By Tunde Rahman WITH JUST a few days before the August 15 Osun State governorship election, the political calculus is already shifting. The election is a two-way horse race between incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke of the Accord Party (AP) and his challenger, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen B...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE THE CATHOLIC Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) recently held a closed-door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu after which one of the bishops, John Onaiyekan, Bishop Emeritus of Abuja, went public with the contents of the meeting. The public was aghast when the president was reported as saying that hunger has been...
By Owei Lakemfa GIANNI INFANTINO, the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President who stole into office about a dozen years ago on the back of a coup against Sepp Blatter, may be on his way out. He has become like an orphan caught with his hand in the till. The 2026 World Cup had […]
By Olukorede Yishau LET ME welcome you this way: There is something poetic about seasons, about one man leaving the stage after years of carrying the weight of an institution on his shoulders and another man walking in, not with empty hands, but with expectations piled so high they almost become visible. They are the […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE IF ANYONE should ask me now, what is the centrepiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy, I am afraid I will not be able to coherently and confidently offer a response! This is despite the fact that I read – and still read – Political Science, teach it, and was a Foreign Affairs correspondent […]
By Owei Lakemfa THERE ARE one hundred and thirty active wars lit around the world today and three outstanding men can be linked to many of them. But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has emerged the best tactician and strategist of the threesome. Always playing the victim, he just pulled off a major tactical link […]
By Olukorede Yishau THERE ARE people whose nicknames trump their birth names any day, any time. So popular are their nicknames that even newspaper editors are forced to use them in headlines because doing otherwise is failing the cardinal rule of headline. casting. The popularity of these nicknames extend to more territories. They also linge...
By Yetunde B. Oni Confidence rarely arrives before the opportunity. It arrives afterwards, once we have found the courage to begin. THERE IS a conversation I have had, in one form or another, with many talented people over the years. It usually begins with hesitation. Someone capable and clearly gifted explains why they are not […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE “CONDUCTS THAT negatively impact public perception of Government”, published here two weeks ago, was widely commented upon by readers. Some of the insights introduced by readers, many of whom I have only met and interacted with online, deserve to be highlighted for public consumption. The goal is not to chide or embarra...
By Babafemi Ojudu FOR THE past two weeks, I have been inundated with stories of empty hotels, deserted lounges, quiet supermarkets, and struggling businesses across Ekiti State, particularly in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. “Could this be real?” has been the question I asked myself. The explanation was simple, everyone said. The E...
