Bola Bolawole, Author at The News Chronicle

South-West governors and constitutional amendment…

Bola Bolawole Jul 19, 2021

According to reports I read on Cable News, an online publication superintended by seasoned journalist and influential columnist, Simon Kolawole, the governors of the South-West states of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, and Ondo have made representations regarding on-going efforts by the National Assembly to review the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended). Note that the […]

England’s heartbreak at Wembley

Bola Bolawole Jul 14, 2021

Euro 2020 has come and gone but the reverberations are bound to continue for some time to come. To start with, COVID-19 ensured that the competition, which should have been held in 2020, got transferred to 2021. While Italy, the unexpected winners, may continue to moon glide and walk tall with their shoulders held high, […]

The tide will turn

Bola Bolawole Jul 13, 2021

Unexpected “General Winter” defeated the invincible army of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte; opening a second war front in the East (against Russia) became the undoing of Adolf Hitler’s deutsche machine. I read Prof Akin Onigbinde arguing somewhere that Nigeria (better still, the Fulani) cannot defeat the Igbo (Biafra) and Yoruba (Oodua nation) agitators taken together. Onigbinde’s […]

Southern governors: Stirring or just filibustering?

Bola Bolawole Jul 09, 2021

The 17 Southern governors met again last Monday in Lagos to discuss and or respond to national issues of common interest to them and their people. At the end, they issued a communique which was well measured and apt, addressing all the germane issues in a mature, responsible, and responsive manner. The communique, I dare […]

Nigeria: As fascism bares its fangs…

Bola Bolawole Jul 04, 2021

“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a […]

The Chidinma conundrum

Bola Bolawole Jul 02, 2021

“There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon the rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. Such is […]

The TB Joshua I knew… (II)

Bola Bolawole Jun 27, 2021

Prophet T also tried to match-make for me at the Synagogue. One day as we were in his sitting room, he sent for a lady; the lady came and knelt down at his feet. I cannot remember what they discussed but after she left, Prophet T turned to me and said “Se e like lady […]

The TB Joshua I knew (I)

Bola Bolawole Jun 24, 2021

Monica (not real name) took me to the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN or Synagogue, for short). One of her daughters had demonstrated signs of Sickle Cell anaemia (SS) and, ooh, how she ran from pillar to post! She patronised hospitals to no avail, spending a fortune. Then she heard of TB Joshua and […]

Transparency, Openness, and Accountability: JAMB’s shining example

Bola Bolawole Jun 24, 2021

“If I had to choose between a government without newspapers and newspapers without government, I wouldn’t hesitate to choose the latter” – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd United States of America president (1801 – 1809). A government that gags the press has something to hide. Any government that vilifies the media has skeletons in its cupboard. You […]

Igangan massacre: Who is to blame?

Bola Bolawole Jun 14, 2021

The Igangan massacre of hapless and harmless Yoruba citizens by suspected Fulani herdsmen and terrorists armed to the teeth has come but the vibrations may not go away for a long time to come. Although casualty figures vary from one report to another, I have it on good authority that life was lost on both […]

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