Category: Opinion

Makinde’s anti-South-West development stand

      When Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state won a reelection in February 2023 for a second term of four years,he set a record by becoming the second...

The Candidate That Will Get My Vote, (1)

By Hassan Gimba (1)     Here we are once more, on the verge of electing our representatives for the eighth time in our current democratic journey. This...

The Broom and The Rainbow: Two Platforms, One President

    By Tunde Rahman   To some, especially in the opposition camp, it may seem like a brewing political storm, but the brouhaha in Abuja over Nyesom...

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction

Akin Ogunbiyi: 64 years of quiet conviction By abiodun KOMOLAFE.           Last Saturday, September 12, was a special day for the family,...

What Shall We Do About South Africa?

Azu Ishiekwene If South Africa needed any serious signal that the mobs roaming the streets of its cities and townships in search of immigrants were a disgrace, the FIFA...

Was there any time things were okay in Nigeria for Nigerians?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0803 241 0193   As I cruised along the Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi last week, I tuned the radio and the evergreen song of...

Reno should not Test the People’s patience on behalf of government

    By Lanre Ogundipe   There are statements that are merely wrong. There are others that become troubling because of what they ask an already burdened...

Still on the 1951 Western Regional House of Assembly cross-carpeting…

    By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Scripture says from the mouth of two or three witnesses the truth of a matter is established...

Steve Osuji’s 2027 Prophetic Fantasy

    By Sunday Dare   There is a distinct, exhausting genre of Nigerian commentary that mistakes cynicism for sophistication, bitter partisanship for...

Obi, Makinde and Hurdles Against Opposition Coalition

    By Tunde Rahman   A fresh thaw in relations between National Democratic Congress presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi and Oyo State Governor Mr Seyi...