Opinion
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Niger in turmoil: The Only way in is the way out By Sola Isola
Niger, a large and arid country in West Africa has a history of coups and attempted coups since its independence…
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Gas car rigmarole: Questions Tinubu can’t ignore By Azu Ishiekwene
It was not meant to be this way. But like a good number of things Nigerian, the story is hardly…
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The return of Abacha via his bagman By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It is no fake news that General Sani Abacha’s bagman has returned to the Nigerian cabinet to take charge of…
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Checking coup d’etat resurgence through good governance By Aderogba George
The media was recently awash with news of a coup d’état in Niger Republic. The Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani-led military junta…
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Possible effects of false prophecies in people’s lives By Rev. Fr. Peter Iwuala
Today, practically everyone is called by God to be a prophet. Prophetic preaching has a propensity to spiritualize the aspects…
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Ìsèse Day and Tinubu’s headache By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 21 August, 2023 Today’s Yorubaland is a very reluctant part of Nigeria. But it is also the most conflicted…
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Saving the Naira and ourselves By Dakuku Peterside
Indeed Naira, the Nigerian legal tender, has no religion, tribe or tongue. It is common to all of us as Nigerians and…
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Does Shiroro fallen soldiers’ blood matter? By Festus Adedayo
August 20, 2023 When death became ubiquitous and cheap as air, afflicting the young and the old in their scores,…
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ECOWAS military intervention in Niger and a new proxy war..By Dr Nelson Aluya
There has been increasing international spotlight on a small country in the Sahel region of West Africa called Niger since…
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The gradual collapse of the Nigerian Public Service By Suleiman Kolawole Ajibade
Of all organs and agencies of government, it is only the Public Service that has remained unscorched until now. The…
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Engaging Nigerien Military President is like having sex with someone you hate By Azu Ishiekwene
A good number of people, including me, seem opposed to Nigeria leading the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)…
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Shall we tell the President? By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I borrowed this title from the British thriller writer, Jeffery Archer, but I am in no mood to discuss that…
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Niger Coup: On Russian mercenaries, NATO forces and looming proxy wars in ECOWAS By Yushau A. Shuaib
The hurriedly declared resolution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy troops to restore democracy and…
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Challenging the new ministers By Dakuku Peterside
Three recent developments are the focus of people with a keen interest in the political affairs of Nigeria at the…
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For Oga Biodun Oduwole at 70 By Lasisi Olagunju
14 August, 2023 Some 28 years, three months ago, I sauntered into Tribune House, Ibadan, in search of employment. There…
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With ECOWAS, not all dictators are equal By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 14 August, 2023 The Jerusalem Post is arguably Israel’s most-read English news website and best-selling English newspaper. Last Wednesday,…
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Seventy-six days of APC government: From darkness to gross darkness! By Balogun Akin Osuntokun
After over seventy-six days in office, what are Nigerians getting and how are they faring: unplanned and ill-thought removal of…
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Obi, Atiku, Tinubu: Judgment Day beckons By Festus Adedayo
August 13, 2023 The Nigerian Presidential Election Petition Court has reserved its judgment. Apprehension and expectation are playing hide and…
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France, your Queendom is falling! By Festus Adedayo
August 13, 2023 Zimbabwe-born medical doctor and activist, Arikana Chihombori-Quao’s viral video which hit airwaves last week evokes the music…
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Hunger is real and present By Dakuku Peterside
Hunger is widespread and chronic in Nigeria, and its prevalence is one phenomenon that statistics cannot fully capture; not even…
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Haiti in state of obscurity By Prof. Alphonse Prophete
“They are answers” Conventional wisdom tends to correspond to mobility where resources in a country are created in aid of…
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The day Zinox Chairman, Ekeh, stormed INEC with Bible By Kunle Obadasha (pen name)
As a retired National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I have been wanting to tell this story…
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Tinubu’s list, Gbaja-nisation and Nigeria’s Politics By Azu Ishiekwene
If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the ground running, it was because problems chased him into office. Yet, it wasn’t…
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Avoiding the Niger quagmire By Oseloka H. Obaze
Realpolitik and commonsense have long validated the nexus between domestic strength and foreign policy actions. Yet, presumable statesmen frequently fall…
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Niger’s war of blood and water By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 7 August, 2023 One of the bitter lessons Bola Tinubu may have learnt in his abortive war against Niger…
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