Opinion
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Beyond natural climate change: Dealing with cultural climate change & its challenges By Anthony Akubue
One of the arguments of those who claim that climate change is a hoax is that it is historically a…
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Toast to Kunle Ajibade who dared death for democracy By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
In this season of the esteemed Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME) powered by the seasoned journalist, Lanre Idowu, I…
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Weaponised faith: Disinformation and the battle for Nigeria’s digital sovereignty By Dr. Akin Olaniyan
As much as possible, I avoid arguments focusing on the military viability of a threat, and this article is not…
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Celebrating the miraculous recovery of Padre Ozumba By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It’s a humbling experience to bear witness to the rendition of a miracle before one’s very eyes. Forget the exotic…
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Genocide: Trump, Tinubu, and the Islamic state of Nigeria By UGO ONUOHA
REDHERRING. This, in my assessment, is one word that captures the debates that erupted in the wake of the threat…
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Nigeria and Trump’s intervention: A time for truth and renewal By Valentine Ozigbo
There is a video of me in 2018, when I first chaired Unusual Praise in Lagos — long before my…
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Kukah and a nation of marabouts By Lasisi Olagunju
Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi (1924 –1992) was shocked when he got to Mecca for the first time in 1955 and…
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Boyfriends and girlfriends have no capacity to cheat each other By Emeka Asinugo
In today’s social environment, the word “cheating” has become common in conversations, especially among young people. One often hears such…
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Should Trump; should he not? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “Are reformer-rulers jinxed? Why do they often suffer the dire consequences of the misrule of their predecessors?…
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Reflection: When God rebuilds the temple within By Fr. Peter Iwuala
“God can rebuild His Temple within every human heart.” This simple line carries a universe of hope. It tells the…
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Trump: War General, Kurunmi’s lessons for Tinubu By Festus Adedayo
Greek philosopher, Socrates, may be the most famous Western figure of his time to have swallowed the poisonous plant’s juice…
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Nigerian Senate President should realise he has no executive powers By Emeka Asinugo
The recent airport drama involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and immigration officials who she alleged seized her passport has thrust into…
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Irene: University of Ibadan 1983/84 M. Sc. Political Science class By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 When I first ran into the news on 28 October, 2025 on the…
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The essayist as bearer of national memory: A Review of Reuben Abati’s 3-part offering By Louis Odion
Among top Nigerian editors of the last three decades, the mention of the word “monumental” only signifies one individual —…
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What is important is to terminate terrorism in Nigeria, not on whose account By Emeka Asinugo
The recent public engagement between the United States of America and Nigeria which was sparked by President Donald Trump’s televised…
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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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