Opinion
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Is the judiciary complicit as charged? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Charges that the judiciary is complicit in the executive rascality that has seized this country since…
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Musings on parties in turmoil By Azu Ishiekwene
Nigeria’s three main political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party…
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Chioma Ekeh: Africa’s unusual female tech icon still leading from the front @ 60
The story has often been told in tech circles of how a relatively unknown Nigerian female student became a sensation…
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Rep. Donald Payne Jr., New Jersey’s House Democrat, dies at 65
Rep. Donald Payne Jr., representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District in Washington, has died, aged 65, on Wednesday, April 24,…
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Bobrisky’s masque, Yahaya Bello’s boa By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 22 April, 2024 “When you reach home, tell my mother, Say it was a boa that his son transformed…
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Needed: One standard hospital per state (2) By Hassan Gimba
Two days after I started taking the medication prescribed by Dr Heba, I could lift myself out of the wheelchair…
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The Naira abuse palaver By Dakuku Peterside
There is no disputation that Naira abuse or more specifically the act of spraying money at social events has become…
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Yahaya Bello, Yoruba Nation and Portable By Festus Adedayo
April 21, 2024 Native Brazilians arrest monkeys with what is called Cumbuca. They make a hole in a gourd that…
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Yahaya Bello: Time to review the impunity of immunity By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 To begin with, let me ask whether you knew that abusing the Naira is a worse…
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Do not form a theory about anyone By Fr. Peter Iwuala
The practice of not making judgments about others is essential for maintaining good relations and avoiding negative effects of theories…
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Is a Third World War Coming? By Azu Ishiekwene
This was the question a friend of mine in his late 20s asked me when we woke up on April 14 to…
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The last word on media relations, a review of Chido Nwakanma’s book By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Public relations as it concerns the media has received a much needed breakthrough in the just published book Media Relations…
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In the interest of justice…… By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 One question which has always agitated my mind was answered last Monday, 15th April, 2024 by…
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Needed: One standard hospital per state (1) By Hassan Gimba
I never thought I could attend the Eid prayer held on 10th April, a day after I clocked the definitive…
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Air Peace, capitalism and national interest By Dakuku Peterside
Nigerian corporate influence and that of the West continue to collide. The rationale is straightforward: whereas corporate activity in Europe…
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The Lagos Boy’s coastal highway By Festus Adedayo
April 14, 2024 Whether real or imagined, none of the metonyms for “Lagos boy” is complimentary. The “Lagos boy” moniker…
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TRIBUTE: I am unable to say goodbye to Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu By Chekwas Okorie
It was about 41 years ago that I met Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, a brilliant, self-effacing, and consummate academic, when he…
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Njirika: Astute peacemaker as community leader By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
During the recent inspection of the ongoing construction of the 132KV Umuchu Substation by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)…
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Balancing work and personal life By Fr. Peter Iwuala
A problem that many of us have in achieving a good balance between work and personal life is primarily the…
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Faye and France: The tyre meets the road By Azu Ishiekwene
The words of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye were honey to taste. Following the bitter ending of the 12-year rule of…
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Gov. Alia/Sen. Akume: Ensuring that Tor Tiv (V’s) mediation succeeds By Simon Imobo-Tswam
I speak in the generic sense as a “stakeholder.” (Let no one mourn or rejoice). And I come in peace,…
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The rise and fall of Philip Shaibu By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has kicked the canvass. He was impeached by the…
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Flying gods, lying prophets and power bandits By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 8 April, 2024 In May, 1891, James Richard Jewett of Brown University, Providence, United States, presented a paper on…
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Okuama Killings: A Governor’s Sympathy Cry By Felix Ofou
“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure…
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Electricity tariffs: The limits of shock By Dakuku Peterside
In Nigeria, many policies that are supposed to catalyse economic growth end up making things worse and complicate matters for…
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