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Insecurity, economic fragility and the poverty of politics

Insecurity, economic fragility and the poverty of politics By abiodun KOMOLAFE     The title captures the interwovenness of economics and the social factors...

Oyetola, Oyebamiji and the Osun guber equation

By abiodun Komolafe Make no mistake: the Osun State governorship election, slated for August 8, this year, is far from a done deal. We are looking at a scrappy,...

Oládèjo Afoláyan: A national treasure at 71

Oládèjo Afoláyan: A national treasure at 71     On December 15, 2025, Professor Michael Oládèjo Afoláyan celebrated his seventy-first year on the Planet...

Dangote: Ahmed, Komolafe resigns, Tinubu nominates successors to  Senate for approval

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum...

Dangote:Ahmed, Komolafe resign, Tinubu nominates successors to the Senate for approval

Dangote:Engineers Ahmed, Komolafe resigns , Tinubu nominates successors to the Senate for approval President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the...

Osun APC, Tinubu’s hand and the Ides of March

By abiodun KOMOLAFE _ Ahead of the 2026 Osun governorship election, it is incontrovertible that a consensus candidate has been chosen for the All Progressives Congress...

Adewole: New Diocesan, New Diocese

Adewole: New Diocesan, New Diocese By abiodun KOMOLAFE On Thursday, September 18, 2025, at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel in Okesa, Ado Ekiti, the Standing Committee...

Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (2)

By abiodun KOMOLAFE A school of thought contends that Nigeria’s current crisis is rooted in three interrelated factors: the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, the...

Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (1)

By abiodun KOMOLAFE The roots of the current crisis stretch deep into the past. To truly discern these origins, one must look all the way back to the Justice Alexander...

A tale of two states

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Charles Dickens, in his classic novel A Tale of Two Cities, contrasted the turbulent similarities and differences of London and Paris during a time...