Opinion
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Who is Barrister Bello Goronyo, State Minister for Water Resources and Sanitation By Muhammad Nasir Bello
Barrister Bello Muhammad Goronyo, as he would later come to be known, hailed from a family tree that reached…
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Are you in that number saved by Uzodimma? By Azu Ishiekwene
In a country of 133 million multidimensional poor, with youth unemployment at 53.40 percent, it would be a pity if…
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An Airport for Chinua Achebe By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
There is a Chinua Achebe International Airport in Anambra State. It was a spectacular masterstroke from Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo…
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Climate action: Tinubu’s government needs to correct course ahead of COP28 By Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke and Nnaemeka Oruh
The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) may have come and gone but the debates and the…
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The most powerful attacks are not physical but internal By Fr. Peter Iwuala
The enemy is constantly at work in the mind, manifesting as fears, anxieties, sadness, and worries. One must learn to…
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Conversation on alternative democracy By Alabi Williams
02 October 2023 Kayode Fayemi Politicians and scholars are calling for a review of the variant of democracy that is…
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Atiku versus Tinubu and Nigeria at 63 By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 2 October, 2023 Where witches contend and exchange punches, mere men do not stand by to watch. But part…
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Nigeria@63: Resolving diversity issues By Dakuku Peterside
The Economist Intelligence Unit 2009 ranked Nigeria in the world’s top five most diverse countries. It simultaneously ranked the country as the 45th of…
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The Mohbad in Nigeria at 63 By Festus Adedayo
October 1, 2023hhhhy;gt Humour and laughter often serve as a powerful tool in driving home words that may otherwise be…
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A school crime scene that won’t go away By Azu Ishiekwene
In the Bible, Keren-happuch was the youngest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, who against the norms of a…
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Nigeria is fiction By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Federal Republic of Fiction @ 63 The country’s Constitution has been transferred to a new shelf in the library: the…
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Shrinking democratic space, opportunities By Alabi Williams
A discourse was held in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, last week, to enrich perspectives on the growing…
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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University: Time for home-grown VC By Malachy Uzendu
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, formerly called Anambra State University, has come of age. Metamorphosing from a polytechnic in 1995, and…
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Strong abroad, weak at home? By Dakuku Peterside
President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, in their first 100 days in office, hold the record of the…
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The North and Tinubu’s appointments By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 25 September, 2023 President Bola Tinubu gave our country’s Minister of Defence and Minister of State, Defence to the…
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Why Tinubu must sack his US lawyer By Festus Adedayo
September 24, 2023 When Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in 1987, amid a deluge of musical tributes in his honour, a…
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No more coups here By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Back in time Nigeria owned the world record in coup-plotting by the khaki boys of the military. Now coups happen…
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Slavery is not an option By Prof Pat Utomi
This is a freedom manifesto for the captured people of Nigeria offered in autobiographical form… I invoke the Spirit of…
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Begging for a seat at the table By Azu Ishiekwene
Following the G-20 summit held in India, I have been amused by the debate about whether or not Nigeria should…
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Drugs trafficking, cultism and Nigerian youths By Chidera Onyeukwu
Drug trafficking and cultism are two of the major challenges facing Nigeria’s youth today. Both problems are complex and have…
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Inside Buhari’s cattle farm By FEMI ADESINA
I spent three days in Daura, Katsina State, about a fortnight ago, visiting with our former President and my principal,…
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Promoting SMEs: Lessons of the Bangladeshi model for Nigeria By Sonny Iroche
September 18, 2023 Bangladesh has successfully implemented various mechanisms to promote and support Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which…
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Taking Abians out of their comfort zones By Godwin Adindu
It is no longer news that there is a new Abia where, according to the bible, “old things are passed…
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Achebean Studies: A Tribute and A Syllabus By Toyin Falola
September 17, 2023 On September 29 and 30, 2023, some of the most prominent names in the field of African…
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‘Alaafin’s stool is not for sale’ By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 18 September, 2023 An oba is put on the throne to keep “the bush at bay.” Collectively and individually,…
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