Opinion

Our president’s love affair with the IMF By Lasisi Olagunju

Monday, 19 February, 2024 A colleague yesterday shared a 1992 campaign video of Chief M.K.O. Abiola promising to demystify governance…

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Herbert Wigwe: The things yet unsaid By Dakuku Peterside 

Clean-shaven, suave, upwardly mobile, and incurably optimistic, Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe (HOW) was one of the most recognisable figures in the banking space…

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Bukar Abba Ibrahim: The man who touched my life (1), by Hassan Gimba

“He had a good heart, see where he died.”  “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” –…

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Hunger: Northern Nigeria takes its mother to the sky By Festus Adedayo

February 18, 2024 Late Afrobeat superstar, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, in his early musical ensemble days as Africa ‘70, recalibrated a folklore…

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Now that Tinubu is talking… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The people are stirring and the leaders are panicky! As hunger keeps the people awake, the…

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Cost of living crisis: A personal story By Azu Ishiekwene

I was going through some old files in my closet the other day when I saw some documents and receipts…

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The importance of true repentance By Father Peter Iwuala

True repentance is a spiritual practice that entails acknowledging our status as flawed individuals who require a Redeemer. The period of…

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Interrogating Kperogi’s ‘Tinubu can’t govern like Buhari’ By Bola BOLAWOLE

  turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 There is no denying the fact that Prof. Farooq Kperogi is as engaging as he…

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From Mbakwe to Uzodinma By Emeka Obasi

As governor of Imo State, Dee Sam Mbakwe wept for his people to be treated with all decency due citizens…

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Tinubu, matter don pass be careful By Lasisi Olagunju

Monday, 12 February, 2024 The last premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, asked his guest what the…

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The danger after AFCON 2023 By Dakuku Peterside

Most Nigerians are tense and not at ease. The reasons are plausible. The scourge of hunger, spiralling inflation, insecurity, and…

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Living with power outages, spiralling food inflation By Alabi Williams

12 February 2024 That power outage at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on February 2, 2024 may have…

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Vox populi, vox Dei? By Bolanle BOLAWOLE

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 “There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself. Every time I appoint…

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Women who wanted to beat up our president By Festus Adedayo

February 11, 2024 This is what Kurumi’s Ijaye looked like after it was attacked and defeated by Ibadan forces in…

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Now that the Yoruba are into kidnapping… By Bola BOLAWOLE

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The Yoruba set a huge store by character, which they insist is more precious than rubies…

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