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turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The South-west security outfit code-named “Amotekun” may have survived threatened abortion, widely-expected still-birth, vicious Fulani attacks and scantily-concealed bellicosity of the Federal Government; it may appear to be well and alive, loved by the mass of Yoruba people home and abroad; and supported by other conscionable …

  turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 …and his bishoprick (office or charge) let another take – Acts 1: 20. The jury is in: A preponderant number of Nigerians want the Service chiefs dismissed from office. When we say “Service chiefs”, we mean the Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Air Staff; …

Dr. Carter G. Woodson conceived and announced Negro HistoryWeek in 1926, which later gave birth to Black History Month. Dr. Woodson believed that proper understanding of African American history would promote pride within the Black community and foster greater respect for it in the United States. Through Black History Month, …

  turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Can two walked together, except they be agreed? – Amos 3:3 Four theories swirl around Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and his regime. The first is that some years back, on one of his numerous and long-drawn trips to London for medical treatment, Buhari died and his …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in Mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. – John Donne. Retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was at it again recently with his nebulous arithmetic of 97% and 5%! …

Nigerians must with one voice put this critical question to the seven-member Supreme Court panel of judges that sacked Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo State and planted Senator Hope Uzodinma as his replacement: Distinguished as you all are, would you have dared to pronounce this same perversity if any party …

  You needed to have been at THISDAY newspaper’s Silver Jubilee celebration which took place at Eko Hotels Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, January 20. Beyond the pomp and ceremony, the glitz, the beautiful ambience of the set tables, the star-studded artistes who entertained the guests, the golden bubbles that …

  turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 One Northern leader after another has, in recent times, decried the so-called poverty of the North, as it were. They have attempted to state why this is so as well as proffer solutions. The World Bank says 87% of Nigeria’s poor are in the North; …

“Few individuals want to willingly invite their death. Yet many will be found who are prepared to fight fearlessly for their rights even if their life is threatened. The human spirit has a remarkable capacity to rise above oppression and only the fools who misrule Guyana can imagine that our …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 If Britain could exit Europe, as it did close to the midnight of 31st January, 2020; if Eritrea could exit Ethiopia; if Southern Sudan could exit Sudan, then, there is nothing that says nations cannot exit nations. To say a country’s unity is non-negotiable is, therefore, …

Each time he itemizes the three focal areas of government, President Muhammadu Buhari follows the same order: we shall secure the country, because you have to first secure a country or institution before you can efficiently manage it. We will revive the economy, and create jobs, particularly for our teeming …

It is quite common to celebrate Nigerians who are loud on noise but very shallow in sublime achievements. The Nigerians who did groundbreaking work without advertising themselves are hardly ever given pride of place after they are gone. It is incumbent on me to now give deserving highlight to a …

  turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Many readers of this column issued me “queries” over what they described as my “criminal silence” on the Supreme Court’s abracadabra of a judgment in the Ihedioha/Uzodinma tussle over the Imo governorship, which the apex court awarded to APC’s Uzodinma in what many have described …

  A News Analysis by Peter Ejiofor, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The quest by Nestle Nigeria Plc to continue to ensure good nutrition for Nigerians and indeed the West Africa sub-region has seen it engaging the Federal Government in a collaboration that will boost agriculture and enhance quality of …

Senator Godswill Akpabio told Nigerians that he would not participate in the senatorial election re-run because he didn’t want to resign his position as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. At that time there were calls for his resignation to fulfill the Law. He deceived his party people that he would …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown – A line from the play, King Henry the Fourth (Part Two), by William Shakespeare. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ex- two-term Lagos governor and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC  – I don’t know whether we can still …

  INTRODUCTION Nigerians have been worried and saddened by the Supreme Court decision in Hope Uzodinma v. Emeka Ihedioha. They cannot simply understand the judgment. There is ordinarily a presumption by the society that the Supreme Court, being the final court of the land, is supposed to be right in …

  What a laugh when it is claimed on high that the law is the last hope of the common man! Law and the common man are very strange bedfellows. Law belongs with the highest bidder. Justice and lawyers are parallel lines that can never meet. How can there be …

Like troubadours traversing the United Kingdom, we were guests of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales on Sunday, January 19, 2020, as part of programs in the sidelines of the first UK-Africa Investment Summit. Prince Charles, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth 11, was hosting President Muhammadu Buhari at Dumfries House, …

  Only the other day, I read a published piece titled Peter Obi and the Rest of Us, written under the name of Donatus Ikem Nwabugwu. I later scanned through a follow-up piece he did under the name of Israel Chinedu. Going by his and his cohorts’ infamous style of …

  There is a saying, Justice cannot just be seen, it must be felt, in the hearts of the people and in the soul of the country. The judiciary is often said to be the last hope of the common man, but now it seems a mirage, especially with the …

On January 1, President Muhammadu Buhari broke the new year revelry, with an appeal to all Nigerians. In an uncharacteristic manner, he chose to buy up the front pages of most Nigerian newspapers. His administration had never been known to throw money at the media by way of advert placements. …

Since his election as governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has endeared himself to the people by his unassuming disposition, gender equality initiatives, developmental programmes and the prompt payment of the remuneration of workers. In fact, in October 2019, Kwara ranked third on the list of states that had attracted …

COMPASSION. It simply means the willingness to be kind to others, to feel their pains and have the burning desire to help. Yes, it is about relating to what others experience and being there to assist them to remove the barriers or burden. One of the driving forces of exemplary …

2019 has been one of the best years for both human and cargo transportation in the past 30 years. Only a few accidents have been reported on air, at sea and on rails; and even the few mishaps recorded hardly claimed human lives. Road transport is always the sore thumb, …