Opinion
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Abobaku, japa and Tinubu ‘haters’ By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 6 November, 2023 “We sit here stranded, though we’re all doin’ our best to deny it.” I do not…
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Why was Wike admiring Adedibu’s bust? By Festus Adedayo
November 5, 2023 Apologia: Though the most trending issue at present is the yacht yaks, my offering today will not…
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Atiku, Obi and the Road to Kilimanjaro By Azu Ishiekwene
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said on Monday that Nigeria was…
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Justice is what the people say By Abraham Ogbodo
I have known Dr. Reuben Abati almost from the cradle. We were not only in the same university but the…
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Between Wike and Gumi, who really owns Abuja? By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 30 October, 2023 Before Abuja, there was Lagos as our Federal Capital. And this is where I would want…
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Budget of booby traps By Dakuku Peterside
There is a deafening silence in the land over the state of the economy. No right-thinking person can take this…
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Justice Dantijjo, public opinion and the rumble in Supreme Court’s jungle By Festus Adedayo
October 29, 2023 Is there any connect between law and public opinion or judgments and public opinion? Before Justice Musa…
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Expect the best, but prepare for the worst By Rev. Fr. Peter Iwuala
Life will inevitably involve failure, but it can also provide invaluable life lessons. Resilience and success both depend on having…
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Gumi’s extremism shames decency By Azu Ishiekwene
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, 60, is a medical doctor and retired army captain. But he has not had a job after…
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Tribalism is the emperor of all isms By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Tribalism is the ism topping all isms! All the talk of Socialism, Communism, Humanism and so on must now be…
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Mohbad: When the highly-connected can kill and go By Felix Oboagwina
Two highly-connected characters have their hands soiled in circumstances climaxing in the tragic death of 27-year-old Afrobeat Rapper and Musician,…
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Epidemic of illicit arms By Dakuku Peterside
From the small handguns of the 15th century to the sophisticated machine guns and other small and light weapons of…
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A Yoruba king’s Sodom and Gomorrah By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 23 October, 2023 Susanne Wenger was famous as Adunni Oloriṣa. The BBC in 2008 described her as “white priestess…
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Freudian fraud, Akpabio and EFCC chair By Festus Adedayo
October 22, 2023) Father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, must have had the conversation last week between Senate President, Godswill Akpabio…
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Tribute to Prof. Joe Irukwu: Pioneer, doyen of Nigerian Insurance Industry By Sonny Iroche
We gather to pay our respects and bid farewell to a remarkable individual, Professor Joe Ogbonnaya Irukwu, our own very…
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Making of A Better Society By Azu Ishiekwene
I grew up thinking that a judicious mix of crime, sex and money might not only help a publisher turn…
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Salute to Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, OFR, SAN, as he takes a bow from the ICPC By Sola Akinrinade
One day, several months ago, I was on a flight to Abuja with a Senator who said to me, “Prof,…
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Africa in the Turbulence of a World in Search of Direction By Dr J. ‘Kayode Fayemi
Being Text of the Annual Lecture Delivered by His Excellency, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, CON, Former Governor of Ekiti State and…
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Once upon a life on the dangerous seas By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The talk of oil thieves across the waters of the Niger Delta has made me to remember the journeys I…
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Surviving Nigeria’s Pan-Fulani President with Sunday Igboho By Felix Oboagwina
After a house detention spanning two years, Nigeria’s Sunday Igboho earlier this month finally secured his freedom from Benin Republic.…
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Open Letter to Mmesoma Ejikeme by MARTINS ONYEIKE
Dear Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, Before I proceed to the crux of this letter, let me partly introduce myself to you.…
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Gaza or Jerusalem: Where should Nigerians be found? By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 16 October, 2023 If history were a child, the Yoruba would insist on calling it an Abiku. History keeps…
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‘Two global wars and our economic plight’ By Dakuku Peterside
There is fire on the mountain. It seems too far away, and the fire looks more like a smouldering fire…
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2023 elections hangover: Things that need to change By Alabi Williams
Some lawyers expressed worries last week that in the aftermath of the 2023 elections, political petitions have congested the courts,…
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