Category: Column

Fear history – 2

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The first part of this topic, published on Sunday, 15 September, 2024, was the debate between the Marxist...

This time next year!

By abiodun KOMOLAFE In the midst of Nigeria’s complex economic and political landscape, meaningful conversations become crucial catalysts for change. My recent...

Home Run for Oshiomhole

Azu Ishiekwene The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had barely finished announcing the result of last Saturday’s Edo governorship poll when I got a...

Edo election: PDP’s self-inflicted anguish

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The Edo State governorship election 2024 has come and gone but, as usual, its reverberations will remain with us...

Where Is our Oil Money ? -Tinubus Challenge to Obasanjo and Co

The late erudite scholar, Professor Ayodele Awojobi, a restless academic and social crusader did some rather strange inquisitions few months before the commencement of...

The “owners” of Nigeria versus Jagaban Borgu

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 There is a shadowy group of powerful Nigerians once described as the “owners of Nigeria”. They can be...

Politics, governance and the value of time

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Governance requires effective time management to thrive. Unfortunately, political systems often waste this precious resource, compromising...

Edo Polls and the Famous Product Vendor

Azu Ishiekwene By his admission, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is a lousy product vendor. In the real commercial world, his premises would have been closed and his products...

Dangote refinery and Nigerians’ great expectations

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpotpot @gmail.com 0807 552 5533 It is a terrible thing when a man’s expectations are cut off. Proverbs 23: 18 says: “For surely there is...

Good Governance:Changing the Narratives

  The Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary defines Governance as,’ the action or manner of governing a state, organization, etc.’. In other words,...