Category: Column
Tinubu’s half-time score card
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 How time flies! May we not be indebted! Because if you promise to pay back in four years’ time and then go to...
2027 Coalition:Loosers Game
Ordinarily, a period of two-year which translates to half term of an electroal calendar is supposed to be a period of stock- taking not only by the incumbent...
Assessing Tinubu’s Second Year In Office
By Kazeem Akintunde By Thursday this week, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will clock two years. That should be half way in his four-year tenure as...
Defections, Tinubu’s endorsement, and 2027 elections
By Tunde Rahman “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the loser’s tool.” It looks like the Greek philosopher Socrates had Nigeria in mind...
Of journalists’ deaths, security lapses and cut-throat taxes
By Hassan Gimba Last week was a dark one for journalism in Nigeria. The light of two of its bright stars, Hajiya Amina Alhassan Ahman and Haruna Dauda Biu dimmed and...
Compulsory voting bill: A wild goose chase
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 A compulsory voting bill is said to have passed the second reading stage at the National...
Nigeria’s governors: Halfway to where? (2)
By abiodun Komolafe According to Kolapo Olatunde, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ekiti State Chairperson, Oyebanji’s achievements include prompt salary payments,...
Ishaq Oloyede’s Cross
Azu Ishiekwene The last time a public official wept on national TV, Nigerians regretted offering her towels instead of buckets to collect her tears. She was acting, but...
2025 UTME: Beyond Oloyede’s Apologies
“The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat,but they are no less difficult”- Winston Churchill Since his appointment as the chief...
UTME Glitch: Before We Crucify Oloyede
By Kazeem Akintunde The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the sole body that organizes students’ admissions into higher institutions of learning...
