Opinion
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Kukah don’t cook me nonsense By Femi Adesina
Under the camouflage of ‘speaking truth to power,’ it has become a regular thing for the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto…
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Tribute to George Obiozor By Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu
Dear Amb Okey Emuchay, MFR; and the Igbo Nation, “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a…
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What you might expect in 2023 By Azu Ishiekwene
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be shaken to its foundations, but it will survive. The most problematic question…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke: One month after mounting the saddle By Mallam Olawale Rasheed
Assuming office under a very hostile environment can be quite challenging. For Governor Ademola Adeleke, the battle for the Governorship…
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Buhari’s parting gift of a bleak Christmas By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Whereas Christians in many parts of the world celebrate December 25 every year as Christmas Day…
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Their 8,300 kilometres of lies: A short story By Felix Oboagwina
Brother Goke, could I have a word with you? How are you, Deacon, and how are Madam and the children?…
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Peter Obi: Time to destroy this temple By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 26 December, 2022 There is a trending video of a senile Paul Biya, President of Cameroon, at the just…
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Five lessons 2022 taught us about politics and nationhood By Dakuku Peterside
The year 2022 is winding up. High-level political activities characterised it – from the dramatic to the absurd. Highwire political…
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Dele Alake, Bayo Onanuga: Guilty as charged? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Sunday Tribune, 25 December 2022 Celebrated and accomplished journalists and writers, lawyers of immense stature, and…
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Of old times, old flames, sweet and bitter memories – 2 By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Every trip I make to my hometown of Owo brings bitter-sweet memories. Time heals wounds but…
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Western hypocrisy loses in epic Qatar match By Azu Ishiekwene
The shenanigans were always there, but until FIFA president, Infantino Giovanni, called them out in his down-to-earth press conference in…
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Greatest Opportunity of All Time: GOAT By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was a World Cup final match like no other in history. Qatar 2022 served up a breathless and relentless…
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Will Buhari vote for Tinubu? By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 19 December, 2022 Muhammadu Buhari started his presidency with “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody.” Will…
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Is Buhari’s best good enough for Nigeria? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, retired General Muhammadu…
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US- Africa Summit: In whose interest? By Dakuku Peterside
The US – African Summit has come and gone. The US President, Joe Biden, and a group of US business…
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Of old times, old flames, sweet and bitter memories -1 By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Back through the ages I go wandering once again/Back to the season of my youth/I recall…
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Buhari at 80: No malicious bone in his body By Femi Adesina
Let me start with a story told by an unrepentant critic of one of our former Presidents. There was no…
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Amidst chaos, 13-year-old boy vows to rebuild broken bridge of hope By Azu Ishiekwene
If he could, he might have built a highway to Sharm el-Sheikh where the world’s great and mighty gathered between…
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Diri’s Development Paradigm, A Trajectory! By Kola Oredipe
The Prosperity administration upon inauguration in 2020 hit the ground running with renewed hope for a greater and united Bayelsa…
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‘Jagba’ and the 2023 elections By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 12 December, 2022 ‘How to Rig an Election’ is one of the newest books in my library. I have…
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Time to foreclose ASUU’s salary arrears palaver By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 My people have a saying, to wit, “when you flog a child with the right hand…
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The poverty narrative: Federal versus State Governments By Dakuku Peterside
Poverty is all around us. You see it in all aspects of our lives. It is so ubiquitous that it…
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A letter to Sam By Azu Ishiekwene
Dear Chairman, It was about this time eight years ago, wasn’t it? I’m talking of course of when you took…
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Tony Elumelu: Buhari’s testimony By FEMI ADESINA
What a delightful week it has been for Mr Tony Elumelu, Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Heirs Holdings,…
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Osun lootings and Oyetola’s jejune alibi By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 When the new Osun State governor, the dancing-Senator now turned dancing-governor, Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, announced…
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