a-dozen?
USA versus Iran: Two-of-a-kind, six-and-half-a-dozen? By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer and thinker (1828...
Cybercrime Act: Is Nigeria Re-Inventing Decree 4 in the Digital Age?
By Lanre Ogundipe “When laws meant to pursue criminals begin to pursue journalists, democracy must ask whether history is quietly repeating itself.” Nigeria enacted...
Border Communities:Letter to Gov Dapo Abiodun and Legislators: Let Ogun Border Communities Breathe
Where Are our Legislators? This letter was first published on December 18,2023. In spite of new developments along the axis, what we have remains a tokenism...
Tolulope Arotile: Six years after…
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Our people have so many sayings that are meant to serve as a caution in case you think you or anyone for that...
Tax reforms and Nigeria’s new social contract
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The recent 10-point statement by Zacch Adelabu Adedeji, Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), offers a glimpse into a...
Reforming Nigeria’s Policing: Learning from Federal Models Without Losing National Control
By Lanre Ogundipe “Security institutions demand patience. When power outruns structure, protection can become oppression.” Nigeria’s worsening security crisis has...
*What the War in Iran Means for Nigeria and Africa*
*What the War in Iran Means for Nigeria and Africa* The Middle East has once again become the epicenter of global economic anxiety. What began as shadow warfare between...
Africa and the Deadly Dust from Iran
Azu Ishiekwene These are sad times. Who could have believed that after the US and its allies destroyed Iraq in search of “weapons of mass destruction” and...
The exit of Ali Khamenei and implications for the Church and humanity
By Gbenga Osinaike Ali Khamenei The news of the death of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Hosseini Khamenei, on Saturday February...
