Opinion
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Segun Olatunji: Hero or villain? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Segun Olatunji, the General Editor of an online publication whose abduction and detention by men in…
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Tinubu’s disappearing act and Agbalowomeri By Festus Adedayo
May 12, 2024 Last week, Nigeria was faced with what Yoruba call Egbinrin ote. When afflictions come in multiple, they…
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Fubaratide is here! By Emeka Obasi
Those who dread tidal waves should avoid Rivers State where from obscurity, Governor Simi Fubara, recently gained popularity as a…
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The power of prayer and protocol: Unlocking your expected blessings from God By Fr. Peter Iwuala
The physical aspect of creation, including humans and animals, operates within a standard time frame. This earthly life is God’s…
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Petrol pains, wilderness wanderings By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 6 May, 2024 A young taxi driver sat on the bonnet of his car some years ago thoroughly frustrated…
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The minimum wage issue: Numbers vs value By Dakuku Peterside
The issue of minimum wage or salary increase or by whatever nomenclature is a complicated policy issue. The wage increase…
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Tinubu becomes Tatalo’s mistress By Festus Adedayo
May 5, 2024 The scholar and researcher had taken a trip to an open market. There, he met a female…
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Giving Sanwo-Olu a bad name… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 No one in a position of authority deliberately sets out to give himself a bad image.…
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What’s in a book? You’ll never know, until… By Azu Ishiekwene
Earlier this week, I teased on my social handle about my encounter with a deity. Of course, not in the…
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Elumelu is coming ooo By Emeka Obasi
Soccer is our national religion where Christianity, Islam and Tradition join hands to spread love. There is neither Bishop nor…
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Sidi Ali: A veteran journalist from a Northern media family By Gidado Y. Shuaib
“Zamu Daura ma auren dole!” Hajiya Hakama Sidi Ali thundered over the phone after I answered her call. In Hausa, this…
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Dana Air’s near mishap: Matters arising By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 On Tuesday, 23 April, 2024, Dana Air’s McDonald Douglas MD-82 aircraft with registration number 5N BKI…
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Sending Ooni of Ife to Tinubu By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 29 April, 2024 One day, I will have the courage to ask the immaculate Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan…
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Mike Adenuga: Celebrating Africa’s business guru at 71 – By AZUH AMATUS
Today, Monday, April 29, is the birthday of billionaire business mogul and founder of leading telecoms services provider, Globacom, Dr.…
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The marabouts of Yahaya Bello By Festus Adedayo
April 28, 2024 The enchanter recited the incantation with utmost fury: “River Niger and River Benue, the confluence is in…
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For Ayogu Eze and Ezinne Margaret Nwomeh By Festus Adedayo
April 28, 2024 On Thursday last week, I had just arrived in Enugu for the funerals of Ezinne Margaret Nebechi…
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The dying public school By Dakuku Peterside
There has been no remarkable uproar on the public-school collapse in Nigeria, affecting primary, secondary, and university education. Our leaders…
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Our parlous health system and the Yobe example By Hassan Gimba
In my last two write-ups, I narrated my sojourn to Saudi Arabia, where I ended up at the Makkah Saudi-German Hospital in search…
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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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