Category: Features

June 12, annulled dreams and the unending agony

  By Abiodun KOMOLAFE       June 12, 1993 marked a significant setback for Nigeria, harking back to the January 15, 1966, coup-d’etat. This...

The Trial Of Brother Bola

  By Felix Oboagwina     Right Honourable Mudashiru Obasa, without doubt, made some fatal miscalculation over the earthquake that torpedoed him out of the...

Babangida’s Long Journey to Sorry

Azu Ishiekwene     You cannot quarrel about how a man tells his story. It is his business. However, the pseudo-autobiography of the former military president,...

June 12 : Who needs IBB’s confession?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533   Some broken hearts never mend/Some memories never end/Some tears will never dry/Our pains over June 12...

As Trump trumps everything in sight…

  By Bola BOLAWOLE   turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193   Recent happenings in the United States of America got me thinking; especially since...

Ondo, Lagos, Osun : Sheathe the sword!

    By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058     Today, I delight to ask questions, which I expect those closer than me to the affected...

Legends lost! An era closes! A nation mourns!

By Abiodun KOMOLAFE   The passing of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a renowned elder statesman and Afenifere chieftain, and the breaking news about Chief Edwin Clark, mark the...

Ribadu’s Fury Over Canada Visa Refusal

  Azu Ishiekwene   Many Nigerians experience visa refusal daily. They don’t need the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, to invoke hell against any...

Dar Es Salaam Declaration and President Tinubu’s Relentless Quest to Give All Nigeria’s Stable Electricity

  By Dada Olusegun   Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu left Abuja for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on January 26th to attend the Mission 300 Africa...

Threading Stories from the Barn 

  by Folake Idowu   Joseph Eze’s latest exhibition, Stories from a barn 2, journeys through the artist’s imaginary and the conjures up stories of women who...