Opinion
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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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As Ondo Governorship election hot up…5 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The billion dollar question on the lips of many as the Ondo governorship election draws…
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Majek: A rainmaker and his unique augury By Louis Odion
Cassock is no ordinary apparel. Neither are handcuffs choice ornament. So, when by mid 80s a fresh-faced minstrel from a…
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The illogic in Anambra South’s zoning logic By Belonwu Anene
There wouldn’t have been any need for this write-up if not for the growing tendency of our people in Anambra…
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Still On ‘Is this the language PHCN understands?’ By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 First to respond to my write-up “Is this the language PHCN understands?” was Mr. Adesegun…
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Akinwumi Adesina: The Inside Story By Femi Adesina
By his bow tie, you know him. And that distinguishing feature was firmly in place when Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President…
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Another World Environment Day, another speech making bazaar? By Iniruo Wills
Barely half way gone and still fairly young, the year 2020 is already uniquely historic in many ways. Easily…
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Your skewed appointments …shall bring ruin, destruction to Nigeria – Col. Abubakar Umar tells President Buhari.
OPEN LETTER FROM COL. DANGIWA UMAR (RTD) TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal…
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Hope Uzodinma and repudiation of Governors’ jumbo pension By Mikky Attah
In Nigeria, a country where Governors resist paying workers the minimum wage but pass laws for their own jumbo…
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As Ondo Governorship election hot up…4 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Nigeria’s elections – and politics – stopped being one of ideas and ideals a long time…
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(President Buhari writes for Newsweek) Post-Coronavirus, Africa’s manufacturing moment By Muhammadu Buhari
Across the world, as countries and economies slowly reopen, Africa lags behind. We were last to experience the coronavirus—and we…
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Five years of PMB: We’re glad he came our way By Femi Adesina
Who are the ‘we?’ Speak for yourself only, some cynics would say on merely seeing the headline of this…
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Is this the language PHCN understands? By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 For one week plus, the bulb did not blink in my apartment in the Agege area…
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COVID-19 initiatives: NNPC, Peter Obi, Stella Oduah and other examples
There have been issues with the form that palliatives for the mitigation of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic or…
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Our leaders are our problem, what about you? By Akpandem James
All over the world very few political leaders are liked by their countrymen while in office. Most are often…
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As Ondo Governorship election hots up…3 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants” –…
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Facts are stubborn things By Femi Adesina
Next week, the Muhammadu Buhari administration would be exactly five years in office. Four full years of a first…
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Wanted: Yoruba National Development Plan By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 On April, 20, 2020, the Yoruba ethnic nationality of Nigeria was admitted into the Unrepresented Nations…
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Agenda for Prof. Ibrahim Gambari – New Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari By Kazeem Bello
The euphoria and pageantry that greeted the announcement of Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, an Ilorin Prince as the new Chief…
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Anambra and the challenges of COVID-19 By Obiora Okonkwo Ph.D
In my Easter message to the good people of Anambra state a few weeks ago, I noted that the disruptions…
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China, Africa And The World After COVID-19 – By Kingsley Moghalu Kingsley Moghalu
The Coronavirus crisis has created a welcome opportunity for us to reassess the relationship between China and Africa on…
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We screwed up public education, now is the time to fix it By Akin Olaniyan
Nigeria has always been an interesting case. It’s the richly endowed country that is also home to some of the…
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2023: Why Anambra must return to PDP in 2021 By Ibrahim Khalil
Let me start by saying this. I am not from southern Nigeria. But I am a strong PDP man. However,…
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As Ondo governorship hot up …2 By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “Home is where/When you go there/They take you in” – Felix Houphouet-Boigny, late Cote d’Ivoire president.…
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