Opinion
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Buharigging in a time of change By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The new word I put in the Dictionary recurs: Buharigging. It simply means deploying every apparatus of state – military,…
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Air Peace must thrive in peace! – Uwazurike
The rise of Air Peace coy took everyone by surprise. The attitude was that the company belonged to Mrs Patience…
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Between Secondus and Modu Sheriff… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Recent events must have Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders thinking which of Ali Modu Sherriff (aka…
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Lessons from the Kogi and Bayelsa Elections By Jideofor Adibe
The results of the Saturday November 16 2019 off-season polls in Kogi and Bayelsa States, as announced by the Independent…
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Hate speech in the Nigerian Senate By Aniebo Nwamu
In recent years, some of my friends have relocated to Europe or North America along with their family members. When…
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Still on Makinde and Ibadan’s recurring house of horror By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Just like the prodding of a respected younger professional colleague moved me to take a…
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The resurfacing of the Hate Speech Bill By Jideofor Adibe
Many Nigerians were taken aback on Tuesday, November 12 2019, when news filtered that the Hate Speech Bill, first introduced…
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Tam David-West in final escape By FEMI ADESINA
Now, my introduction to Professor Tam David-West was on this wise: I was brought up by a very strict,…
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Makinde and Ibadan’s recurring house of horror By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I have lost count of how many houses of horror have been unearthed in various parts…
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A Note to Shakespearean Femi Adesina By Segun Showunmi
A fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. (William Shakespeare, As…
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Atiku: They gave him a false sense of hope By FEMI ADESINA
After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the…
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Tribute to Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
The sudden death of Professor Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe in London on Thursday, October 17, 2019 came as a rude shock to…
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Where is Fayemi leading Ekiti? By Segun Dipe
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army…
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Snare of made-in-Northern-Nigeria Igbo president By Chigbu Okoroafor
The sound of restructure or dissolve Nigeria has now become too loud for the core north to ignore. And certainly they…
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Reflections on the just concluded Russia-Africa Summit Jideofor Adibe
The first Russia-Africa summit which held in Sochi, Russia, from October 23 – 25 2019, has put Russia- Africa relations…
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The takeaways from President Buhari’s visit to Russia by Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria from his four-day visit to the Russian Republic extremely happy with the success…
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The passing on of the human Encyclopedia, Ifedobi By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was one death that sucked the juice of life out of me. Chief Joseph Ekemezie Ifedobi, famously known as…
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Sex predators: Is castration the answer? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The increasing cases of rape and defiling of little children in Ekiti require urgent attention.…
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The vituperations of Junaid Mohammed! By Goddy Uwazurike
Dr Junaid Mohammed, my colleague at the National Conference of Nigeria 2014 and a former follower of the Aminu Kano…
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Aisha Buhari: Victim or one of the contending Villa power players? By Jideofor Adibe
An old video clip in which President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, was seen irate and throwing tantrums in the…
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A national day for Zik of Africa By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigerians across all the divides cannot forget in a hurry that the country could not have become independent on October…
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The death of free speech in Africa By Tony Ogunlowo
The new wave of democracy sweeping across Africa was meant to usher in a new kind of freedom – freedom…
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Nigeria’s opposition is missing By Garba Shehu
Last week, the Nigeria’s senate majority leader reintroduced anti-sexual harassment legislation to parliament, following a serious exposé by the BBC…
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Between Goodluck Jonathan and DavidCameron’s ‘For the Record’ By Jideofor Adibe
David Cameron’s recent memoir, ‘For the Records,’ which has largely been shunned by leading arts reviewers such as the…
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UniLag ‘cold room’ as a metaphor By Tayo Ogunbiyi
Before now, the common perception of a cold room in our country is that of a storage facility for frozen…
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