By Bola BOLAWOLE TWO WEEKS ago in this column, I asked what the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the emerging coalition of some of the country’s leading politicians, will do differently from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). An amused reader called and engaged me in the argument you are about to read. “Sir, were you […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE (Published in my TREASURES column on the back page of the New Telegraph newspaper of Wednesday, 3 July, 2025). THREE HIGHBROW resignations of recent are those of the presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale; the NNPC Limited spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, and now the chairman of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE I WAS not surprised when I learnt of the pulling down of the Memorial Park or cenotaph erected at the ancient town of Ogho (Owo) by the late governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu: The cenotaph was erected in honour of the victims of the terrorist attack which took place […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE WHAT KIND of English Language is the “ignore” that I used here – Queen’s, King’s or Nigeria’s English? There is history behind it, which goes back many decades – to those periods when men of principles and ideology, who shunned money, position, and principles and dared the powers-that-be, were still plentiful i...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE A COMPULSORY voting bill is said to have passed the second reading stage at the National Assembly. The aim of the bill is to compel every Nigerian of voting age to vote during elections; failure of which punitive measures would be taken against violators. The youths form the majority of Nigeria’s population […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE ”Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). THE ABOVE scripture is a key concept in Christian theology, which emphasizes the principle that our actions, be they good and be they bad, will have consequences. Another word for it is “payback” […]
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 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 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 […]
