Opinion
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(For the Record) Role of political spouses in our evolving democratic space — Erelu ’Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Being the paper by H.E. Erelu ’Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Co-Founder, African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) at…
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(OPINION) Should minimum wage be governors’ headache? By Bola Bolawole
The country’s state governors are whimpering over a minimum wage of N18, 000: 00 per month that many of them…
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(Tribute) Truly Atikulated at 69 by Mazi Paul Ibe
Atiku Abubakar is a remarkable businessman and politician whose vision and foresight has earns him the respect of many. He…
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(Conference Report) Nigerian Thoracic Society and the challenges of household air pollution
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo The recently concluded Annual General and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Thoracic Society (NTS), in Uyo,…
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(Interview) There is no alcohol control policy in Nigeria – Professor Obot
Drug abuse has become a major problem in Nigeria and is increasingly attracting the attention of the academia, civil society…
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(Opinion) ‘Go to Cross River State and learn the art of bizarre governance’ (1)
IDANG ALIBI Even if the Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, does not do anything else for the rest of…
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(Opinion) PDP/Darius Primary: Why it held in Abuja
One of the fallouts of the tribunal ruling in the matter of the Taraba state governorship election is the debate…
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(Opinion) Adebule and Lagos’ education sector
AKEEM ODUSINA Education has been widely described as the bedrock of national advancement and an engine room for the manpower…
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(Feature) N64bn Abuja Airport’s second runway: what lies beneath?
ANTHONY OMOH The controversy surrounding what can be described as the most expensive 4.5kilometre stretch of Runway at the Nnamdi…
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(Feature) Akwa Ibom and environment challenges
In Akwa Ibom, erosion and flooding are two major concerns where both state government and the residents seek urgent Federal…
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(Opinion) Surviving the ‘ember months’
TAYO OGUNBIYI Diverse writers have described myth in sundry ways. William Bascom in his article “The Forms of Folklore: Prose…
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(Opinion) Halting global diabetes epidemic
BILIKIS BAKARE A current International Diabetes Federation (IDF) chart reveals that about 387 million people are currently living with diabetes…
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(Opinion) Issues as Oshiomhole’s government clocks seven
By Samuel Eguaikhide In 2007, labour man, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole approached the court with the claim that he won the…
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(Opinion) Kenya and South Africa in the arts
Ms ZUKISWA WANNER A fair share of both of South Africa and Kenya’s taxes come from artists. Beyond artists themselves,…
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(Opinion) The November 3rd judgment: Special birthday gift to Ochendo
EDDIE ONUZURUIKE The month of November spawns famous birth days, events in history, locally and abroad. Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Odumegwu…
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Akwa Ibom politics: I challenge former Gov. Attah and his cronies
By Uduakobong Kanico “I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have…
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What N5, 000 per month can do + Dan Unimna: A Long Goodbye by Aniebo Nwamu
PDP senators obviously sought to mock the ruling APC on Wednesday by seeking a resolution urging the government to pay…
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(Opinion) Attah, the grandfather who yaps like a toddler
UDUAKOBONG KANICO “I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have kept…
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(OPINION) Biafra and the new secessionist threats by Jideofor Adibe
The recent upsurge in the activities of groups agitating for the Republic of Biafra has continued to raise concerns among…
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(OPINION) Buhari, bring back our roads! by Tayo Ogunbiyi
Of late, passing through the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has become a very excruciating experience. For those who work in Lagos but…
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(Opinion) Why Buhari cannot be tight-lipped over immunity proposal by the 8th National Assembly
Kolawole Olaniyan Imagine that members of the 8th National Assembly had announced during the recent general election campaigns exactly how…
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(Opinion) Taming Lagos traffic chaos
Tayo Ogunbiyi Like every cosmopolitan city across the world, Lagos also experiences gridlock. The gridlock, popularly referred to as ‘go…
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(Opinion) The pride of a nation by Aniebo Nwamu
What do we make of a nation that has the potential to supply all of the world’s rice needs and…
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(Opinion) What does loyalty mean to you? By Jideofor Adibe
This piece was inspired by two media reports: one was a widely reported paper presented by the Emir of Kano…
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(Travelogue) A Passage to India By FEMI ADESINA
What do you do during a flight that lasts nine hours and six minutes? You read. You sleep. You wake,…
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