Opinion
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(Opinion) 50 Years Ago by Aniebo Nwamu
January 12 used to be a public holiday in Nigeria. I don’t remember when it ceased to be so, but…
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(Opinion) Golden Garlands for Tambuwal At 50 By Imam Imam
One bright January morning, then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, was immersed in his private library…
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(Opinion) Decapitating the PDP By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “Let someone come quickly to Macedonia to help PDP. The party is sinking” “How do you…
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(Opinion) Buhari’s first media chat By Bola Bolawole
President Muhammadu Buhari’s first media chat as an elected president has come and gone but the reverberations continue nonetheless. Some…
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(Opinion) For Love of Countrymen
By ANIEBO NWAMU Unlike some “men of God” that have been issuing terrifying visions of 2016, I’m not going to…
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2015: The Year Of Democracy – By Reuben Abati
What is the most compelling, most impactful and most remarkable issue in the year 2015 that has just ended? In…
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(Opinion) My Man of the Year 2015
By Bolanle Bolawole All over the world, individuals and organisations pick their “Man (or woman) of the Year. There are…
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(Opinion) 10 events that shaped aviation in 2015
ANTHONY OMOH Normally, I would write a longish prose on all the good, bad and the ugly of 2015 in…
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(Opinion) Boko Haram: ‘Mission Accomplished’ or ‘Technically Defeated’? by Jideofor Adibe
The recent declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that the country has “technically won the war” against Boko Haram reminds one…
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(Opinion) Buhari and the principal of my school By Idang Alibi
In the early 70s, precisely 1973, when children of my age were going to secondary school, I gained admission to…
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An Open Letter to Mr. President by Peter Nwachukwu (New Jersey – USA)
Dear President Buhari. Stop looking for supposed, good and honest men to run Nigeria’s government. Instead, look for a good…
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(Opinion) Requiem for a dying year By Owei Lakemfa
In my November piece, The enemy within, I paid homage to Comrade Ibrahim Yusuf, the humble labour leader who introduced…
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(Opinion) Of BuhariGate and wailing wailers
By Bola Bolawole If you are not in government, you are hard put to know a lot of things about…
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(Opinion) 2015 Through My Lens
ANIEBO NWAMU Here are snippets from this column in the outgoing year. Some contained eternal truths; some turned prophetic. Be…
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(Opinion) EFCC’s anticipated letter to Jonathan
BOLANLE BOLAWOLE “Have you heard the news? The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is said to be contemplating writing a…
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(For the records) Buhari is developing a national transportation masterplan – Amaechi
BEING TEXT OF A PRESS BRIEFING BY THE HONORABLE MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23rd,2015 Protocol We are delighted…
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(Opinion) Black Candles for Christmas by Jideofor Adibe
Let me start with a disclaimer:the title of this piece is not original to me. It was the title of…
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(Opinion) INEC, inconclusive elections and conspiracy theory
IDANG ALIBI The country’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared the November 25 governorship election in Kogi…
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(For the Record) 2016 budget represents a major step in delivering a new opportunity for Nigeria — Buhari
Being full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2016 Budget Address to the Joint National Assembly, Tuesday, December 22, 2016 …
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(Opinion) Dr Ogbonnaya Onu as a case study in political perseverance
HILDA IFEGWU The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, born December 1, 1951, is a known name for…
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(Tribute) Obasi bows out at 85
Pioneer Chairman of Nwangele Local Government Area, Imo state, Sir Sidney Obasi is dead. He passed on at the Imo…
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(Opinion) Buhari’s first Christmas in office By Bolanle Bolawole
Christmas and New Year are around the corner; and they will be the very first that Muhammadu Buhari will celebrate…
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(Opinion) Weep not for Jose Mourinho by Tayo Ogunbiyi
After, perhaps, the worst start to a season, in which his club, Chelsea FC of England, had only been able…
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(Opinion) Trouble on many fronts By Bola Bolawole
We have not tired warning against opening up wars on many fronts. Opening up a second war front in the…
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(Opinion) A new era of opportunity
BAN KI-MOON Seventy years ago, the United Nations was created from the ashes of the Second World War. Seven decades…
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