Opinion
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Journey to Amnesty By Owei Lakemfa.
Nigerians are yet to comprehensively assess the implications of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Elections annulment. One fall-out which we…
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Wild, wild South-South! By Bola Bolawole
The unenviable sobriquet for the volatile Western Region in the First Republic was the “Wild, wild West”, earned as a…
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(Opinion) Lagos, street begging and public security
BILKIS BAKARE Armed with a Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) prescription paper, 56 year old Kehinde Olatubosun, a drug…
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Should Muslims also evangelize? By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0803 251 0193 The answer should appear obvious! Muslims – indeed, all adherents – should be free to proselytize.…
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Lagos Global, taxation and Lagos economy By Tayo Ogunbiyi
Lagos, no doubt, has enormous potential for economic growth. Despite not being an oil producing state, it remains one of…
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Mobilizing for a future without oil By Prof Chijioke Nwaozuzu
In 2009, Margaret Atwood wrote a piece titled ‘The Future without Oil’ for a German Newspaper, Die Zeit. In that…
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(Opinion) Lagos and the imperative of inter-modal transportation
TAYO OGUNBIYI Lagos population is estimated to consist of over 15 million people, and according to the United Nations projection,…
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Africapitalism and Africa’s Sustainable Development By Tony O. Elumelu
Africa’s rise is real, but not assured. While many critical economic indicators—increasing gross domestic product, increasing real income per capita…
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(Opinion) Edo 2016: Oshiomhole and the Edo agenda
NASAMU JACOBSON Edo state is commonly described as a homogeneous entity with all its different peoples tracing their roots and…
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(Opinion) What does Fayose want?
BOLA BOLAWOLE Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state is an enigma and enfant terrible. He is loquacious, audacious, vexatious, and…
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(Opinion) Obiano’s two years of commendable exertions
EJIKE ANYADUBA So much has been written on Anambra state and its development efforts since Obiano. How security of life…
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(Opinion) Donald Trump: God’s whip for Black people?
BOLA BOLAWOLE Everyone should be familiar with Donald Trump, the United States of America presidential aspirant on the platform of…
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The Palestinian question: We can’t shut our eyes to injustice By Owei Lakemfa.
Our country is a secular state, but the Nigerian spirit teaches us to stand up for justice, defend the weak,…
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OPINION: Economics of Sokoto’s 1000 new millionaires By Imam Imam
In December last year, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, announced the release of N2.6billion for the payment of backlog…
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Mile 12 clash: Between indigenes, settlers and Citizenship rights By Jideofor Adibe
The recent ethnic/regional clashes between some Yoruba youths and some people of northern Nigeria extraction at Mile 12, Lagos, is…
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Obiano: The imperative of the Sun award By Ejike Anyaduba
Pitted against the fractious politics of Anambra, the ride to power of Governor Willie Obiano in the state has been…
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Major takeaways from President Buhari’s trips to Saudi Arabia and Qatar By GARBA SHEHU
At the invitation of the King, Salman Bin-Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia and that of the Ruler of Qatar, Shaikh…
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(Interview) Some Nigerians want magic, but change is what President Buhari promised
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Femi Adesina, was guest on Radio Continental programme Friday,…
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Your visit’ll help cement relationship between Nigeria and South Africa – Saraki tells Zuma
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, HIS EXCELLENCY, SENATOR (DR.) ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI, ON THE…
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Nigeria: The Economic Upside By Kemi Adeosun
Nigerians voted for change and to attain that change there is a need to do things differently, in the recognition…
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NFF: Limits of executive recklessness By Bola Bolawole
Not long ago, the United States’ President Barak Obama counseled that Nigerians should build strong institutions and not strong men.…
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(Opinion) Debating the Nigerian Economy By Jideofor Adibe
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, who has become a sort of deity to several functionaries of the APC-led federal government, raised…
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Legislators for War By Aniebo Nwamu
Many expected the Nigerian Senate to commit harakiri last week by suspending Senator Kabiru Marafa of Zamfara Central district from…
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10 leaders who ruined Nigeria By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The weather is inclement; searing heat is walloping everyone. It is impossible to sleep at night…
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Ooni Ogunwusi, Cocoa price and the Agric sector By Tayo Ogunbiyi
I must confess I knew next to nothing about the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, until…
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