Opinion
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Resurrection of coups in Nigeria By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Many Nigerians believed most earnestly that military coups have been buried for good in Nigeria – until the news of…
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Sanwo-Olu, Makoko and the test of leadership By Gboyega Akosile
Leadership is not tested in moments of applause. It is tested in moments of discomfort, when decisions are unpopular, emotions…
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Isaac Adaka Boro: The Unfinished Project – Review of Mondy Gold’s book on a fighter for freedom & justice By Braeyi Ekiye
Isaac Adaka Boro is indisputably a militant foundational hero in the struggle for the political and economic freedom of the…
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Who owns Abacha’s loot? Nigeria and the fight for the people’s money By Eze Anaba
Besides wars, disease, and violent militant groups, few forces have undermined law-based states in recent times as profoundly as corruption.…
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Adieu, Comrade BJ! By Bolanle BOLAWOLE/Sola ADEYEMI
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Unlike Comrade Dipo Fashina (aka Jingo) and Comrade Segun Osoba, Comrade (Professor) Biodun Jeyifo (BJ) never…
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Nigeria’s secular mask is slipping: Between a republic and a religious state. By Uche J. Udenka
The republic is being quietly redesigned. Nigeria’s crisis is often described as a failure of governance or a collapse…
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D’Rovans and the vanity of life By Festus Adedayo
At the height of its glory, D’Rovans Hotel in Ibadan, Oyo State, stood like the Chappal Waddi. Standing 2419 meters…
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El-Rufai: Tinubu’s angry kingmaker By Lasisi Olagunju
Alhaji Shehu Shagari first met General Murtala Mohammed in August 1974. Newly appointed Federal Commissioner for Communications, Murtala, wrote a…
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Fraudulent elections: In whose interest? By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193. “Men at some times are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus,…
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To the Ones I Love: Valentine 2026 By Emeka Asinugo
To the ones I love, this Valentine dawn I lift a song before this day’s morning sun A hymn of…
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Love in a hard country: What Valentine’s Day means in Nigeria By Ebuka Ukoh
Valentine’s Day arrives each year, wrapped in red. Roses. Chocolates. Candlelit dinners. Carefully curated photos. Public displays of affection. The…
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The limitations of Artificial Intelligence By Emeka Asinugo
Thinking about this, I am completely convinced that unless artificial intelligence can command itself, it is difficult to see how…
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Birthing the next new world order By Uchenna Nwankwo
Talking about this puzzling collapsing world order, some people have genuinely tried to explain it. The causation of the upheaval,…
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Tinubu should apologise for ignoring Abuja @ 50 By MARTINS OLOJA
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike are facing criticism for their curious failure in celebrating Abuja’s 50th…
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2027 and fear of free, fair and credible election By UGO ONUOHA
One, two, three…, 17, 18, 19…, 28, 29, 30. Counting may no longer be of any use. The figure changes…
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Oshiomhole in massage Hall of Fame By Lasisi Olagunju
I wanted to find out who the greatest massager in history was, but the Internet told me history keeps no…
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More water for Tinubu’s desert By Lasisi Olagunju
The headline came quietly, harmlessly on Thursday: ‘Senate wants more revenues for FG, moves to alter allocation formula.’ The…
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What Mrs. Tinubu’s visit to President Trump achieved for Nigeria By Emeka Asinugo
In international politics, not every consequential encounter happens across polished negotiating tables or ends with a jointly signed communiqué. Some…
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Electoral transparency in reverse gear By Dakuku Peterside
A democracy rarely collapses in a single dramatic moment. More often, it is slowly redesigned—clause by clause—until citizens wake up…
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Akpabio’s Gaddafi and Mrs. Tinubu’s Trump honour By Festus Adedayo
I am reading a copy of Marcel Dirsus’ How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. A 2024 non-fiction book, in…
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How Nigeria can improve its resources through investing more prudently in tourism By Emeka Asinugo
Tourism remains one of the most underutilized economic goldmines in Nigeria, despite the country’s vast natural beauty, cultural diversity, historical…
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Between Fela and Whizkid…. 2 By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 Michael Jackson has now arrived in Jamaica for a meeting with Bob Marley.…
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The silent press and the silent siege By Segun Adediran
Within the next several years, the invisible architecture of Nigeria’s democracy faces a quiet but existential threat. For decades, the…
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Electronic transmission and the myth of a silver bullet By Tony Agenmonmen
Nigeria is once again locked in a familiar debate: whether the credibility of our elections depends on the mandatory real-time…
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Has Imo Judiciary emancipated itself in one historic judgement? By Chinedu Agu
FROM A TENNIS BALL IN AN EXECUTIVE–LEGISLATIVE WIMBLEDON SINGLES TO CONSTITUTIONAL REDEMPTION: HAS THE IMO JUDICIARY EMANCIPATED ITSELF IN ONE…
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