Opinion
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A nation’s unveiling of despair By Nixon Uzoma
Something has changed since the designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act on October…
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Remembering the Green March at Fifty: Faith, sound, and the art of nation-making By Hsain Ilahiane
Nov, 03, 2025 On November 6, 2025, the Kingdom of Morocco will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Green March…
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Why all Yoruba must support Tinubu except… By UGO ONUOHA
EXCEPT for the “Omoluabi”, every Yoruba person at home, and in the diaspora, should fiercely support the regime of Nigeria’s…
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Saluting our permanent patriarchs By Lasisi Olagunju
Respect old age. A “strictly by invitation” conclave of Yoruba cardinals sat for two days last week, not in the…
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Trump’s wrath of Oedipus By Lasisi Olagunju
Mr. Donald Trump and his Generals are buckling their armour to wipe out terrorists who kill Christians in Nigeria. “I…
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Abulu, the prophetic madman, at Akure summit By Festus Adedayo
November 2, 2025 I have read enough works on the phenomenon of sycophancy in politics to know that it is…
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Reversal of pardon list as fruit of public activism By Dakuku Peterside
Public activism is often dismissed as noise—hashtags that flare and fade, marches that make the evening news and then dissolve.…
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Nigeria and the genocide debate… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “All the “five specific acts that are considered as acts of genocide once they are committed…
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Nigerian government must not take this alert for granted By Emeka Asinugo
When a multi-national country like Nigeria is constantly under siege or threat of siege, the value of meaningful intelligence, no…
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Before Flora Shaw named Nigeria and thereafter By Emeka Asinugo
Before the name “Nigeria” ever existed, the territory that bears it today was a mosaic of sovereign peoples, kingdoms, and…
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Why do some African leaders fancy dying in office? By Emeka Asinugo
At 92, it is evident that an African leader like the current President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, is too old…
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From factory floor to Instagram feed – old money, new money, and the nature of capital By Akin Olaniyan
The social media is a brutal battleground and it is no surprise that some of the debates around the age-old…
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Nnamdi Kanu: Make haste, take heed By Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia.
On Monday, October 27, 2025, the media were flooded with the news that “the Leader of the the Indigenous People…
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Between a monstrous Kanu, hideous state, and rogue judiciary By UGO ONUOHA
To many Nigerians including some Igbo, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is the devil’s incarnate. He probably is. But not so fast.…
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In the South East, nobody will dispossess, expropriate and humiliate them anymore By Emeka Asinugo
For decades, the industrious men and women of the South East have been the engine of Nigeria’s commercial life, spreading…
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Escaping from Nigeria By Lasisi Olagunju
When Christopher Columbus met the Tanio people in today’s Bahamas in 1492, he handed them a sword, they grasped it…
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Dr Madu, the Shamaki of Fika, who became a doctor through providence By Hassan Gimba
Locally known as Dr Madu in his youth and later more commonly addressed as Dr Mamman, Dr Madu was an…
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Ted Cruz’s genocide, blasphemy and Ida the slave boy By Festus Adedayo
Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria.…
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When there is too much ‘I,’ there is too little God By Fr. Peter Iwuala
The Pharisee in Luke 18:9–14 stands in the temple and prays a prayer that sounds righteous but is centered on…
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A look at Nnamdi Kanu’s court gamble By Emeka Asinugo
At a moment when prudence, strategy, and calm legal reasoning should be guiding him through the most perilous period of…
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The foolishness of waste culture By Emeka Asinugo
It is a mute reality of our common existence that when people embrace the culture of waste, they inevitably have…
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Investigation should precede any call for London Mayor’s resignation By Emeka Asinugo
Emotions naturally run high when a large and complex city like London trembles under the weight of allegations as serious…
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Exit of Comrade Biodun Aremu: Whither the Nigerian Left? By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 “When beggars die, there are no comets seen/The heavens themselves blaze forth the…
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The Umunna example in business By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Let’s take a trip to Umunna, that is, the kindred setting where the families meet. I’m making this journey to…
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Pardons, clemency, and the death of moral clarity By UGO ONUOHA
LATEEF Fagbemi is Nigeria’s attorney-general and minister of justice. He has been at the job since August 2023. He is…
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