Category: Column
Irene: University of Ibadan 1983/84 M. Sc. Political Science class
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 When I first ran into the news on 28 October, 2025 on the platform of the University of...
South West:Beyond rhetorics, declarations
In November 2023,barely five months into the new regime of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria-a vehicle created by the six...
Nigeria and the genocide debate…
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 ——————————————–...
Keeping the Window Open: From Alarm to Action on Africa’s AI Future
When I wrote in the Newdawn (The Gauge Column) last September about the coming wave of artificial intelligence (AI), it was largely a diagnosis — a...
Intimate Affairs: Before you agree to that abortion
by Funke Egbemode Why do women agree to have repeated abortions for the same man or any man at all? What kind of woman is it who rationalises why she should stay in a...
Tinubu and the significance of yesterday (2)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The detail makes the difference! In 1961, the regional government in Western Nigeria made tax cuts to shore up its dwindling electoral...
Rumours, more rumours, and still more rumours…
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 019 “Nigeria is the rumour-mongering capital of the world!” “Is she no longer the poverty capital...
Alleged Coup: The way the Cookie Crumbles
Had the alleged coup planned for October 1, this year been carried out, it would have been the sixth successful coup in Nigeria since the nation gained...
#FREEKANU protests: Merits and demerits
…even as Gov. Oyebanji flags off historic Ekiti Ring Road project By Bolanle BOLAWOLE Last Monday, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, where the maverick...
What Is Right About the Singapore Model
Fighting corruption is not just good governance, it is self-defense. It is patriotism. – Joe Biden When Singapore became independent in 1965, few imagined...
