By Owei Lakemfa Aliko Dangote is a likeable man. He is into philanthropism, smiles and even dances in public. However, the issue is not his person but his businesses. In the last few years, he has been engaged in endless fights over the operation of his refinery. But one of the most unnecessary is his […]
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu IN JANUARY 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was the military ruler of Nigeria. He was supposedly in the last year of an interminable transition at the end of which he promised to hand over power to an elected civilian administration. Moshood Abiola was actively canvassing to inherit that mantle. As Chief Justice of […]
By Olukorede Yishau IN OCTOBER, it will be thirty-nine years since the murder of Sunmonu Oladele Giwa, better known as Dele Giwa, the subject of ‘Born to Run’, the thrilling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dele Olojede and Dr. Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo, now of blessed memory. Though published about a year after Giwa’s shocking...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper of Sunday, 14 September, 2025). THE OLUNLOYOs family of Ibadan needs no elaborate introduction. Who does not know Dr. Victor Omololu Sowemimo Olunloyo: For his brilliance, especially his globally established wizardry in Mathematics; his eccent...
By Owei Lakemfa ISRAEL, UNDER the Nethanyahu regime, and shielded from international sanctions by countries like the United States, US, and Britain, has become like a rabid dog. Just on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, it carried out a second attack within 24 hours on a flotilla in the Tunisian port planning to break its aid […]
By Owei Lakemfa ONE OF the major challenges of Nigeria since colonial times had been corruption. But President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has now proclaimed its death. Corruption is gone! Futuristic laser technology must have been used to carry out such a comprehensive and professional operation on corruption in the body polity of Nigeria. So sophisti...
By Tunde Rahman LONG BEFORE President Bola Tinubu decided on Vice President Kashim Shettima, who turned 59 last week, as his running mate in the last presidential election, both of them had first collaborated across boundaries and different political parties several years ago to the present, when they are working together at the helm of [&hel...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in the ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 7 September, 2025). “What is the difference between journalists on one hand and broadcasters, presenters, radio and television personalities, news anchors and talk-show hosts on the other?” YOU MUST be familiar with the cont...
By Mogaji Wole Arisekola WE ARE loving our children into uselessness. We are raising a generation that believes wealth is inherited, not earned; that comfort is a birthright, not a reward. From flying first class before their first job, to demanding six-figure salaries with zero skills — we are breeding entitlement, not excellence. This is [&...
By Taiwo Akinlami In September 2025, the Federal Government of Nigeria rolled out a revised national curriculum, effective immediately in the 2025/2026 academic session. The headlines were bold: reduced subject overload, greater focus on digital literacy, AI, vocational skills, and trade readiness. On the surface, this looks like a long-await...
