By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “IF THE problem is in the name or nomenclature employed by Utomi, then, we may have to search for a less “provocative” name, but no one should tell us that our democracy does not need a vibrant opposition or that the institutions in place at the moment are up to the task. […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE “The bottomline is for the refineries to work – eventually. If they do not, President Tinubu should understand that former President Obasanjo is waiting around the corner to laugh him to scorn!” REPORTS THAT N90 billion was found in the account of one of the recently-sacked Managing Directors of one of our […]...
By Owei Lakemfa IT WAS Monday. July 5, 1993. That was the date, conscientious Nigerians had chosen to commence confrontation with the military regime that had weighed the country down, stolen it blind and, in order to perpetuate its misrule, had annulled the Presidential elections. The generals had declared any protest, enemy action and, had ...
By Bayo Onanuga A FEW days ago, outgoing AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina claimed that Nigerians today are worse off than in 1960, basing his conclusion on figures that do not align with available data. According to Nairametrics, he claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1960 was $1847 and that it is $824 today. The […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE THERE IS the saying, to wit, “an elder running in the afternoon: if he is not pursuing something, something is pursuing him” As was wont our practice, we rubbed minds as those of us who were friends and aides sat at table with Governor Ayodele Fayose at Osuntokun House, as the Ekiti […]
By Comrade Olabode Akinwale THE DEBT Management Office (DMO) in its latest published data ranks Ondo State as the most financially disciplined state government in Nigeria. This development is not a mean achievement, and it has not gone unnoticed by some of us who are critical of government’s performance. The state governor, Hon (Dr) Luck...
By Owei Lakemfa CAN YOU imagine being born 50 years ago with poison in your system; assured that the only remedy is death? That was the fate of about three million Vietnamese who were sprayed herbicides called Agent Orange, specially manufactured by the United States, (US), to ensure the victims were not only exterminated but […]
By Bola Bolawole IF THIS headline looks strange to you, I borrowed it from my friend and colleague, PUNCH columnist, Lekan Shote. See Lekan’s “This article has no title” of 19 March, 2025! There are occasions one struggles to headline a piece but the right choice of words keeps eluding one. So why not borrow […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE ‘IN A country where religion and tribe determine a lot of things, you are dead on arrival when the criminals and those tasked with the responsibility of reining them in come from the same region and belong to the same religion.’ The long holiday declared by the government for us to celebrate […]
By Babafemi Ojudu ACROSS THE Black world — from Harlem to Lagos, from Kingston to Johannesburg, many are keeping a close and anxious watch over Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the young president of Burkina Faso. In him, we see the spirit of a continent yearning to be free, dignified, and prosperous. Every voice we can raise […]
