Opinion
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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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Toward empowerment of Nigerian People: A review By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu of Afolabi Imoukhuede’s Never An After Thought
Never An After Thought by Afolabi Sokpehi Imoukhuede HCS; Narrative Landscape Press (Prima), Lagos, Nigeria; 220; 357pp The power of…
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As the Ondo governorship election hots up…7 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The first conclusion to be drawn from these series is that in a presidential system…
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A ‘GOOD SETBACK’ BY 60 YEARS By Femi Adesina
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has a fixation with 60 years. At the height of its heady days in…
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Sad Sam Smiles @ 85 By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The iconic publisher of Vanguard newspapers, Sam Amuka-Pemu, remains as ever a self-effacing Nigerian patriot of uncommon class and…
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The grand deception called ‘Democracy Day’ By Bola Bolawole
turnpot.gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Last Friday, governments, civil society and labour groups, private organisations and individuals rolled out the…
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Magnus Abe’s NNPC Board appointment: Matters arising
The full import of the recent appointment of Senator Magnus Abe into the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,…
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International Cancer Survivors Day 2020: COVID-19 as a wake-up call By Dr. Abia Nzelu
“Goodness is the only investment that never fails. Those who bring sunshine cannot keep it from themselves.” – Thor The…
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As the Ondo governorship election hot up…6 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 One of the unwritten rules of the presidential system that this country has operated since…
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The years roll by, and Buhari keeps faith as a democrat By FEMI ADESINA
Let’s begin with this story a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army told me recently about the man Muhammadu Buhari,…
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We shall overcome COVID-19, emerge stronger, more purposeful – President Buhari in June 12 speech
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON DEMOCRACY DAY, JUNE 12TH 2020 Fellow Nigerians, 1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy…
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Exploits of post-war Enugu Rangers; Won wars for the vanquished By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Football is the greatest instrument that unites Nigeria. Whenever the national team, the Super Eagles, is on song all Nigerians…
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COVID 19: Should churches, mosques reopen now? By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Max Romeo sang “The more you look the less you see/The less you look the…
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Ahmad Lawan as President of the Ninth Senate: Setting the right tone from the outset By Ola Awoniyi
The gripping electoral drama of the day fittingly climaxed weeks of a political game of wits in Nigeria. That…
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Is Nigeria Ready to Leave Lockdown? By Professor Benjamin Uzochukwu
As sub-Saharan Africa grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, policymakers in Nigeria—Africa’s largest economy and home to…
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