By Dave Agboola HAVE YOU ever wondered why Rt Hon Dr Mudashiru Obasa is well loved by people, especially those from his constituency? Well, don’t wonder further! It has been discovered that he is a grassroots politician! In the realm of politics, few things are as crucial as providing a platform for the voices of […]
By Adewale Adeoye A LOT of people may have been carried away by the judgment of the Supreme Court that, in part, empowers the Federal Government to disburse funds directly to Local Councils The Judgment is bitter-sweet. The should weigh the immediate and long-term implications. That Local Councils should no longer be administered by caretakers...
By Paul Ejime EMBATTLED KENYAN President William Ruto has dissolved his cabinet in response to lingering youth-led national anger against bad governance characterised by economic hardship, insensitivity and extravagance by government officials and police brutality. “Upon reflection, listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and af...
By Bola BOLAWOLE THE RICHEST man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, stirred the hornet’s nest recently when he accused the International Oil Companies (IOC) operating in Nigeria of sabotaging his efforts to put an end to the embarrassing, ridiculous and neck-breaking importation of refined fuel products by Nigeria. Although Dangote exonerated th...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE WHAT YOU are about to read was written by me and was published in The PUNCH edition of Monday, July 7, 1998, which is 26 years ago, the very day the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Basorun MKO Abiola, died in incarceration in Abuja. I must have scribbled the […]
By Paul Ejime THE LABOUR Party’s landslide victory in the Thursday July 4 British general election could be traced to a combination of factors, including the implosion and poor performance of the Tory/Conservative Party, in power for the past 14 years. But Labour leader and UK’s 58th Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 61, should take great […...
By Bola BOLAWOLE WHILE MARKING his second June 12 or Democracy Day last June 12, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu tried to remember the labours of our heroes’ past, so that their sacrifices may not appear to have been in vain. Good as his intentions were, he, nonetheless, stepped on toes. He did not remember […]
By Adémólá Òrúnbon IN THE Nigerian media space, the term “brown envelope” has become synonymous with corruption and unethical practices. It refers to the practice of journalists accepting bribes or “envelopes” filled with money or other incentives in exchange for favourable coverage or silence on certain issues. This cu...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE TWO STRANGE fires struck in two far-flung areas of Lagos last week: one at the headquarters of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy church at Oregun and the other at the fledgling refinery of Africa’s touted richest man, Aliko Dangote. Who dunnit? If the fire at Christ Embassy can be described as an act […]
By Banji Ojewale WHEN GOD could no longer stand the overthrow of the good order He established on earth, He stepped in with the Noah Ark solution. The upset Creator said since man had allowed his depravity to flush out His benignity, He would respond with a heavier rain flood to wash away man and […]
