OPINION

By abiodun KOMOLAFE As of July 16, 2022, Iyiola Omisore, a Prince of Ife and a celebrated political strategist and master of the game, was the party’s National Secretary. Still, APC lost very badly in Ifeland. Incidentally,…

Written by Festus Adedayo If Nyesom Wike had read the character portrait of the Ijaw man as sketched by Dr. Percy Amoury Talbot, an early 20th century British historian and colonial administrator, he would most probably have thought…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE Olajumoke Ogunkeyede is a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. JMK, as Ogunkeyede is popularly called, was also a chieftain of the now-rested National Democratic Coalition (NADECO).…

The drama in the political space of Rivers State which has taken center stage in the media does not in any way hit those who are conversant with the real issues as a surprise development. This has been the pattern since the advent of…

Who really cares what former President Olusegun Obasanjo thinks of Nigeria's corrupt democracy? Obasanjo is part of the reason why democracy doesn't work in Africa. Obasanjo had the rare privilege of becoming military head of…

By abiodun KOMOLAFE I do not know how to start this Tribute. Still, I have to do it; and it's to Temitope Adeniran Ademakinwa who died on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Ademakinwa died at the age of 62, leaving behind a…

By Festus Adedayo It was 25 years ago; Saturday, October 10, 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest home of Frank Ovie-Kokori. We were waiting for our heroes. In the heat of the June…

Written by Festus Adedayo In 1995 when I joined the Tribune newspaper and “squatted” with a friend in Odo-Ona, one of Ibadan’s slums, I met one young boy in whom I took interest. His mother was a dedicated teacher and a devout…

Written by Festus Adedayo Last week, in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo State, two bedfellows, journalism and history, became objects of attraction. The duo have always existed in Siamese matrimony. As a way of emphasizing this…

No matter how good the type of government we practice in Nigeria, it will be difficult to build a Productive nation as long as its citizens have immoral attitudes as identified by experts. Nigerians are too passionate about…