Category: Opinion
Still on the Wike-Fubara feud
By abiodun KOMOLAFE If we go back to the history of Nigeria, the truth is: dear fatherland has learnt nothing. In the days of Obafemi Awolowo and Ladoke Akintola,...
Jews, Gentiles and the road to Jerusalem
By Dare Babarinsa The current Palestinian-Israeli conflict is what the late Kingsley Mbadiwe would have called the ‘battle of bicycle versus caterpillar’....
Small Chance for INEC to Save Itself in A Big Way
By Azu Ishiekwene Elections in Nigeria this year might be nearly over but the war by other means could well receive fresh fire from three state elections this...
The Rumblings In Rivers
By Kazeem Akintunde The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, for now, cannot afford to sleep with his two eyes closed. Although President Bola Tinubu, PDP...
Have Tinubu’s appointments been equitable and fair?
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Have the President’s appointments been fair? Have they been equitable? Some say he has not been fair,...
Nigeria, revenue poverty and taxation atrophy
By abiodun KOMOLAFE When our forefathers came up with the wise saying that ‘the earnest wish of potters is for earth to be clay’, it was not only worthy of...
Atiku, Obi and the Road to Kilimanjaro
By Azu Ishiekwene Former vice president and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said on Monday that Nigeria was the bigger...
Tinubu and the journey of Ife Akintunde
By Dare Babarinsa It’s a good thing that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu now has time to concentrate on his historic assignment of repositioning the country. The...
Volatile Rivers State on the march again!
By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Two elephants are rumbling on the streets (not in the forests) of Rivers State and the people (not the grass), as...
The passable view of roads in Southwest Nigeria
By abiodun KOMOLAFE From time immemorial, the masses have relied on constituted governments to implement road projects for the socio-political economy of the...
