Opinion
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PMB lands softly on a sofa floor By FEMI ADESINA
This has been a week of reflection, introspection, and rumination. It’s the last full week of a journey that started…
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Aregbesola, Immigration policy and implications on economy By Dr. Charles Okafor
A country’s immigration policy is part of a nation’s wholistic policy framework to enhance or endanger economic activities. To compliment…
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Aliko Dangote: A salute to perseverance By Amb Greg Ozuomba Mbadiwe (MFR)
Great friends Kindly permit me to use this platform to congratulate Alhaji Aliko Dangote on his Amazing epoch-making event of…
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Why this presidential transition matters By Dakuku Peterside .
Presidential transition periods are times of excitement, hope, apprehension, speculation, and drama. It is associated with chaos, complexity, and coordination…
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Buhari in eight years By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 22 May, 2023 Exactly one week from today, Muhammadu Buhari will stop being our president; his place another shall…
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Lamidi Apapa’s missing cap By Festus Adedayo
May 21, 2023 Turbulent anger of Obidients landed on Lamidi Apapa last week. By the time their anger petered out,…
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Just energy transition for Africa dependent on transformative national processes By Okereke, Treyer, et al.
We believe the current approach to framing, designing, and implementing energy transition plans and partnerships risks jeopardising long-term and sustainable…
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The good in goodbye By Femi Adesina
A popular saying tells us that ‘there’s no good in goodbye.’ Really? I’ve been turning it round in my head,…
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Why Buhari must remain Tinubu’s friend after May 29 By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 15 May, 2023 May Sudan not happen to Nigeria. This piece starts with prayers. It has to. “Everyone in…
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Resolving Nigeria’s electricity conundrum By Dakuku Peterside
Every Nigerian knows that we have an electricity problem. It has been a recurrent sound bite in development discourse in…
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Will north, the Shrew, bite the APC’s nose? By Festus Adedayo
May 14, 2023 The ongoing fight-to-finish for principal officers’ positions in the 10th National Assembly by the All Progressives Congress…
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NG-CARES: How Buhari quietly attends to needs of Nigerians By Femi Adesina
The judgment of history is usually the most enduring, and as President Muhammadu Buhari weighs anchor in less than three…
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Dangote Refinery challenges global narrative By Azu Ishiekwene
It started like a grudge match. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, was dealt a bad hand in a failed transaction.…
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Let’s play the game, the Nigerian way By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Englishmen will never get tired of telling the whole wide world that they invented the beautiful game of football. That’s…
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The changing of Britain’s morals By Dr Eddie IROH
A LITTLE BUT significant incident occured on Sunday the day after the coronation of King Charles III and his Queen…
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Time for reset: Education reforms as a priority in Nigeria By Dakuku Peterside .
Education is a critical priority for Nigeria, as it is for any nation serious about growth and development. Unfortunately, in…
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Ekweremadu and the price of parts By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 8 May, 2023 The one who hasn’t been hit by war calls himself a man (Eni ìjà ò bá…
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Tinubu, judicial corruption and Madman of Gadarene Festus Adedayo
April 7, 2023 In Port-Harcourt, Rivers State last week as guest of Governor Nyesom Wike, President-elect, Bola Tinubu, promised to…
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The fowl of Mecca and Nigeria’s Census palaver By Azu Ishiekwene
We have a measurement problem eloquently illustrated in a Yoruba tale about a Mecca has-been. The fellow in this tale…
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And they claim Buhari didn’t do anything By Femi Adesina
On Sunday April 30, the Media Office of the President released a 91-page document on the achievements of President Muhammadu…
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A toast to womanhood By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I am an expert at ignorance. I do not know why just one day should be set aside as the…
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Prof. Iyahen: One tree that made the forest By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
God Has Done Me Well: Sunday Osarumwense Iyahen (A Renowned Mathematics Professor and Senator) Published by West Africa Resources Management…
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Mike Adenuga and the Ijebu spirit By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 1 May, 2023 It was almost a missed call; or, more appropriately, an ignored call because the telephone number…
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Time for reset By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria’s nascent democratic journey has lasted for 24 uninterrupted years, the first time in its history. Previous democratic interregnums did…
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Nigeria’s Sudan question By Festus Adedayo
April 30, 2023 Africa is on its familiar route again. She has become the proverbial serial widow whose mourning and…
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