Opinion
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KWAM 1, eccentricity and cult of the Big Man By Festus Adedayo
At the risk of being labeled thanatophobic – a preoccupation with death or its anxiety – the grim reality is…
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Oba Adetona and the hypocrisy of religionists By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Whereas my resolution was not to comment on the controversy surrounding the burial of the late Awujale…
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Casablanca’s Echo: Roosevelt’s New Deal lessons for an Africa confronting climate change, AI, migration barriers By Hsain Ilahiane
AI is not merely a disruptive innovation – it is a general-purpose, potentially transformative technology capable of boosting productivity and…
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The impact of colonialism on political instability & underdevelopment in Africa By Anthony Akubue
The word leadership loses its meaning in many African countries. It does not mean men and women of great mission…
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Kwashiorkor returns with renewed hopelessness By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The deadly kwashiorkor disease that was so much associated with the Biafra war has made a return to peacetime Nigeria.…
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The Nigerian Story: When the map becomes the territory By Sola Adebawo
The philosopher Alfred Korzybski’s maxim, “The map is not the territory,” provides a profound framework for understanding the Nigerian experience.…
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Fruits of hindsight: A lifetime of God’s providential care By Isaac Megbolugbe
August. 4, 2025 Introduction The concept of God’s providential care is a profound and comforting reality that speaks to His…
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Peter Obi: Please focus on how to deal with Nigeria’s self-inflicted problems By Emeka Asinugo
Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has continued to…
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Akin Mabogunje and the fabric of national development By Isaac Megbolugbe
August 4. 2025 Introduction The concept of space has fascinated scientists and scholars with Albert Einstein’s groundbreaking theory of general…
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Dystopian nightmare and 161 million Nigerian burnt offerings By UGO ONUOHA
There’s this young Nigerian skit maker, as if all of them are not youngsters, whose presentations are either extremely funny…
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Surge for greener pastures amid travel restrictions By Alabi Williams
Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs 4 August 2025 Countries are raising the bar in their minimum requirements for…
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David Mark, Dele Giwa, Abiola and other stories By Lasisi Olagunju
Who killed Dele Giwa? Who was Gloria Okon and where is she today? How did David Mark accurately predict in…
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Turning brain drain into BRIDGES By Dakuku Peterside
On a humid Monday morning in Abuja, the air buzzed with anticipation as Vice-President Kashim Shettima hailed “a deliberate and…
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Yilwatda’s strategic election and the daunting task ahead By Tunde Rahman
Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda may not roll easily off the tongue or be instantly recognisable to many Nigerians. Its provenance is…
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Buhari: May our subsequent leaders die at home (3) By Hassan Gimba
Yes, indeed, the late Muhammadu Buhari was perhaps the best politician of the Fourth Republic. He knew what he was…
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Ahmadu Bello children’s territorial politics By Festus Adedayo
There was territorial tension in Nigeria last week. Like in the famous fable where animals gathered in the forest to…
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In life as in death, controversy trails Buhari – 2 By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Last week I printed here one of the two write-ups on President Muhammadu Buhari that I said…
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How a Grenadian Nurse, a Biafran Brigadier, helped raise Murtala Muhammed’s children across continents – After a war By Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode
Thursday, 31 July 2025 This Thursday, we begin the formal funeral rites for Mrs. Joan Eze, a nurse practitioner from…
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The inhumanity of the few on the masses of the world By Anthony Akubue
It is an understatement to say that the world today is full of contradictions, immorality, hypocrisy, and sanctimonious humbugs. I…
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This nonsense must stop forthwith! The proposed National Council of Traditional Rulers in Nigeria is absurd!! By Professor Echefuna’ R G ONYEBEADI.
Every culture and tradition is local and peculiar to a locality! There is nothing NATIONAL about Traditional Rulers in a…
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$1 trillion economy: Why Tinubu must listen to Dangote, Ekeh, others By Aliyu Gaya
One exceptionally commendable fact about the Bola Tinubu presidency is that it is not lacking in ambition and audacity. Courage…
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From betrayed allies to bold architects: Ijaw demands statehood and sovereignty By Prof. Mondy Gold
Once, on the trembling threshold of a bleeding continent, when the thunder of foreign boots desecrated our sacred soil, it…
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Buhari: May our subsequent leaders die at home (2) By Hassan Gimba
The late General Buhari was a man who, on two occasions, was welcomed into office by Nigerians who dared to…
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Broken country and the stolen life of Citizen Gospel By UGO ONUOHA
Our country Nigeria is broken. Almost. Beneficiaries of its present state of brokenness are unlikely to admit this. In my…
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Super Falcons’ lesson for Kwankwaso By Lasisi Olagunju
Each time this country discounts tribe and tongue, region and religion, it wins. Nigeria’s stunning victory in the Women’s Africa…
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