By Wole Olaoye “There’s fire on the mountain and nobody seems to be on the run There’s fire on the mountain top and no one is a-running… One day the river will overflow And there’ll be nowhere for us to go And we will run, run Wishing we had put out the fire In this […] Read more
By Israel Chukwumaeze The whole point of Klopp’s footballing philosophy is built on what in German is called “Umschaltmoment” or “Switching moments” as attacking means. For him, counterpressing or gegenpressing is the best playmaker and creates the best shots at winning the game. The logic is clear: When the opposition tries to counter, they surrender […] Read more
By EE Okpa The last of the reining Monarchies, Queen Elizabeth has paid her debt at age 96 after 70 yrs on the throne. Some are crying and wailing their Grandmother Queen has gone. Too bad but it is expected. Bless their hearts, I don’t mourn persons who are distant from me and are products […] Read more
By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 I never met Prof. Akin Mabogunje; neither did I have any relationship with him other than reading news reports about him and some of his interventions on topical issues. His image, however, loomed large over our horizon. He was one of the titans of our time; an academic […] Read more
Monday Lines By Lasisi Olagunju Speaking at a book launch in Kaduna Thursday last week, Prof Ango Abdullahi, leader of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), accused some unnamed persons of engaging in destructive campaigns to destroy the north. “I have to state here that we are witnessing some of the crudest and most unproductive campaigns […] Read more
By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058. More often than not, government business in Nigeria is akin to monkey business. “The more you look is the less you see”; like the reggae artiste, Max Romeo, once crooned. What appears legit elsewhere is patently taboo here. Governance here looks more like voodoo practice. What works elsewhere […] Read more
Basil Okoh THIS ESSAY WAS WRITTEN IN 2018, BEFORE THE PDP PRIMARIES IN PORT HARCOURT FOR THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. WHY ATIKU ABUBAKAR CANNOTBE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA Atiku Abubakar appears now to be the front-runner of the crowded field for the PDP Presidential ticket in the 2019 Presidential election. The bigwigs of the PDP pretend […] Read more
EE OKPA Oh my goodness, what a crass interview! The setting is annoying with the interviewer having a laptop on her lap, baby crying, so much noise, etc. Who allowed this? Above all, the whole charade is elementary. Each time Peter Obi opens his mouth he shows how shallow he is. And here is another […] Read more
By SOLA EBISENI LIKE him or not, Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, veteran of wars, former Nigerian Military Head of State, eight years elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is an enigma. According to Shakespeare, in Twelfth Night: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em”. For […] Read more
By IMMAN EKPE ALL Progressives Congress, APC, vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima is again making news after delegating the management of the economy to his supposed principal, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and taking up for himself, the role of Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces should they win the 2023 presidential election. His assertion is against […] Read more
