Opinion
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Lagos and the defining moments of 2019 By Tayo Ogunbiyi
A crucial phase for Lagos State in the past year was the change in political leadership that ushered in Mr.…
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Orin Ekiti saga and Odumakin’s uninformed commentary By Segun Dipe
Narendra Modi, the current Prime Minister of India, once described the hallmark of government as good governance with good intentions.…
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A New Year letter from President Buhari to Nigerians
My Dear Compatriots, NIGERIA’S DECADE Today marks a new decade. It is a time of hope, optimism and fresh possibilities.…
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Abia State as theatre of absurdities: Dilemmas of confronting Gov. Ikpeazu: Diagnosis and prognosis
His Excellency, Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, presumably or purportedly, Governor of Abia State, can be likened best to a king without…
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Now that Dasuki and Sowore have been released from detention… By JideoforAdibe
The Tuesday December 24 2019 release from detention of both the former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and…
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Appreciating Ugwuanyi’s unique governance footing @ Christmas By Louis Amoke
Recently, former President Goodluck Jonathan was in Enugu, to deliver a lecture at the 10th anniversary celebration of Godfrey…
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An Open Letter to President Buhari on Police “checkpoints”. By Chuks Iloegbunam.
Dear Mr. President, Travelling from Lagos to Anambra State on November 9, 2019, I counted 67 “checkpoints” mostly manned…
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We’re using our vast natural gas resources to help build a better Nigeria – NLNG CEO, Tony Attah
BEING A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY TONY ATTAH, MD/CEO NIGERIA LNG LIMITED AT NIGERIA LPGA & LPG SUMMIT 2019, ON 27TH…
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Of Orji Kalu, Igbos and saboteurs – Lessons of History By Uzoma O Nwagwu
The contest for emancipation of any group is inevitably fraught with activities of saboteurs. In fact, conspiracy, sabotage and…
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My grouse with 2019 Ahiajoku Lecture By Prof. Obiareri Nnamdi
OKEZUE OGBUU ALAA📌 RE: 2019 AHIAJOKU LECTURE SERIES! It is good and commendable that the 2019 Ahiajoku Lecture was…
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Zamfara leads, will others follow? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The saying, usually, is: Who bells the cat? The story is told that rats met one…
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(Review) dispossessed by James Eze: The birth of a terrible beauty By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
dispossessed by James Eze; Fasihi (Daraja Press); 2019; 121 pp Ever since I got a signed copy of James Eze’s…
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What goes round comes around… By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 If a writer does not generate hostility, he is dead – Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, Nobel Laureate…
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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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