Opinion
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The Sovereign Scribe: Why digital intelligence demands a transformed vessel By Isaac Megbolugbe
June 23, 2026 Article Overview Human effort alone is fundamentally insufficient to produce words that carry eternal weight. In the…
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Why IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu should be released from detention By Chief Emeka Asinugo
There are moments in the life of every nation when the true test of democracy can no longer be perceived…
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The North, the columnist and bandits By Lasisi Olagunju
Sometimes, a matter one thinks is pregnant with an elephant delivers only a rat. Last week, I was on my…
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Oluwo, Elebuibon and terror war By Lasisi Olagunju
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, recently threw a challenge at Yoruba spiritual leaders. His target was the…
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Former friends could become hostile enemies By Fr. Peter Iwuala
This is a painful truth that cuts deeply into human experience, and it is one that the prophet Jeremiah knew…
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Taipei 2026: A historic Rotary Convention and Nigeria’s moment on the global stage By Ehi Braimah
The city of Taipei, Taiwan, became the meeting point of hope, service, friendship and global leadership as over 35,000 Rotarians…
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Nigeria’s shameful absence from 2026 FIFA World Cup By Martins Oloja
Football is diplomacy. It is big business. It is public relations. It is identity. But when the 48-nation World Cup kicked off…
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The three-month sprint (2): Vocabulary. Concepts. Metaphors By Max Amuchie
Every serious intellectual undertaking eventually reaches a threshold where it can no longer rely entirely on inherited language. It must…
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Daniel Bwala on Gov Makinde, and one other story By Festus Adedayo
On Friday last week, Presidential media aide, Daniel Bwala, was on his usual binge of Villa hatchet jobs. He flew…
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Life is not about being busy, it’s about being effective By Fr. Peter Iwuala
“Life is not about being busy, it’s about being effective” is a statement that challenges one of the most common…
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June 12 dividends versus Nigeria’s lived reality By Ebuka Ukoh
The heroes of June 12 did not struggle simply for the right to vote. They struggled for a society in…
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Garlands for my friend, Emeritus Prof Femi Osofisan, at 80 By Emeritus Prof Olu Obafemi
Come July, it will be five decades since we met and rapidly grew a bond of friendship which has transformed…
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State policing and deregistration of political parties… By Bola Bolawole (Dr. Olukayode Ajulo)
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 This is the first time I will feature Dr. Olukayode Ajulo, OON, SAN,…
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What we can learn from environmental consciousness in Ireland By John Coyle
I have recently concluded a ten-day study abroad program in Ireland, spanning the rural village of Carraroe in the Gaeltacht…
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Volcanic shocks on the World Cup turf By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The 2026 World Cup tournament being staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico has produced more shocks than the…
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June 12: Broken bottles on our foreheads, bludgeon on the back; Democracy, is this your face? By Festus Adedayo
It was the year 2000 or 2001. We were seated almost in a circumference. The venue was the Presidential Villa…
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Narco-presidencies and how they end By UGO ONUOHA
MERCHANTS of psychotropic substances, the jurisdiction of their operations notwithstanding, do not take prisoners. ‘’Obi fere ha azu’’ as my…
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When conscience finds its voice By Dakuku Peterside
Every nation eventually reaches a point where silence stops being prudence and becomes complicity. There are moments when patience can…
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The Kingdom of God is at hand By Fr. Peter Iwuala
Do not say many words but rather perform many deeds of love and hope in the name of the Lord…
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Northern Nigeria will soon kill Nigeria By Lasisi Olagunju
President Bola Tinubu, in his June 12 broadcast, condemned terrorists and their work but told us not to “assign blame…
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Dangerous assumptions that ruined June 12 majesty By MARTINS OLOJA
This anniversary musing is a continuation of my serial on “Team Tinubu and Danger of Assumption”, which began three weeks…
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A cursory look at our changing tide of choice By Emeka Asinugo
There was a time when, if people were asked to choose between strength and wisdom, many would have paused to…
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The three-month sprint (1): Philosophical architecture of an intellectual Trilogy of State Decay By Max Amuchie
Last week on The Sunday Stew, we unveiled the Decoupling Sovereignty Index (DSI), a quantitative metric I developed as an extension…
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The Altar and the Algorithm: Pastor Adeboye and the ‘black hole’ of digital outrage By Dr. Akin Olaniyan
The past few weeks have seen the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare…
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Tinubu, Ibadan is angry! By Festus Adedayo
President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day broadcast of 12 June did Ibadan incalculable dishonour. The speech celebrated heroes of Nigeria’s 25…
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