By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune edition of Sunday, 17 August, 2025). … and compromise air travel safety and security THE SAYING goes that too many cooks spoil the broth; in like manner, too many vested interests have intervened to trump justice, thereby setting a bad precedent […]...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in my ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, August 3, 2025). LAST WEEK, I printed here one of the two write-ups on President Muhammadu Buhari that I said aligned with my own views on the late president’s place in history. Today I bring you […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE (Published in my ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper of Sunday, 6 July, 2025). WHAT A cenotaph! And what a controversy! What memories – bitter and sweet – of the dead! And what engaging scuffles among the living! In all of these, however, we learn useful lessons – […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “Should we, then, return to the old system of institutions conducting admissions independently, as some aggrieved parents now advocate?” CONTROVERSIES TRAILING the last JAMB UTME started ever before the examination itself had begun. Many parents complained that their wards were posted to distances far away from...
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 Bolanle BOLAWOLE UNDOUBTEDLY, THE United States’ President Donald Trump does not appear to be a man of peace. He does not even care to be seen as such. Trump is cast in the mould of someone who loves a fight and is always in the mood to engage in one. Where there is no […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE NIGERIA IS touted as the second most religious country in the world; after the Taliban’s Afghanistan. Similarly, it is said to be the second most impoverished nation; again, after the same Afghanistan! Be they Christian or Muslim, religious Nigerians wear their religion like a badge. Outwardly they are pious; but inwardly ...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “Corruption thrives where there is silence”– Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN. COMPARE THE above quote from Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, the youthful Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), with the one often attributed to the 18th-century Irish philosopher, Edmund Burke, which s...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE LEADERS AT both local and international levels make mistakes that reverberate with dire consequences for themselves, their peoples, and other peoples all over the world. Mistakes that leaders make often lead to wars – be they at local or international level as well. Lives are lost, property is destroyed, and the worl...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE ALTHOUGH I love watching football, I am not a football fanatic. Each time I sit before the television, it is almost always going to be to watch one football match or the other. I don’t like watching movies. They seem to me a world of make-believe and illusion. They make me apprehensive […]
