Opinion
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Back to our communities (I)
The wall separating urban and rural communities is collapsing fast. What makes a community urban except for availability of power,…
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APC Ward Congresses: A Crisis Foretold By Jideofor Adibe
The nationwide ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held on Saturday, May 5 2015 was largely…
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Between naysayers and Bayelsa Public Service Reforms By Daniel Alabrah
Timi is about 27 years and hails from a rustic community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.…
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Fayemi: What are they afraid of? By Oluwaseun Fakuade and Oladipo Adejumo
All was going smoothly during the APC gubernatorial primary elections in Ado-Ekiti until thugs disrupted the otherwise peaceful process.…
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No Restructuring, No Voting By Aniebo Nwamu
A reliable source has told me what he believes is the reason the National Assembly has yet to pass the…
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Lalong; A Quintessential Lawyer, Lawmaker, Leader, Legend At 55 By Mark Longyen
Rosalyn Carter, a former United States First Lady once said: “A leader takes people where they want to go.…
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Takeaways from the auspicious meeting between Presidents Buhari and Trump in Washington BY GARBA SHEHU
This note is written by one who is mindful of the fact that there are Nigerians, I mean the…
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Ekiti, Osun elections: Defining the politics of 2019 By Bolanle Bolawole
The looming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states, whose party primaries are already in full swing in Ekiti…
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Armageddon now or later By Aniebo Nwamu
Many have held their breath since penultimate week when the US, Britain and France bombed facilities allegedly housing chemical weapons…
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Chuks Iloegbunam makes wake-up call; Bashes Akinjide, Abdul Razaq, Okorocha, Wikipedia
The Allure of the Humanities By Chuks Iloegbunam “Our history strongly suggests that we need to moderate strength and power…
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Ask Festus Keyamo… By Bola Bolawole
Journalism is one profession that every Tom, Dick and Harry pretends to know how to practise; so was Festus…
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Ikpeazu and the legend of Ukwu Mango By Godwin Adindu
As I drive today along Faulks Road, passing Ariaria to the Enugu/PortHarcourt end of Faulks Road, on a well-paved road,…
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Bill Gates, Peter Obi in sync By Tai EmekaObasi.
When one of the world’s richest men visited Nigeria lately, his firm advice to Nigeria’s Federal Government was straight…
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Locational issues for proposed modular refineries in the Niger Delta By Prof Chijioke Nwaozuzu
With the recent government impetus and incentives for the construction of modular refineries in the Niger Delta Region, it becomes…
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Buhari’s 2019 bid and matters arising By Garba Shehu
The country is gearing itself up for the General Elections in February next year and with President Muhammadu Buhari announcing…
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Deadly Terrorists in the ‘Dark Continent’ By Aniebo Nwamu
Long before the emergence of Al-Qaeda or its forerunners, there existed tiny creatures terrorising the whole of Africa and some…
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Going for Shehu Sani’s jugular By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Every sane person familiar with how things work in Nigeria knew a long time ago…
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Why we do this thankless job By Aniebo Nwamu
Just last Sunday I resolved to resume this column after reading about a quarrel between Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore…
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Why I’ll vote Buhari again and again By FEMI ADESINA
The greatest talking point in our country this week has been the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would…
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Ekweremadu’s many battles By Ismail Omipidan
The general belief among most Africans that “a man’s life is preordained and ruled by God,” has continued to play…
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President Buhari’s declaration for second term: Matters arising By Mike Ozehkome
THE DECLARATION After waiting for so long to declare his ambition for a second term, perhaps, waiting for Allah’s permission,…
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Looting as state policy By Emmanuel Yawe
We love to romanticize our founding fathers in Nigeria. To be politically correct, we speak of them only in positive…
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2019: Let the others simply run away By FEMI ADESINA
There are two options for those in contention for the presidency in 2019: run, or run away. Now that…
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Gates, Obi and the Nigerian Development Imperatives By Esin Suji
Two of the acknowledged hallmarks of effective leadership are the ability and courage to identify and harness available human and…
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APC national chairmanship: Has Odigie-Oyegun reached the end of the road?
There are strong indications that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has reached the…
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