Opinion
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Ajimobi, Ayefele, and a country’s return to gag laws By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 There are far too many things wrong with the Oyo State Government’s decision to demolish…
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Airtel Touching Lives: A clarion call to support SDG By Lukmon Oloyede
The shift in the perceived role of corporate organizations as solely pro3fit centres to agents for positive change has become…
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South Senatorial Bye-election: APC victory has ‘beatified’ MA Abubakar By Ali M Ali
All politics is local – Tip O’Neil The resounding victory of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the recent senatorial…
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Night Ride In Police Van At Abacha Time By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Those were very dangerous days. General Sani Abacha was calling the shots in Nigeria. I was involved in the…
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Osun state in the throes of electioneering campaign By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Electioneering in Nigeria is war and like in all wars, truth is the first casualty.…
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Osinbajo at it again! By Bola Bolawole
Christian leaders have become a play thing for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Osinbajo gives himself the liberty to talk…
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As Eket Senatorial District celebrates Governor Emmanuel By Essien Ndueso
Governor Udom Emmanuel has diligently in the last three years of leadership followed the words of Thomas Fuller, an English…
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Lawal Daura: Scapegoat, sacrificial lamb, fall guy, victim or villain? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 May you live in interesting times! It is apt to remember this payer of the…
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Governor Ikpeazu’s MSME narrative By Godwin Adindu
Though he died unsung, Pa Ichiogu Ikpeazu, the great Umuobiakwa goldsmith, still lives on. Exceptional genes do not die.…
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Fashola: In the eye of the storm By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Whatever name called and under whichever administration, the Ministry of Power is jinxed. When it…
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Cry-baby APC! By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Our people have a saying, to wit: Someone who chanced on a lost item says…
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Lessons I have learned walking with MA Abubakar for a year By Ali M Ali
Time flies fast. It is incredible how it flutters. It has been a year since I started walking with Governor…
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In Lome, President Buhari seeks regional security architecture for West and Central Africa By Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari in Lome, Togo strongly pitched for the setting up of a regional security architecture in the West…
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As history repeats itself… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 363 1058 King Solomon in Ecclesiastes 1: 9 – 11 says: The thing that hath been, it is…
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Ekiti election and the shape of things to come By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “Those who vote determine nothing. Those who count (record, and announce) the votes determine everything”…
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PMB at ICC: Proud to be Nigerian By FEMI ADESINA
I’ve seen him address the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Seen him speak at AU (African Union) summits.…
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How Osinbajo, Silicon Valley, Hollywood investors, US industry chieftains interacted, exchanged ideas on investment opportunities in Nigeria By Laolu Akande
*FG promises protection of intellectual property, investment For two days, American investors and chieftains from the technology and entertainment sectors…
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Factors shaping the Ekiti governorship election By Bola Bolawole
Generally, two sets of factors affect the outcome of elections in Nigeria: The negative and the positive. The looming…
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China’s RBI – Before we are left behind again By Olawale Rasheed
The Chinese conceived the grand Road and Belt Initiative(RBI) as a strategic agenda to change developmental politics of the world.…
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Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Reforms: Understanding the elements of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill By Prof Chijioke Nwaozuzu and Isreal Onyije
A Communique from a forum on the Nigeria Petroleum Industry Reforms: Understanding the elements of the Petroleum Industry Governance (PIGB)…
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Ending bloodbath in Plateau State, Middle Belt By Kwamkur Samuel
It is sad to receive another news of massive killings and destructions of over 200 lives and millions worth…
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Baru’s Transformational Reforms In NNPC By Kingsley Ukah
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been depicted by its implacable critics as a cesspool of corruption and for…
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President Buhari’s visit to Morocco: Six quick Takeaways – by Garba Shehu
FACT: The Federal Government’s programme of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) of former agitators in the Niger Delta region of the…
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Righting the wrongs: When will it be the turn of Ndigbo? By Sam Ohuabunwa
In this column last week, I applauded and defended the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) to honour the…
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Why the bounce from declaring June 12 ‘Democracy Day’ may not last long By Jideofor Adibe
Let’s give it to Buhari and his advisers. Whoever suggested making June 12 the country’s ‘Democracy Day’ (rather than…
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