Category: Opinion
Tribute:Soyinka And The Unknown Soldiers
By abiodun KOMOLAFE From the Archives-First published July 12,2004 _ This must be a particularly thoughtful moment for Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate, and world acclaimed...
The Price Of Bread And Other Matters
By Kazeem Akintunde Let us Pray! Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done; on Earth as it is in heaven. Give us...
Makinde: The primacy of infrastructural development
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0702 563 1058 L If you were to choose between three infrastructure, which is also often referred to as social amenities,...
Ajibola Ogunshola: Triumph of the non-newspaperman
Azu Ishiekwene I’ve written this before. Ten years ago, but this man’s story is new every time. To me. And to many who have crossed his path. On his...
Soyinka and His Enemies
by Sam Omatseye When an avatar turns 90, it should evoke a universal hurrah, especially if that personage is Professor Wole Soyinka. We can say that more people...
Wole Soyinka: Celebrating The Legacy Of A Literary Icon
By Kazeem Akintunde On Saturday July 13th, Nobel Laureate, Professor Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka will be 90 years on earth. God has indeed endowed him...
Food For Thought For All Nigerians-
Sir Demola Aladekomo, Founder, Chams International. We have been inundated with so many of the Volkswagen Rwandan issues. Normally, I will keep quiet, but we have...
Should Abiola have died incarcerated?
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 What you are about to read was written by me and was published in The PUNCH edition of Monday, July 7, 1998;...
Powerless: Nigeria’s unending struggle with electricity
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that...
Nigeria and Presidential Democracy: Any Better Alternative? (1)
By Hassan Gimba This was first published on September 23, 2019. Considering the recent moves to return Nigeria to regionalism, I see the need to repeat it. Since man...
