Opinion
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COVID-19: Governor Wike’s succour strategy By Paulinus Nsirim
It is an incontrovertible fact that since the deadly coronavirus pandemic broke out globally, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of…
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A 2023 agenda for southern Nigeria… (3) + Funtua: Honour not deserved… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 I feel the compelling need to yield space to a few of our teeming readers…
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Adelusi-Adeluyi @ 80: The giver’s hand is on top By Louis Odion, FNGE
Not until playwright Sophocles sired character Oedipus in his definitive Greek play was human imagination tempted to consider the…
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Peter Obi: Game changer par excellence By Tai Emeka Obasi
For those who were not yet in secondary schools when HE Peter Obi became governor, you might truly have physically…
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The Buhari international community knows; Celebrating Adelusi-Adeluyi at 80 By FEMI ADESINA
The Nigerian President is different things to different people, depending on the prism from which he is being considered. To…
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GEJ meets PMB: A lesson for bitter-enders By FEMI ADESINA
In the build-up to the 2015 general elections, the country was divided right down the middle. On one side were…
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There Was A Warrior Called Ojukwu By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
He did not deliver on his promise to write “The Book” before his death. The fact that Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu…
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Not corruption but banditry By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 I considered three other titles before settling for the one above: Banditry and not corruption;…
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Let’s join hands to make the NDDC work for Niger Delta and Nigeria By Pius Ughakpoteni
As a participant observer in the Niger Delta project, I am amazed that over the past few weeks an…
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That Ondo State may not burn… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 It was with an air of clairvoyance that we started the series on Ondo governorship…
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TRIBUTE: At 59, Peter Obi, unyielding in integrity and commitment By Valentine Obienyem
I shall take the liberty to begin this piece with the conclusion. Today, the 19th of July, 2020, Mr. Peter…
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Tolulope Arotile: Too early for hangar in the sky By Femi Adesina
When a pilot dies, the colleagues say he or she has gone to the hangar in the sky. Hangar is…
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The imminent collapse of Eko Bridge By Sonny Iroche
Handle: @Irochesonny Our nonchalant attitude to governance and preemptive action against avoidable calamities as a country, to say the least,…
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A 2023 agenda for southern Nigeria…1 By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Some think it is foolhardy for the North not to want to relinquish power in 2023.…
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Buhari and the South East: Arthur Eze nails it By FEMI ADESINA
There’s a wise saying in Yoruba land, which goes thus: “If you like, feed the entire city with pounded yam,…
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Edo 2020: Why INEC must reject Osagie Ize-Iyamu as APC guber candidate By Fred Latimore Esq.
As it is today there is no duly elected National Chairman and Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as…
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As the Ondo governorship election hots up…9 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Today is the concluding part of the series on the Ondo governorship election which we…
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The Wike that I know By Paulinus Nsirim
Several comments, interpretations, narratives and theories have greeted the recent letter written by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State…
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Wike vindicates Buharists By FEMI ADESINA
It came like a bolt out of the blue. Early this week, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, issued an advertisement,…
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Reading the mind of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Political chicanery did not just start yesterday. Deceit and tomfoolery are as old as society itself.…
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When Obasanjo fired letter bomb at Goodluck Jonathan By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigerians forget all too quickly. Many of my countrymen and women have of course forgotten the bomb of a letter…
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As Ondo governorship election hot up…8 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 For good reasons, South-westerners are nostalgic about the tenure of Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the first…
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Chichidodo government By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is in the DNA of every Nigerian government to talk tough on fighting corruption. This useable tactic of mass deceit…
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$2.8 billion AKK pipeline project: Buhari strikes again! By Femi Adesina
Something good is already happening. Something marvelous is in store, as Federal Government kickstarts the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) National…
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Danger signals arising from Edo, Ondo elections By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 As the parties step up preparations for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states…
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