Opinion
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Contemptuous rulers and docile people By UGO ONUOHA
LATE last year, precisely on December 28, a presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, wrote across his social media platforms that Nigeria’s…
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What are you spreading in 2026? By Ebuka Ukoh
Every new year carries a promise. But some carry an instruction. Twenty-twenty-six arrives not as a whisper but as a…
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Saraki’s persona in Bolaji’s book By Lasisi Olagunju
I begin with a telling scene. In 2001, former Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, then a young journalist, visited the…
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Black is white, foul is fair, wrong is right By Lasisi Olagunju
A trending video shows Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, interrogating his national football team after their recent loss to Nigeria. His…
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A defining moment for Nigeria: Why staying the course matters By Mohammed Idris
As we enter a new year, the questions that fill our markets, our homes, and our places of work are…
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ADC, please listen and listen good… By Tai Emeka Obasi
You may not truly understand what you gained the day Mr. Peter Obi joined the coalition. Most of us think…
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Year 2025 in retrospect… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 As Year 2025 becomes history, there is the need to attempt a forensic analysis of this…
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NIMASA ends 2025 on a high note By Osagie Edward
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has ended the year 2025 on an impressive note, recording far-reaching achievements…
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Trump, Nigeria, terrorism & the crocodile tears of ‘sovereignty’ proclaimers By Victor Oladokun
A few days ago, the Trump Administration, in concert with the Nigerian Government, unleashed the wrath of precision military technology…
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Freedom of speech is not freedom to lie: The truth behind the Anthony Joshua incident By Kayode Akinmade
In Nigeria’s democratic space, where freedom of expression is rightly protected, a dangerous subculture has also flourished: professional blackmailers masquerading…
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Beware of false prophecies! By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also…
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Power without performance: The 2027 reckoning and what the global community must know – Trump is watching By Professor Mondy Selle Gold
It will be exceedingly difficult for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to secure a second mandate in 2027. At the summit…
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Nation-building is a shared responsibility – Tinubu to Nigerians
2026 MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A MORE ROBUST PHASE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH: PRESIDENT TINUBU’S NEW YEAR GOODWILL MESSAGE TO NIGERIANS…
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Re-engineering Nigeria: A bold blueprint for jobs, security, and sustainable national transformation By Nosa Ota Osaikhuiwu
Nigeria stands at a pivotal moment in its national evolution. With a swelling youth population, a weakened economy, a fractured…
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Dakuku Peterside: When a name carries a man through thought, duty, and the long journey of life By ‘Suyi Ayodele
In many African cultures, a name is not a casual label but a powerful sentence—sometimes a prayer, sometimes a prophecy,…
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Traumatized travellers, broken highways, and coastal road By UGO ONUOHA
The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, as amended, stipulated that the security and the welfare of Nigerians, not some Nigerians, not…
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Tax Reform Law: Cracks in the Code By Dakuku Peterside
A society does not collapse only when guns are louder than laws. It also weakens when citizens begin to suspect…
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Trump must finish what he started By Lasisi Olagunju
There is a Yoruba proverb for our insecurity and the external help we got last Thursday: Let the man see…
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Gov Makinde, his sons and his ‘friends’ By Lasisi Olagunju
“Beware the quiet man; for while others speak, he watches. And while others act, he plans. And when they finally…
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America and Gov Makinde’s precision strikes By Festus Adedayo
In Nigeria, on Tuesday and Thursday last week, two precision airstrikes hit targets. As similar as the pains the airstrikes…
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Before Tinubu metamorphoses into another Donald Trump… By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0803 251 0193, 0807 552 5533 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has threatened to resort to the use of “Executive…
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The Strategic Shift: Nigeria’s move to diversify oil trade payments By Isaac Megbolugbe
December 26, 2025 Introduction President Bola Tinubu’s recent announcement to diversify oil trade payments to include local currencies marks a…
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Gumi and his terrorists By Lasisi Olagunju
During the Kiriji War of the nineteenth century, a grim parable of war came and became a subject of racial…
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Yuletide reflections: Dirty December, Quiet Hearts, Etcetera By Ebuka Ukoh
In Nigeria, December arrives like a festival competing with itself. The streets get louder, the music gets brighter, and the…
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Reflections in the Christmas Prism: Embracing Paradox and Sovereignty By Isaac Megbolugbe
December 25, 2025 Introduction As I reflect on the true meaning of Christmas, I am struck by the paradoxes that…
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