Category: Column
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,...
Does it Matter to Africa if Nigel Farage Comes to Number 10?
Does it Matter to Africa if Nigel Farage Comes to Number 10? Azu Ishiekwene The next British general election is in 2029, but you could already feel the tremor...
Refineries, Reforms, and the Cost of Repeating Failure
Refineries, Reforms, and the Cost of Repeating Failure By Lanre Ogundipe Nigeria’s decision to once again seek foreign partners and financing to revive its long-ailing...
Atiku, Obi Birds of a Feather and their Vaulting Ambitions
By Tunde Rahman For someone running for the presidency a record seventh time and who has switched political parties at least four times since 1999,...
Intimate Affairs: My wife’s son is not mine,
Intimate Affairs: My wife’s son is not mine, By Funke Egbemode Tina’s marriage to Otunba was the envy of their circles, social and political. In...
SOS to the President:Urgent State Response to Escalating Attacks on Nigerians in South Africa
Your Excellency, The recent escalation of targeted violence against Nigerians residing in the Republic of South Africa presents not merely a humanitarian concern, but a...
A season of long knives…
A season of long knives… By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 (Published in TREASURES column on the back page of the New...
Ibadan declaration explosion
Ibadan,the erstwhile political capital of the old Western Region have always played prominent roles in the evolution of party politics in Nigeria. Also...
