Opinion
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When silence is not golden… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 07095 263 1058 A national newspaper penultimate Saturday gave a graphic detail of how all key security appointments under…
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Homeland Security – The Way to Go By Aniebo Nwamu
Cross River State governor Ben Ayade is broaching an idea I’ve encouraged for three years now. He intends to employ…
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Rev. Fr. N.C. Tagbo OON: Our Father Now art in Heaven By Odili Tony Ujubuonu
I write this with the ink of tears. I write it with hands shaken by memories and pain. Pain, not…
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War or referendum: The British example By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1068 Barring any last-minute miracle, Britain is out of the European Union. A referendum sanctioned by an…
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A peep into Omo-Ojo’s display of ignorance By Victor Oshioke
In his article titled “ A peep at post- Oshiomhole’s tenure” published on page 47 of Tuesday June 28, 2016…
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Making Abia a political guinea pig By Eddie Onuzuruike
It is very unfortunate that people sit somewhere and plot some the-devil-may-care political strategies to be experimented in Abia, using…
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President Buhari sharpens focus on Niger Delta By Garba Shehu
. OUT OF THE BLUE, a group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers,NDA spouts. They kill soldiers and policemen.They kidnap…
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A Country of Hungry People By Aniebo Nwamu
When I first wrote about a “stomach revolution” as the real threat to Nigeria, I was simply stating the obvious.…
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Electricity supply: Beyond the temporary setbacks BY UCHE ANEKE
When President Muhammadu Buhari assumed the mantle of leadership, a year ago, one of the promises he made to Nigerians,…
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Buhari’s sugar-coated pill takes anti-graft war to the states By Garba Shehu
The recent agreement between the federal and state governments to implement a Fiscal Sustainability Plan, FSP marks a new level…
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Market forces at work By Aniebo Nwamu
It’s a bitter medicine we’ve been forced to take. The Central Bank of Nigeria and many Nigerians (including me) have…
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Enugu: Fifth columnists at work By Kenneth Chibundu
Reading carefully through a news report in ‘African Examiner’ today (Monday), what readily came to my mind was the unfortunate…
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Buhari: Torn between two contradictory impulses? By Jideofor Adibe
While hosting State House correspondents to a lunch recently at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the activities to…
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One Year Down The Line, Light is Yet To Come To Abia ( A rejoinder to the Press Statement issued by Mr. Alex Otti)
The press statement issued by the defeated gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia, Mr. Alex…
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Fulani herdsmen: Fayose bells the cat By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has trod where angels would fear to tread: he has…
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The economic misfortune of low oil prices has provided us opportunity to restructure economy and diversify – President Buhari in Democracy Day speech
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S DEMOCRACY DAY SPEECH. MAY 29,2016. MY COMPATRIOTS, IT IS ONE YEAR TODAY SINCE OUR ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO…
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Oshiomhole in the eyes of Edaiken N’Uselu
By Nasamu Jacobson Heir to the Benin Throne and Edaiken of Uselu, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Ambassador Eheneden Erediauwa,…
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Anomie, rage and redemptive suffering By Jideofor Adibe
It was Emile Durkheim, the French sociologist and philosopher who coined the term ‘anomie’ to refer to a situation where…
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Nine key milestones in President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year in office — Garba Shehu writes
Twelve months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the…
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(Opinion) Buhari: Go… Going… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together…
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Ikpeazu: A workman and his tools By Godwin Adindu.
How time flies! One year is gone, just like yesterday! It is a time of stock-taking and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu…
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The Future of the Newspaper and of the Government Spokesman By Femi Adesina
Text of lecture to mark the 20th anniversary of City People magazine by Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser, Media and…
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‘Urban Design in the Age of Climate Change’ By Babatunde Raji Fashola
BEING THE TEXT OF KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF POWER WORKS AND HOUSING AT THE…
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Fantastically corrupt: The moat in Cameron’s own eyes By Bola Bolawole
“We’ve got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain. We’ve got Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two…
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