Opinion
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(Opinion) Snubbing heroes, honouring villains By Bola Bolawole
When the first military coups took place in Nigeria in 1966, I was a child. Newspapers, radio and television stations…
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(Opinion) Light Up Lagos project and safety of public infrastructure
RASAK MUSBAU Why Cities Prosper, as a book, should be a required reading for public servants, policy makers, politicians and…
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(Opinion) ‘Mama Taraba’ and the agony of Chibok parents
Until now, I didn’t believe any representative of the Nigerian government would raise their voice during a conversation with parents…
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(Opinion) January 15: Where We Came From by Reuben Abati
January 15 every year is Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day: wreaths are laid, statements are made, soldiers, government officials and…
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(Opinion) Abia Appeal Court ruling: A game that failed
By Godwin Adindu By now, those involved in the grand conspiracy to thwart the will of the people of Abia…
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(Opinion) A Ray of Light on Chibok Girls
By Garba Shehu At a time when the issue of accountability has emerged as the most talked about subject in…
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(Opinion) Nigeria: A country in perpetual transition?
Jideofor Adibe This reflection was inspired by a report in the Daily Post of January 11 2016 where Pastor Tunde…
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(Opinion) Ambode and the Lagos Employment Trust Fund
By Tayo Ogunbiyi That unemployment has become a time bomb for our beloved country sufficiently came to the fore in…
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(Opinion) Abia Guber Case: A Burden on the Apex.
Godwin Adindu The jaundiced judgement of the Owerri appellate court on the Abia gubernatorial election currently places a socio-political burden…
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(Opinion) Lagos and the defining moments of 2015
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Though 2015 has come and gone, giving way to a brand New Year, its memories would continue…
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(Opinion) Combating Lassa fever outbreak
BILKIS BAKARE With the trend of things now, the fear of Lassa fever seems to be the beginning of wisdom.…
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(Opinion) Still on Abia Appeal Court ruling
By Chinedu Ekeke: I have read the judgement of the learned justices of the Appeal Court and can confirm that…
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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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