Opinion
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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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NdiIgbo bu ofu! – Igbo people are one! By Professor Echefuna’ R G ONYEBEADI
Yes, that “Igbo bu ofu” – “Igbo people are one” may be correct, but have we ever bothered to find…
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Recurring pitfalls in elections By Alabi Williams
30 September 2024 In the buildup to Edo governorship election 2024, the major concern was whether law enforcement agencies and…
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South West politicians’ lip service to development (2) By MARTINS OLOJA
Let’s leave Abuja, federal powers and other federalism haters this week again and continue with some self-examination of our Western…
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Poverty, professors, and policy By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 30 September, 2024 There was a time in this country when professors earned more than federal permanent secretaries. That…
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Cabinet revision: Realism versus expectations By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria is in the grip of a severe economic crisis, with high inflation, volatile exchange rates, and a steep rise…
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A cocktail of Fintiri, NEPA meters, Borno flood and Malami’s son, by Hassan Gimba
“This was a lynching. Make no mistake, this was state-sanctioned murder of an innocent Black man. Governor Parson had the responsibility to save…
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The wayo imprisonment of Bobrisky By Festus Adedayo
Sunday, September 29, 2024 On February 18, 1947, the Daily Service newspaper published a story whose theme, like the ancient…
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