Opinion
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Dear Gov. Kayode Fayemi… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I have published Gov. Kayode Fayemi’s rejoinder to my piece “Eventually, Fayemi wins the argument” of…
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Buhari: 35 Days into a second term Jideofor Adibe
Today is exactly 35 days since Buhari was inaugurated for a second term in office. It is also…
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Supreme Court verdict: Final nail in IBB, Abacha’s coffin By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Great editors make great newspapers – Alhaji Nojeem Jimoh, the editor who recruited me into…
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From Fayemi, a response By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti State, has responded to this column’s “Eventually, Fayemi wins…
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On-going Obaship tussles at Owo… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 With the late Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi 111’s rites of passage completed, the race for the…
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The legends of Aso Rock By Sufuyan Ojeifo
President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure began with a low-key inauguration at the Eagle Square in Abuja, a scenario that decidedly…
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Bridges over phantom lakes By Aniebo Nwamu
Once again, unscrupulous politicians are beating the drums of secession. It’s not new. Whenever the political atmosphere seems charged, one…
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Economics, Economist, Financial Times and Nigeria By Garba Shehu
One would imagine that business papers like economic success stories; apparently not. Instead, they feast and thrive on negatives. Financial…
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PMB’s second term: Ain’t no stopping us now, we’re on the move By FEMI ADESINA
Those who were young (men-about-town) in the 80s will remember the 1979 hit track by McFadden & Whitehead, titled…
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On the rights of depraved people By Aniebo Nwamu
Same-sex marriage will, effective this Friday, be legalised in Taiwan, the first Asian nation to do so. President Tsai Ing-wen will assent…
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That APC’s wager on Lawan and Gbaja By Sufuyan Ojeifo
I do not look into crystal balls. That is not my preoccupation. I certainly lack the endowment of predicting…
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Ganduje’s Solomon Grundy By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Between the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,…
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Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in history By Peter Abuchi
The history of modern politics in Nigeria, especially since return to civil rule in 1999, cannot be written without generous…
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Census by imagination By Aniebo Nwamu
Nobody knows the actual population of Nigeria today. Not even the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) which intermittently releases figures knows.…
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Ambode’s last days in office… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 As would be expected, a flurry of activities is hallmarking Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode’s last days…
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Gov. Gboyega Oyetola must handle this By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “But let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream” – Amos…
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Remembering the Street Child By Jideofor Adibe
April 12, the day set aside since 2012 as the International Day for Street Children, has come and gone.…
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PMB’s Second term: Looking back, and looking forward By FEMI ADESINA
To borrow the words of colourful First Republic politician, Chief Ozumba Mbadiwe, “come has finally come to become” for President…
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Second term politics: Can Akeredolu make it in Ondo State? By Ayodele Oni
Since he won the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state in 2015, he has been…
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OAU Ile-Ife: Land-grabbing assumes frightening dimension By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 News, last week, that some land-grabbers poisoned Opa Dam, the main source of water supply…
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Ugwuanyi’s reelection and reality of good governance By Louis Amoke
The post-election actions and inactions of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration in Enugu State in sustaining the tempo of peace and…
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Professor Edward Oparaoji: An intellectual crusader for enthronement of good governance and rule of law By Hon Uzoma Nwagwu
I first came in contact with Professor Edward Oparaoji in a hotel in Washington DC during the Peoples Mandate Party…
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Kogi government and its macabre dance By Sufuyan Ojeifo
Still smarting from the national embarrassment of topping the odious table of states that have not been able to…
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Decentralising port operations and ending the chaos in Lagos By Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa
LAST week, I was trapped for hours on the Isolo-Apapa Expressway in an unprecedented traffic gridlock. Many lanes of the…
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Gov. Kayode Fayemi’s 14 ‘wise men’
By Ayodele Oni At last, Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, early this week forwarded to the State’s House of…
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