Category: Opinion
Igangan, Igboho and the burden of history
By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife,...
Herdsmen menace: SW govs and the failure of leadership
By Tunde Abatan The boldest challenge to the power and responsibility of the SouthWest governors five of which are in the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) at the...
Fulani in Yoruba forests
By Lasisi Olagunju Even if you feed on tortoise’s head, you should weep reading this young man’s tribute to his dad who was recently murdered...
Sunday Igboho and the spirit of ogbori Elomoso
Festus Adedayo Two of Yorubaland’s most prized states’ helmsmen – Governors Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and Seyi Makinde – have made very strong but seemingly...
Last days of Nigeria
By Yinka Odumakin It is only those who are too daft to read societies at anomic drift that would not be able to decode that Nigeria as presently constituted is nearing...
Makinde: The making of a new traitor
By Rèmí Oyèyemí I have just read the text of a speech delivered by the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, threatening the Yorùbá sons and...
Shehu Garb needs some education
By Dare Babarinsa It is interesting that the Presidency finally found its voice concerning the security situation in Ondo State. In recent months, Ondo State has...
Museveni’s presidency and Nigeria’s 2023 politics
By Emeka Alex Duru (08054103327, nwaukpala@yahoo.com) As a university student in the mid-1980s, I was excited by the sophistication and boldness of...
Trump and Wole Soyinka’s Green Card
BY REUBEN ABATI On November 2, 2016, a week before the US Presidential elections of Nov. 8, 2016, Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature told...
Keep your eyes on little things
Each person’s income is determined by their philosophy not the economy. What is your personal philosophy? It’s like a guiding system that helps you make decisions:...
