Opinion
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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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Of Easter, Leah Shakiru, and looters’ list By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5555 Easter is the season when Christians all over the world remember our Lord and Saviour…
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What they won’t tell you about MA Abubakar By Ali M Ali
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. John C. Maxwell It…
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On Lagos’ infrastructure development By Tayo Ogunbiyi
One major index of social change and development today, especially in Africa, is infrastructure development as particularly epitomized by the…
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Nigerian 2019 presidential election: Zoned to competence By Prof. Kingsley Moghalu
The choice that faces Nigeria in the 2019 presidential election is one between progress and retrogression, between scary poverty…
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Reading TY Danjuma’s lips By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Ordinarily, Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd.) is not my man, as they say, and…
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Role of Endowments, Corporate Social Responsibility in Research & Development in the petroleum sector: The University of Port Harcourt example By Prof Chijioke Nwaozuzu
The terms ‘endowment’ and corporate social responsibility are sometimes used interchangeably, but they are not synonymous, hence the need to…
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Lalong vs Dalung By Emmanuel Yawe
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State and Barrister Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Sports who represents Plateau in the Federal…
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Time to focus on how states are governed By Jideofor Adibe
There are lots to be read into the recent report by the Fiscal Responsibility Commission on the debt…
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Sequel to disagreement between National Assembly and INEC over the sequence or order of elections By Professor Ben Nwabueze
The disagreement between the National Assembly and INEC on the matter of the sequence or order of elections has given…
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Continuity as tool for rapid development: The Plateau example
A common trend among new governments in Nigeria is the tendency to initiate new projects and abandon those inherited from…
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Lalong takes Plateau to the National Food Security Council
Barely two weeks after the visit of President Muhammad Buhari to Plateau State, the state governor, Simon Lalong has been…
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Buhari and the Benue carnage By Emmanuel Yawe
No State outside the former Eastern Region of Nigeria lost as many of its indigenes as Benue in the bloody…
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Government support for modular refineries’ financing in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria By Prof Chijioke Nwaozuzu
A recent publication on the 22nd February 2018 by SweetCrude, Abuja, stated that the Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated…
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