By Bola BOLAWOLE THIS IS the first time I will feature Dr. Olukayode Ajulo, OON, SAN, as Guest Columnist on this page. He is the Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. He is, arguably, one of the most active government officials of his status on social media. Very cerebral and confident of his convictions, […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE IT IS said that our children are our future. Another of such a saying is the one that describes the children and youths of today as the leaders of tomorrow. What it means is that whatever upbringing we give the children of today determines the kind of future we are going to […]
By Babafemi Ojudu Revisiting “Gun Smuggling in the Niger Delta” (2004) IN MARCH 2004, I wrote an article for World Press Review titled “Gun Smuggling” in the Niger Delta. At the time, my concern was simple: too many guns were finding their way into the creeks of the Niger Delta, and too few people seemed […]
By Olukorede Yishau VERY FEW people, I suspect, know that there is a month globally set aside for men’s mental health awareness. I will not be surprised if someone reads this and wonders why a month has to be set aside for an issue like this. Perhaps some pictures will help put the matter in […]
By Gboyega Akosile THE LATEST Phillips Consulting State Performance Index (PCSPI) places Lagos at the summit of Nigeria’s state rankings, reaffirming the state’s position as the country’s most competitive economy and a leading example of how strategic governance, fiscal discipline and long-term planning can drive sustainable development. Few ...
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in the TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper edition on Wednesday, 10 June, 2026). EARLY THIS year, Dr. Foluso Falaye, the National President of my alma mater – Owo High School Old Students’ Association (OHSOSA) – sought my intervention on a matter that he had been […]...
By Owei Lakemfa IN THE long struggles against military misrule and for democracy, we lost far more Nigerians under the Babangida dictatorship than under the Abacha regime. However, the fight against Abacha and his bandits was far more tasking. In the case of the former, hundreds were murdered but only a handful of Nigerians were […]
By Rasheed Otun MY DOCTORAL research began with the title “𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺” and later evolved into “𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲” after the University of Lagos awarded me a six-month research grant as a visiting scholar at the University of Georgia. During the course of that research, I realized that what terrorists seek most is publicity. [&he...
By Tunde Rahman The recent abduction of schoolchildren in Ahoro-Esiele Community, Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, remains deeply distressing. On May 15, 2026, heartless kidnappers abducted 38 schoolchildren, killing one teacher in a heinous assault on our nation’s security and educational system. The Nigerian Union of Teachers and s...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper of Sunday, 7 May, 2026). EFFECTIVE COMMUNICCATION is two-way traffic. Those who govern need to communicate their activities and the reasons for them to the people they bear rule over. Those being ruled also need to let rulers know […]...
