Category: Column

Nigeria’s sacred cows and the rest of us…

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 If I am to tell, I will say that Nigeria’s problems revolve around her sacred cows. Each and...

2074: Will Tinubu Push The Industrial Revolution That Will Decide Africa’s Fate?

  In 1760, in the workshops of United Kingdom, the first Industrial Revolution roared to life. Steam engines tore through distance and time. Production exploded....

El Rufai and the protesters

El Rufai and the protesters It is not news that politically exposed public servants are the easiest target of both the Economic and Financial Crime Commission,EFCC and...

Insecurity, economic fragility and the poverty of politics

Insecurity, economic fragility and the poverty of politics By abiodun KOMOLAFE     The title captures the interwovenness of economics and the social factors...

*Our Special Bond with London*

 BY ERIC TENIOLA* On Wednesday, March 18, President Bola Tinubu GCFR along with his wife, Remi Tinubu, will be hosted by the British Monarch, King Charles III (77). The...

Fraudulent elections: In whose interest?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193. “Men at some times are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but...

Terrorism:The Enemy Within

Terrorism:The Enemy Within The enemies of a man are men of his household so says the holy book-Matthew 30:36. Hardly could armed robbery,theft or other security threats...

Iran, Beware the Fangs of January, the Scourge of February, the Ides of March,

Iran, Beware the Fangs of January, the Scourge of February, the Ides of March, by Hassan Gimba (3) Israel’s message to one of the intermediaries was that it would...

Nigeria’s economy: What is to be done?

By abiodun KOMOLAFE   Using the phrase ‘What is to be done?’ in the headline to this analysis is deliberate. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin used the title in a brilliant...

Oni, BAO and the mathematics of alignment

Oni, BAO and the mathematics of alignment By abiodun KOMOLAFE The recent realignment in the UK – where figures like Robert Jenrick are “uniting the right” –...