Category: Column
Much ado about Utomi’s shadow government
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “If the problem is in the name or nomenclature employed by Utomi, then, we may have to search for a less...
Housing: The urgency of an emergency
By Abiodun Komolafe I was out of town last Saturday when a sudden phone call shattered my plans for the weekend. My co-tenant informed me of a shocking rent hike by a...
Men, Stop Joining Your Ancestors,
By Funke Egbemode For many years, women were held responsible for men not living to ripe old ages. Grieving women were subjected to the most inhuman cultural or...
Refineries: Will Obasanjo be proved right afterall?
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 “The bottomline is for the refineries to work – eventually. If they do not, President...
Constitution made in Hurry,made in Error
By Eric Teniola In promulgating decree 24 on May 5, 1999 as the 1999 Constitution, the then Head of State and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal...
The Arbiter: Re-readers’ comments
From time to time, we give our readers a chance to make their voices heard through their input. Well, it has been quite a while since we did that. We will start a...
Nigeria: A nation unto itself?
By abiodun KOMOLAFE. One reason many Nigerians voted for the All Progressives Congress (APC) was its manifesto commitment to laying the foundation for a...
Affix your own headline to this piece!
Affix your own headline to this piece! By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 If this headline looks strange to you, I borrowed it from my...
Defections:How PDP self – destruct
Ordinarily, opposition parties in a saner clime are supposed to come together, combine resources, mobilise members to fight the ruling government. This is if they...
Between Danjuma, Namadi and the Gospel of Self-Defence
By Hassan Gimba In a tête-à-tête with journalists last week, the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, openly disagreed with retired General Theophilus Danjuma,...
