Whereas my resolution was not to comment on the controversy surrounding the burial of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, pressure from readers caused me to rethink. “Are …
” A fruit, as they say, does not fall far from its tree. And when we develop the habit, and savour the taste, of throwing ourselves into a fray, we …
Last week, space constraints did not permit us to reveal more of what ADC will do differently from APC if the coalition of opposition politicians snatch power and run with …
‘Buhari’s presidency was a colossal disaster. He left behind a country poorer, more fractured, and more despairing than he found it. Let those who govern today and tomorrow draw the …
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 …
Three deaths: Gainers and losers By Bolanle BOLAWOLE [email protected] 0705 263 1058. (Published in my ON THE LORD’S DAY column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper edition of Sunday, 20 July, …
My phone rang on Thursday, 26 June, 2025 and a long-standing friend was on the line. “I know you are from Owo”, he began. “And I know you will want …
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 …
(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, …
“Any insurgency that lasts more than 24 hours, a government official has a hand in it” – the vile dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. “Finally, Mr. President has moved out of …
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