Opinion
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Did a ring kill Ayinla Omowura? By Festus Adedayo
October 13, 2024 Obviously, because I am the unauthorised biographer of Ayinla Omowura, the musical enfant terrible of Yorubaland of…
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Rivers of crises By Dakuku Peterside
The ongoing economic crisis has reached every corner of the nation, touching the rich and poor, urban and rural dwellers…
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Examining the President’s T-Pain alias By Festus Adedayo
Sunday, October 13, 2024 In Arabian folklore, the genie is a spirit depicted as being imprisoned inside a bottle or…
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“Five more ‘tactical errors’ Tinubu must clear” By Emmanual Ogebe (FEEDBACK)
Inside Stuff With MARTINS OLOJA, “The Guardian” October 12, 2024, Back Page Media veteran Martins Oloja’s piece on “Five Tactical…
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President Tinubu must avert a Sahara Energy war on Ogoni – By Fegalo Nsuke
The unfortunate story of the Ogoni repression has too many instances of avoidable mistakes. The first was the failure of…
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Diri’s “Professorial” outing on federalism in Nsukka! By Kola Oredipe
There was no contention as to his brilliance on the day. He truly justified his nomination and invitation as Guest…
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Living in the fear of God By Anthony Akubue
Throughout the history of Christianity, it has been a practiced ideal to make room for the stranger until that stranger…
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How Africa is paying for pursuit of the last Hamas By Azu Ishiekwene
When the Israeli-Hamas war started one year ago, it didn’t look like it would last long. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Is the almajiri system being imported into the South-west? By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpoint@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 I witnessed the debate about who owns the home between the man and woman fortuitously last Monday…
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Femi Adesina: Service and imperishable legacies By ORI OWAN
It was the famous writer, Chinua Achebe, who said “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the…
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South West politicians’ lip service to development (3) By MARTINS OLOJA
Let’s continue with the vital questions to our leaders in Western Nigeria on the points at issue in this serial…
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Reflections on Independence By Alabi Williams
07 October 2024 After his Independence Day anniversary speech last week, President Tinubu proceeded on a two-week vacation to the United Kingdom.…
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Rivers: Beyond Wike and Fubara By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 7 October, 2024 Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells…
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Thoughts on Nigeria’s food insecurity By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria is grappling with a multitude of significant challenges, each akin to a ‘ticking time bomb’ that threatens national stability.…
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Day NLNG ‘shocked’ me By Gabriel Akinadewo
I had planned to attend the 8th Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Lokoja, Kogi…
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Albert Speer: Hitler’s minister who escaped the noose at Nuremberg By Ejike Anyaduba
Albert Speer was Hitler’s minister for war production and armaments. He probably was the only officer in the Nazi government…
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Your wound is not your fault, but your healing is your responsibility By Fr. Peter Iwuala
For wounds that are emotional, psychological, or physical, the idea of personal development and accountability is essential to the healing…
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Wike’s Nigeria feeds citizens’ bodies to pigs By Festus Adedayo
Sunday, October 6, 2024 Nigerians and indeed, the world, watched aghast last week as a South African grisly movie reel…
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Fear history – 3 By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 If you have been following the story, before Dr. Segun Osoba’s lecture to the students of the…
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Life happens before love does: The power of proactive preparation By Isaac Megbolugbe
September 30, 2024 Prepare today, and tomorrow will thank you Introduction Life’s unpredictability can be overwhelming, catching us off…
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LEADERSHIP: A story still telling 20 years after By Azu Ishiekwene
Several good things happen in the bedroom, often the place of rest and renewal. Sometime in 2004, Sam Nda-Isaiah and…
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Cut off your nose, mother’s son… By Chuks Iloegbunam
“Have you heard the news? News! News!! News!!!” So sang Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican Reggae superstar in a 1975 hit…
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Nigeria @ 64: A dangerous one-party diabolism By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The one-party phenomenon that ruined many African countries in the past is being regurgitated in modern-day Nigeria. It’s so obvious…
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Can fraternity be forced on a people? By Professor Echefuna’ R G ONYEBEADI
Historically, Ikwerre people, just like Ndoni and similar others in today’s Rivers State and environs are of Igbo origin. But,…
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Maureen Chigbo: Visionary leader taking GOCOP to higher level By Ajagbe Adeyemi Teslim
“A Leader is one, who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way” – John C. Maxwell. Maureen…
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