Category: Column
Osun APC guber ticket: Aspirants emerge, battle lines drawn
By abiodun KOMOLAFE With the 2026 Osun gubernatorial contest, slated for Saturday, August 8, 2026, it is not surprising that the jockeying to win the governorship...
Yelwata: Still Dancing On Eggshells
By Kazeem Akintunde For indigenes and residents of Yelwata, a rural community in Guma Local Government area of Benue State, June 13, 2025, would forever remain etched in...
Makinde’s N63bn bogus renovation budget
The approval last week by the Oyo State House of Assembly the sum of N63 billion naira by Governor Seyi Makinde to renovate the states government house to say the...
Benue’s killing field…
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “Any insurgency that lasts more than 24 hours, a government official has a hand in it” – the vile...
Not The Iran We Thought It Was: What Has Changed in the Persian Gulf
Azu Ishiekwene On paper, it looked like a mismatch. Iran is not only one of the oldest and most established places in the Persian Gulf but also at least 75 times the...
The Ogoni 9, Tinubu, And His Presidential Pardon
By Kazeem Akintunde President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday last week, addressed a joint session of the National Assembly in commemoration of the 2025 Democracy Day...
June 12 Heroes: Hall of Fame is It
It is not news that former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his self- righteousness refused to mention the yeoman sacrifices of those who laid down their life for keeping...
Gaza: Just Humanity. Nothing Religious, Nothing Ethnic
By Hassan Gimba Victory is with patience. Success is with endurance. And war is a matter of turns. – Imam Ali, Nahj al Balagha, saying 189. Gaza. A four-letter word...
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...
Ruffled Feathers: Rejoinders to My Article on the Israel-Iran War
Azu Ishiekwene The proper thing to do when readers respond to a newspaper article is to respect their right of reply. There were two irate responses to my article last...