Category: Opinion
Nigeria’s presidential yacht: Lest we forget
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The outcry over the Nigerian Navy yacht, otherwise known as the presidential yacht, has characteristically died...
What is the value attached to life in today’s Nigeria?
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 In journalism parlance, we say facts are sacred and opinion, free; some prefer to say “opinion is cheap”. Writing...
Dilemma of unending promises in democracy
By abiodun KOMOLAFE It is a glorious thing to have a tested leader as the president of a country. It is also a blessing when the president means what he says and when...
Letter to Rich Nigerians: Why the Poor Are Mad
Azu Ishiekwene It’s not only the poor that are mad, if you get my drift. Even folks who once thought of themselves as middle class, that is, neither wealthy nor poor,...
Are the Yoruba really monolithic?
By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Sections of the Yoruba are beginning to grumble about his appointments and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must to hear...
Let The Lawmakers Enjoy Their Toys
By Kazeem Akintunde Our lawmakers have started receiving their N160m SUVs. We should be happy for them. After all, it is not easy to win elections into either the House...
Insecurity: Time to heed Zulum’s warning
By abiodun KOMOLAFE At a programme in honour of the reconstituted _North-East Development Commission_ (NEDC) recently, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, warned...
Matters arising in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Off-Cycle Polls
By Tunde Rahman Former President Goodluck Jonathan last weekend opened the debate on the propriety or otherwise of off-season elections. Speaking in an interview...
Can We Survive The “Attack” of Big Tech?
Azu Ishiekwene “Every morning a lion wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death…It doesn’t matter whether you are a...
When Nigerians lose interest in democracy, what next?
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 For forms of government, let fools contest. Whatever is best administered is best – Alexander Pope. Those who...
