Opinion
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Wike: The emerging Champion of the South South By Paulinus Nsirim
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, went to the ancient city of Benin, saw and faced the agents of a siege ,…
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Coalition of leaders: Nigeria’s future and the Constitution By DR. KAZEEM BELLO
After 60 years of independence, we are still deceiving ourselves about governance in Nigeria. While it is true that the…
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Between ‘Dividers-in-Chief’ and ‘Dividers-in-Law’ By Wole Soyinka
I am notoriously no fan of Olusegun Obasanjo, General, twice former president and co-architect with other past leaders of the…
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Alaafin Adeyemi, Bode Thomas, Tinubu, and the Oonirisa By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 You may have heard the story of the very unfortunate encounter between Alaafin Adeniran Adeyemi 11…
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EDO 2020: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…Thanks, but no, thanks! by Tony Usidamen
I watched with rapt attention the video that you made for the people of Edo concerning the 19th September gubernatorial…
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Fuel Subsidy Removal: The needless furore By Maryam I. Shettima
Mr President is in the eye of the storm recently for bravely realizing the inevitable expungement of the fuel subsidy…
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Fuel: The day of reckoning is here By Louis Odion, FNGE
It is a factual error to conflate the subsidy uprising of 2012 and the crisis of 2020. True, both speak…
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Release Opeyemi Owatimeyin now! By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com Reports making the rounds on social media are to the effect that one Opeyemi Owatimeyin has been whisked into…
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Edo: Where two wrongs make a right By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 362 1058 The much talked-about Edo State governorship election comes up next Saturday, 19th September, 2020. The run…
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President Buhari focused on nation building and unity of Nigeria By FEMI ADESINA
To state that we live in challenging times is perhaps an understatement and does very little justice in accurately capturing…
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Dry taps to flow again in Rivers State By Paulinus Nsirim
In continuation of his unwavering commitment to improve the living standards of Rivers people and prepare every sector in the…
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Notes from Ministerial Performance Review Retreat By FEMI ADESINA
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure,” posits management thinker, Peter Drucker. And that was one of the reasons that…
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Now, your suffering commences… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 An authoritative report once described Nigerians as the happiest people in the world. That report came…
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Of Karma, CAMA, the Church and mushrooming churches – 3 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 In addition to the rants and chants on social media, subtle diplomacy is ongoing on CAMA…
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Buhari’s applause for Akinwumi Adesina By FEMI ADESINA
The strife is o’er, the battle done. But it was by no means easy. It took so much: tact, diplomacy,…
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How Buhari is tackling food inflation in Nigeria By Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the concern of his administration about the sudden spiral of food prices, at a time…
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How Africans under-develop Africa By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 It is a little over 40 years since Dr. Walter Rodney died; the Guyanese radical historian,…
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The Corporate Affairs Controversy BY OKEY IKECHUKWU
The controversy over the revised (and perhaps questionable) 2020 version of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) has taken…
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Of Karma, CAMA, the Church and mushrooming churches (2) By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners’ Chapel has become the whipping boy and fall guy of…
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My Mercedes is bigger than yours By FEMI ADESINA
I am borrowing the title of a 1975 book by Nkem Nwankwo to express my thoughts today. Published by Heinemann…
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UNILAG: And the losers are… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Nigeria’s Ivory Tower fought long, bitterly and hard against the country’s combination of whining civilian administrations…
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Wike’s Olive Branch, sign of true democrat By Paulinus Nsirim
Those who had been stoking the fires of divisive politics and fanning the embers of the politics of bitterness in…
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RE: Edo polls and threats of violence By Paulinus Nsirim
The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to an article titled: “Edo Polls and Threats of Violence”…
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Of Karma, CAMA, the Church, and mushrooming churches (1) By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Karma or the Law of Karma is an expression usually used – though not exactly appropriately…
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Edo: Godwin versus ‘God-sent’ By Louis Odion, FNGE
The Bini word “Nosagie” (“Osagie” for short) translates roughly as “the one sent by God”. For incumbent Edo governor, the…
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