Category: Opinion

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...

Tinubu’s big stick as sign of what to come

  By Abdulaziz Abdulaziz “I took an oath to serve this country and give my best at all times. Like I said in the past, no excuse for poor performance from any...

Certificate Racketeering: How Not To Treat A Cancer

By Kazeem Akintunde The Federal Ministry of Education wielded the big stick last week, when it announced that it would no longer recognise certificates from some...

Blackmail, scandal and the Augean stable of university education in Nigeria By Bolanle BOLAWOLE

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Recently, an undercover reporter blew open the scandal of overseas university education and its deleterious...