Category: Opinion
The troubled king of Nigeria
By Dare Babarinsa The farmer waits for rain in the early months of the year. If it rains properly, not the scattered rain that deceives you to plant early, then...
Ibadan Explosion Was A Disaster Waiting To Happen
By Kazeem Akintunde Many residents of Ibadan, the sprawling capital city of Oyo State, won’t forget in a hurry, what befell them on Tuesday, January 16, when dynamites...
The explosion at Ibadan
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last Tuesday, an explosion rocked Old Bodija in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The panic and stampede that...
The Road to Thanksgiving
By Azu Ishiekwene I hope Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, can finally get some sleep. He deserves it. After the ruling of the Supreme Court on Friday,...
The Villa Makes lt Easy to Get Lost
By Eric Teniola When General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida GCFR (82) moved the seat of the central government from Lagos to Abuja on December 12, 1991, he did so to hide...
In this time of hunger and problems…
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Described as “prominent Opposition spokesman” (for the 2023 PDP/Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign), Daniel...
TB Joshua, BBC Documentary And Gullible Nigerians
By Kazeem Akintunde It was Karl Marx who said that religion is the opium of the people. Marx was a German Philosopher and Economist who coined the phrase in 1843. In his...
Sanwo-Olu: Are Nigerian soldiers above Nigerian laws?
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 There are two professional groups in Nigeria that need, so to say, re-orientation in their attitude to other...
Of monstrous cathedrals and hungry congregants
By abiodun KOMOLAFE Sometime in 1989, a friend told a story of how he was in dire need of sponsorship for his university education. When all things proved difficult, he...
Reflections on Adesina’s Work with Buhari
Azu Ishiekwene I knew Femi Adesina when he was “Daddy Tobi.” He still is, of course. But back in the day when we were neighbours in “Olowora Inside”, a Lagos...
