Category: Column
June 12: How well has our ‘democracy’ fared?
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.ccom 0705 263 1058 ‘Those of us at The PUNCH newspapers were completely blotted out; yet, we stood and fought for June 12 more...
Defections: Ini Ememobong’s shining example
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0803 251 0193, 0807 552 5533 Recently I watched an interview that former President Olusegun Obasanjo granted on the floodgate...
The Mokwa Flood Tragedy
By Kazeem Akintunde Every year in Nigeria, a substantial number of lives are inadvertently wasted to floods and other preventable deaths due to lack of proper planning,...
Open Letter to Gov Dapo Abiodun: Let Ogun border communities breathe
This letter was published on December 18,2023. In spite of new developments along the axis,it remains a tokenism compared to the agony the residents of the border...
Healing Nigeria in the spirit of Adha
By Hassan Gimba This article was published on July 26, 2021, after the Eid-ul-Adha or Eid-ul-Kabir of that year. It remains relevant and vital, with a few adjustments,...
The underdevelopment of Ijebu-Jesa, my Native Nazareth (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE I am an angry Nigerian! I am angry because Ijebu-Jesa, my hometown, is a town where the past and present intersect in a complex blend...
Understanding the Flight Announcer
Azu Ishiekwene Boarding announcements were not an issue when I used to commute in Lagos by danfo, the ubiquitous yellow buses, or molue, the mass-transit lorries, which...
Finally, finally on the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa-Akure expressway
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0192 “Because of its hatred for the Ant, Cockroach voted for Insecticide. Immediately Insecticide took...
Readers’ comments on Of journalists’ deaths, security lapses and cut-throat taxes
By Hassan Gimba Inna lilLahi wa inna ilaihir raji’un! May Allah have mercy upon their souls and grant them Aljanna Firdausi. My condolences to you and through you, to...
Interrogating Fashola’s treatise on patriotism
By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “It is time to move beyond rhetorical hope…Nigeria’s future cannot be built on beautiful aspirations...
