Opinion
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Tinubu: After the reggae, play the blues By Dr Lolu Ojo
June 13, 2025 The song was very popular at the time it was released. It brought a lot of excitement…
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Democracy Day 2025: Hungry Nigerians want action, not grammar
By Nsikakabasi Akpan Thursday June 12, 2025, Nigeria marked another Democracy Day. The President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, delivered a special…
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For the Records: ‘Let us rededicate ourselves to the ideals of June 12’ – President Tinubu
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR AT THE JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN COMMEMORATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY,…
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Full blown war in Nigeria⁉️ By Professor Echefuna’ R G ONYEBEADI
No! NO!! NOOO!… Who says Nigeria is at war⁉️ Where⁉️ Nigeria is not in any war at all, not to…
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New Jersey’s upcoming turnpike expansion as an environmental trap
By Isiah Christie In the light of New Jersey Democratic representative Mikie Sherrill winning the nomination of her party for…
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Homecoming fiesta for Things Fall Apart By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The book is a standout phenomenon as one of the most influential novels in world literature. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart ranks…
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Defections: Ini Ememobong’s shining example By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0803 251 0193, 0807 552 5533 Recently I watched an interview that former President Olusegun Obasanjo granted on the…
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Book Review: Testament to late Methodist Patriarch Idowu’s legacy By Rt. Rev. Dr. Samuel Ransford Nortey
BOOK REVIEW TITLE: TIGER BY THE TAIL, BULL BY THE HORNS: PATRIARCH PROF. EMMANUEL BOLAJI IDOWU: HIS THEOLOGY, THEORY AND…
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‘To succeed as an entrepreneur in Nigeria, you’ll need the combined strengths of Tinubu, Obi and Atiku’ – Leo Stan Ekeh By Chimezie Orisakwe
The path of entrepreneurship, particularly within the dynamic and often unpredictable terrain of Nigeria, is not for the faint-hearted. It…
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Ijebu and their six tubers of yam By Lasisi Olagunju
One of the first jokes I picked when I moved to Ibadan 30 years ago is that failure of patronage…
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For Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu By Lasisi Olagunju
“When lions battle, jackals flee.” Isaac Newton wrote that to his bitter rival, Gottfried Leibniz. It was a barbed remark…
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Japa: The courage and cost of Nigeria’s great exodus By Dakuku Peterside
I still remember the evening I first heard the term “Japa.” It came in the form of a meme—“If you’re…
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How Shagari fought insecurity By Emeka Obasi
What we see across the country today can only be surmounted through a decisive Presidential agenda devoid of politics and…
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‘Voter Education, Civic Competence And Participatory Democracy In Nigeria’ By MARTINS OLOJA
… I regard Local Government election as a significant process because it should ordinarily be the most critical election to…
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Overcoming suffering and spiritual attacks: A testimony of faith and redemption By Isaac Megbolugbe
June 8, 2025 Introduction In life, we often face challenges and struggles that test our faith and resolve. For some,…
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Tinubu and the tell-tale ‘ignore’ of Sanwo-Olu By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail 0705 263 1058 What kind of English Language is the “ignore” that I used here – Queen’s, King’s or…
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June 12 and its casualties, 32 years after By Festus Adedayo
On Thursday this week, it will be 32 years of that June 12 phenomenon. On July 9, 1998, the lifeless…
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Borno needs a Tompolo By Emeka Obasi
President Bola Tinubu must task the Vice President with the job of making Borno State calm again. Professor Babagana Zulum…
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Jibril Aminu (1939- 2025): A star departs By C Don Adinuba
With the death on Thursday, June 5, of Jibril Aminu, former Minister of Education, former Minister of Petroleum, former Nigerian…
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Finally, finally on the Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa-Akure expressway By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0192 “Because of its hatred for the Ant, Cockroach voted for Insecticide. Immediately Insecticide took…
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Praise & party: Sampling Nigerian gospel music hits in the nightclub By Dr. Akin Olaniyan
If the videos we are seeing on TikTok and other social media platforms are real, then clubbers might have had…
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End weaponized governance By Oseloka H. Obaze
“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” is a cliché which might have lost its instructive value in contemporary governance. This…
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Aging and health: Understanding the complexities of human being and living By Isaac Megbolugbe
May 31, 2025 Introduction This article explores the complex relationship between aging and various bodily systems, including the endocrine system,…
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Nigeria: 730 days later By Dakuku Peterside
Two years can feel both fleeting and painfully long in Nigeria. Seven hundred and thirty dawns have rolled across the…
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Nigerian beggars in Ghana By Lasisi Olagunju
If you think there are too many beggars on your street, please take heart and brace up. A trending video…
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