Opinion
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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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Hunting buffalo in presidential jet By Festus Adedayo
October 15, 2023 Why do Nigerian public officials always fail to see the divide between the public and the private?…
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Bring Bibi’s head By Azu Ishiekwene
This is the moment the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu always feared with great anxiety. Yet when Hamas launched…
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Remembering my father …. By Professor Echefuna’ R.G. ONYEBEADI
About 40 years ago, you were called to glory in a highly baffling, unexpected, very suspicious and mysterious circumstance. You…
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Nigeria’s self-inflicted moral burden of shame By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigeria has reduced itself to the butt of the crudest jokes all over the world. Forgery at the highest echelon…
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Conversation on alternative democracy – Part 2 By Alabi Williams
A diasporan commentator and friend of the house, who keeps regular tab on happenings at home from his UK base…
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Kevin McCarthy and the travails of democracy By Dakuku Peterside
Too many unusual events in politics point to the fact that democracy is under threat. A few events, some recent…
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The certificate elephant in Abuja By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 9 October, 2023 The Charleston Gazette was an American newspaper that was born in 1907 but stopped bearing that…
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Sun set by noon!…. Special tribute Ma’mi – Omo-Oba, Ezinne Okwukwe, Madam Motolani Adenuwesi Mercy Onyebeadi By Prof. Echefuna’ R G ONYEBEADI
Ma’mi, Omo-Oba Adenuwesi, Omo Daniel Openibo, Omo Laura Adekunbi Kester, Iyà mi ówòn, na so u take waka go?!… Just…
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What Obaseki owes Shaibu By Emeka Obasi
Those who follow History know that George Agbazika Innih, the first Afenmai man who occupied Osadebay House following the…
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Harnessing Africa’s youth: Empowering the next generation through technology By Dr Nelson Aluya
Introduction: Africa, with its burgeoning young population, stands at a critical juncture in history. As the continent experiences an unprecedented…
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The last of the Titans!: Omo-Oba, Ezinne Okwukwe, Motolani Adenuwesi Mercy Onyebeadi – nee Openibo ( June 05, 1937 – August 12, 2023) By Professor Echefuna’ R.G. ONYEBEADI
BIOGRAPHY Our mother, Omo-Oba, Ezinne Okwukwe, Madam Motolani Adenuwesi Mercy Onyebeadi [nee OPENIBO], was a wonderful and very exceptional woman.…
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