Category: Column
Again, Trump’s Way or the Highway
By Azu Ishiekwene It’s hard not to love US President Donald Trump. He is the world’s most powerful president and wears his preeminence on his sleeve. Not for him the...
APC, ADC: Spot the difference!
APC, ADC: Spot the difference! By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 “ They initially romanced SDP; then discovered that it was purportedly one of the many...
Amaechi: Nigerian Politicians And Doublespeak
By Kazeem Akintunde At 60, Rotimi Amaechi could be described as a very lucky politician in the Nigerian context. Since the return to democratic rule in 1999, his name...
Coalition: Of PDP’s demise,Atiku’s gain,Obi’s gamble
Interesting times and season will never cease from our body polity. It is simply a reflection of our nature,who we are, and the reasons for the age- long...
Vox populi: Akeredolu’s cenotaph of controversy
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 What a cenotaph! And what a controversy! What memories – bitter and sweet – of the dead!...
Danger of the Single Story (DSS)
Azu Ishiekwene There’s a part of my job that can swallow you whole. Journalists are brought up on a diet whose main ingredients are a deliberate blend of crime, sex,...
Ganduje: Why are they resigning?
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Three highbrow resignations of recent are those of the presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale; the NNPC...
Insecurity: Time to rethink
” A man’s enemies are the members of his own household” Matthew 10:36. Since the beginning of the serious threat to our internal security over...
Revisiting Akeredolu’s cenotaph of controversy
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058. I was not surprised when I learnt of the pulling down of the Memorial Park or cenotaph erected at the ancient...
Intimate Affairs: Food for the gods
By Funke Egbemode Kudi, fine-girl-no-pimples, was one of those undergraduates who lived their lives on their own terms on campus. Kay-girl, as she was fondly called, was...
