Category: Column

The Candidate That Will Get My Vote, (1)

By Hassan Gimba (1)     Here we are once more, on the verge of electing our representatives for the eighth time in our current democratic journey. This...

The Broom and The Rainbow: Two Platforms, One President

    By Tunde Rahman   To some, especially in the opposition camp, it may seem like a brewing political storm, but the brouhaha in Abuja over Nyesom...

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction By abiodun KOMOLAFE.           Last Saturday, September 12, was a special day for the family,...

What Shall We Do About South Africa?

Azu Ishiekwene If South Africa needed any serious signal that the mobs roaming the streets of its cities and townships in search of immigrants were a disgrace, the FIFA...

Wike’s rainbow and frightened APC governors  

Wike’s rainbow and frightened APC governors       Funke Egbemode       By FUNKE EGBEMODE   There is trouble in the compound.  ...

Was there any time things were okay in Nigeria for Nigerians?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0803 241 0193   As I cruised along the Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi last week, I tuned the radio and the evergreen song of...

Reno should not Test the People’s patience on behalf of government

    By Lanre Ogundipe   There are statements that are merely wrong. There are others that become troubling because of what they ask an already burdened...

Steve Osuji’s 2027 Prophetic Fantasy

    By Sunday Dare   There is a distinct, exhausting genre of Nigerian commentary that mistakes cynicism for sophistication, bitter partisanship for...

2027 Presidency: Same Contestants, Different Scenarios

2027 Presidency: Same Contestants, Different Scenarios   By Tunde Abatan   The publication last Saturday September 12 of the list of 18 Presidential candidates...

Caps, Marabouts and Politics of Envy

Caps, Marabouts and Politics of Envy, by Hassan Gimba   While being interviewed on the Mic On Podcast, hosted by Channel Television’s Seun Okinbaloye on Friday,...