Month: May 2019

We are not in Spain. But there, it is claimed that bulls are enraged when red flags flutter before them. The matador, the man who fights and kills a bull in a sport, gets the […]

Nigeria is in the throes of crises. They range from political crisis, economic crisis, social crisis to security crisis, the last being the most serious and the most daunting. The security crisis is hydra-headed as […]

There are speakers you just cannot get tired of listening to, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah and the Chairperson of First bank of Nigeria, Ibukun Awosika. They have the energy, the language and […]

Without ignoring irony as a characteristic value of a mature literary work- the maintenance of desperate perspectives- I wish to regard it here as also a mode of interconnection, as illuminating discrepancy. Awareness of a […]

In April 2019, CBN made good its over a year old promise, to tackle the acute shortage of lower Naira denominations by flooding the market with fresh supplies of N50, N20, N10, N5 POLYMER denominations, […]

It is often said that when power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Many of the state governors, due largely to their unhindered and unlimited access to billions of public funds they are not made to […]

The much touted fight against corruption is something that attracts different interpretations to different people. For some, it does not matter if our anti-corruption agencies go after members of the opposition only. I sincerely do […]

In recent times, the spate of attacks on Lagos traffic managers has increasingly become disturbing, troubling and worrisome. Officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have been at the receiving end of various […]

On 3 May after a closed door meeting, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, announced a deal between the FG and the Miyetti Allahh Cattle Breeders Association as part of efforts to curtail […]

simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com, sms: 0805 500 1961 Eleven years ago — to be specific, on July 7, 2008 — the title of my column was: “One Day, the People Will Rebel”. I warned that the extravagant lifestyles […]

First Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan, Oyo State, is a visionary‘s idea. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ayobami Salami, acknowledged the innovative inspiration of Governor Abiola Ajimobi, who leaves office this month after two pacesetting terms. Salami […]

In the end they decided to kill him. They thought, at least, that when he is dead and buried, he would no longer be able to do anyone any good. But that was a big […]

My appeal to Umrah addicts is to channel those funds being dissipated on pilgrimages towards the advancement of their societies, even if only for the next few years. There is a lot of development to […]

You could argue…that given our general predilections, the conduct of our delegate to the U.N. was inevitable. Probably. Still, the sleep-besotted part of that picture raised further questions. For one, “How do we appoint people […]

In January 2012, the BBC asked in a trenchant report, “Is Nigeria on the brink?” But today, the question that should be asked by Nigerians with modicum of common sense should be “When will Nigeria […]