Category: Opinion

Tinubu,Atiku and The Subsidy War*: Must Nigerians choose between Fiscal Ruin and Hunger?

      Nigeria is once again being invited to choose between two kinds of pain: the fiscal disaster of an open-ended petrol subsidy and the crushing...

Adeleke’s N.5bn Damage Control Fund

      Politics they say is purely a game of numbers. To get power you get the numbers on your side in a contest. In our clime,you not only get the...

Cement’s astronomical price: Can FCCPC tame the monsters?

    By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1055   The decision of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to probe the...

Davido, Rarara: Possible Combination and the 2027 Race, by Hassan Gimba

By Hassan Gimba   Nigerian politics is so serious that it is no longer left in the hands of politicians. Or so it seems.   We can see how Davido, carrying the...

Osun: Long live _Edenisation!_ 

  By abiodun KOMOLAFE     _(Published in The Nation on Saturday, August 22, 2026)_     With the prospect of a Second Term – whether...

INTIMATE AFFAIR: Before you cross the road into polygamy

      By FUNKE EGBEMODE   Polygamy is not another type of marriage. Polygamy is another level in the marriage pantheon. It is a special kind of...

NCC And Its Erroneous Implementation Of Public Service Rules

    By Steve Opeyemi   The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has in recent past sent Directors that have spent 8 years in service packing because...

Lessons from the Osun 2026 governorship election…

    By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193     The Osun state governorship election, held on Saturday, 15 August, 2026, may...

Tinubu,Osun and 2027 permutations

Tinubu,Osun and 2027 permutations   The keenly contested off season governorship elections in Osun state- a state which adopted name of a living spring but which...

Is President Tinubu our own Niccolo Machiavelli?

    By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1050   The dust raised by Archbishop John Onaiyekan over the closed-door meeting the Catholic Bishops...