Opinion
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I, too, must get American in-laws, the efficacy of prayers and other matters By Hassan Gimba (2)
Whoever tells you prayers don’t work does not know nothing! Kai, this speaking like a Yankee wannabe has pushed me off my regular lane. By…
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Iyaloja-General at Oba of Benin’s palace By Festus Adedayo
The earliest example of personal rule gone awry in the world was given in the biblical account of Eli, the…
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Message from Alan Paton’s ‘Cry, The Beloved Country’ By MARTINS OLOJA
“There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all. This is no time to talk of hedges…
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Prof. Steve Azaiki…Providing global leadership with African roots, building a lasting legacy By Mondy Gold
Under the stewardship of Professor N’Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba, the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) recently expanded the Executive…
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Maduagwu left the stage but her legacy lives after her By Emeka Asinugo
The tragic passing of Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, fondly called Sommie, in the early morning hours of Monday 29 September 2025…
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Bayo Onanuga: Between ‘bolekaja’ publicity and public relations By Yushau A. Shuaib
I have often emphasised the thin, but important line between journalism and public relations. A journalist thrives on controversy; every…
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‘The dawn of a new, prosperous, self-reliant Nigeria is here’ – Tinubu
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE 65TH INDEPENDENCE…
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As Nigeria celebrates its 65th independence anniversary By Emeka Asinugo
As Nigeria celebrates its 65th independence anniversary today, 1st October 2025, the mood across the country is a mixture of…
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Igbo maidens have crucial role to play in Igboland By Emeka Asinugo
One of the little-known secrets that evade the attention of community leaders in Nigeria is how deeply important maidens are…
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October 1st, an anniversary, and a country’s blues By UGO ONUOHA
MOCKERY! This word probably best captures the slogan for the 65th anniversary of the independence of our country. The federal…
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Nigeria at 65: Time to retire excuses By Ebuka Ukoh
My earliest [but adult] memory of the Nigerian Independence Day celebration dates back to my days at the American University…
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Dangote’s oily wars By Lasisi Olagunju
In February 2025, Daily Trust quoted him as saying: “I’ve been fighting battles all my life and I have not…
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Hobbes, Nigeria, and Sarkozy By Lasisi Olagunju
In the early 1940s, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the hugely popular Sardauna of Sokoto, found himself at a crossroads of politics…
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Nigeria needs a brand new constitution, not amendment By Emeka Asinugo
The renewed call for constitutional reform in Nigeria has once again been brought into the national conversation following President Bola…
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I, too, must get American in-laws, the efficacy of prayers and other matters By Hassan Gimba (1)
Contemplate this: I am someone born in Kaduna just after Nigeria was born, cut my teeth in the undulating plains…
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Against errant policemen, I testify… But the good ones I salute! By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Two videos about the police trended on social media last week; one was positive while the…
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The madman sermon on Mapo hill By Festus Adedayo
Ibadan, Oyo State, the city of warriors, quaked last Friday. The rumbling vibrations of the historic coronation of ex-Governor Rashidi…
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Adegbulugbe: A scholar’s unique investment for Nigeria @ 65 By MARTINS OLOJA
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will continue celebration of Nigeria’s 65th Independence anniversary on October 8, 2025 in Rivers State with…
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Immigration should not really be governments’ nightmare By Emeka Asinugo
Human history has always been a story of migration. The world has always been in motion. From the earliest times…
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Anxiety and fears as diagnostic signals for building faith and trust By Isaac Megbolugbe
September 25, 2025 Introduction As a prelude to entering God’s rest, many experience a preponderance of anxieties and fears in…
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Prof. Fafunwa’s memory and the Artificial Intelligence challenge in Nigeria By Prof Bart Nnaji
It is an honour for me to chair the 2025 Annual Fafunwa Foundation Lecture and the 18th Postdoctoral Awards in…
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Rivers State: Running a fool’s errand… By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 “Between the Rivers state sole administrator who just completed his six-month state of emergency…
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The cop Buhari loved By FEMI ADESINA
He and some other senior policemen had been demoted, I think from Commissioner of Police (CP) to Deputy Commissioner. It…
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National oil assets: Are the buccaneers coming? [2] By UGO ONUOHA
Some commentators have since alleged that this set of our rulers behaves like “usu biara orji ntagbu”, Igbo for ravaging…
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Fubara: Is half-bread better than none? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “Last Thursday was a day of mixed feelings for me – day of joy and day…
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