Opinion
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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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New mandate: By God and Rivers people By Simeon Nwakaudu
There are several Biblical Guides to courage and victory in the face of extreme ungodly obstacles. One of such guides…
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Osun election petition tribunal verdict: One leg off… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last Friday’s decision of the Osun election petition tribunal to shoot down the All Progressives Congress and…
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Between Ozekhome and Omatseye’s Goebbelian vituperations By Dr Ademola Adegoke
The pen is ordinarily a sword of justice; a tool for pounding oppressors and elevating heroes of democracy and rule…
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Opinion: Osun Guber Election: Time to stand for Truth By Olawale Rasheed
(Opinion article sent in just before the Tribunal ruling declaring Senator Ademola Adeleke winner of the Osun State governorship election)…
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Basic education for Nigeria’s poor By Aniebo Nwamu
Suddenly, attention is shifting to Okotie-Eboh Primary School in Delta State. A video that has gone viral on social media…
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The many ‘sins’ of Isiaka Ajimobi By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Reading my “Now Amosun, Okorocha have repeated OGD’s mistakes…” (“TREASURES” column, New Telegraph of Wednesday, 13…
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Nigeria 2019: Notes from the field By Reuben Abati
Whoever came up with the wise saying that Nigerian politics is dirty deserves an award for perspicacity. I have just…
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Thank you Ochendo By Godwin Adindu
“If you are incapable of gratitude, you are incapable of noble sentiments. Even animals are grateful,” — By Sir George Bernard…
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Ozekhome: Fanning embers of disunity and subjugation of Igbo race By FEMI ADESINA
On February 27, 2019, lawyer and activist, Mike Ozekhome, wrote a piece under the headline, ‘Buhari’s skewed view of…
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PMB, the principalities and powers By FEMI ADESINA
Twice on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari displayed an uncommon generosity of spirit. We had set forth at dawn, shortly before…
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Things that pertain to our peace By FEMI ADESINA
I’d never had the head for figures. In fact, the enmity between me and mathematics was so bad that if…
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Onnoghen: Is Buhari a hostage? By Sufuyan Ojeifo
Who misadvised President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Samuel Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, using the…
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