Dowen College, cults and the beast in our children’s hearts By Festus Adedayo
“So many reasons have been adduced as reasons why children, many of whom hail from responsible homes, dither into reprehensible
Who is frustrating El-Zakzaky’s medical trip?
By Mahdi Garba THE order by Justice Gideon Kurada of the Kaduna High Court to release Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and
The travails of Prof. Banji Akintoye
By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Prof. Adebanji Stephen Akintoye, erstwhile chairman of the
Still on the southwest and religious bigotry, by Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 A saying of the elders is that for as long as lice persist on the head,
Delinquent billionaires
If there is one country where the wealthy are venerated, almost worshipped, and the poor denigrated and almost trampled upon,
What organisational leaders can learn from Squid Game
Squid Game has swept the digital world. Let’s look at some management lessons organisational leaders can take from this nerve-wracking
Jailed for 51 weeks for protesting? Britain is becoming a police state by stealth
This is proper police state stuff. The last-minute amendments crowbarred by the government into the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill are
Illegal military outfits and worsening insecurity
The seemingly uncontrolled proliferation of military-like outfits in the country is worrisome, and may worsen the scourge of insecurity pervading
Nigeria’s high debt: Invitation to recolonisation and slavery By Aare Afe Babalola
THE history of the African continent cannot be complete without reference to slave trade and in fact, during the trans-Saharan
Subsidy palaver
Nigeria is on the road again. The same road we have always travelled whenever the Federal Government wants to increase
Why Buhari’s plan to replace subsidy with transport grant may be misleading
For years, the Nigerian government has walked on eggshells in its moves to end the payment of fuel subsidy. Often
King Herod and the Nigerian State, By Lasisi Olagunju
A month from now, it will be over for the year 2021, and a new year will be born. The
Do Nigerian journalists have the capacity to hold public officers to account?
Inside Stuff With MARTINS OLOJA Last week, I was summoned to Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, specifically to explain whether
Tony Uranta: Tribute to an illustrious patriot, by Emmanuel Ajibulu
I was greatly saddened by the report of the demise of a great mentor, leader, champion of justice, and a
Nigeria’s 56,000 abandoned projects
AT independence in 1960, Nigeria was classified as a developing new nation. But 61 years later, we are among the
Bye, Baba Suwe
Possibly at the height of his career at the time, comic actor Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, was
OAU at 60: Many firsts, still counting, by Bolanle Bolawole
turnpott@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Great Ife! Great Ife! Africa’s most beautiful campus! Conscious, vigilant, progressive! Aluta against all oppression! Forward
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By Amen Owens Have you ever gotten to that stage in your life, when you just say you know what,
The World Bank’s bad news about our economy
The bad news is that our national economy remains stubbornly defiant. Past and present efforts to solve its inherent historical
The church and challenges of a nation By William F. Kumuyi
AT a public forum in Lagos in September this year, a visibly disturbed former Vice Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University,
