Opinion
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Why is the North always coming in late? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The news media were awash last week that the North’s governors and traditional rulers have come…
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Buhari in Imo: A breath of fresh air By Femi Adesina
It was not a triumphal entry. It was not designed to be. It was just a duly and legitimately elected…
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How Meghan, the Witch of Windsor, killed the Queen By Azu Ishiekwene
The only thing that compares in recent tweet villainy with the post of US-based Nigerian professor Uju Anya on Queen…
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The Igbo and death of a Queen By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 12 September 2022 On Tuesday, September 6, Liz Truss met Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral, Scotland. We saw her with…
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The Nigerian Relevance of Queen Elizabeth By Dakuku Peterside
A critical chapter in the history of the British empire was closed on Thursday, 8th September 2022, and a new…
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Once upon a fight between Obasanjo and Babangida By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The two generals are seen as the best of friends across the political spectrum of the Nigerian nation. In many…
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Security updates: I see hope By FEMI ADESINA
Have you keenly followed updates on the security situation in the country, particularly with regards to insurgency and banditry? You…
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2023 polls: Obi preaches competence, prudence in U.S.
New Analysis by Cecilia Ologunagba, New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Labour Party flag-bearer for the 2023 Nigeria presidential election,…
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Lessons about change from Ruto’s Playbook By Azu Ishiekwene
In six African countries the heads of government have been in power for 20 years or more. Attempts to replace them by…
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Who is dividing the north? By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, September 5, 2022 Speaking at a book launch in Kaduna Thursday last week, Prof Ango Abdullahi, leader of the…
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Oronsaye report and the burden of history By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058. More often than not, government business in Nigeria is akin to monkey business. “The more you…
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Nigeria, and hard choices By Dakuku Peterside
A significant chapter of global history was closed on 30th August 2022. On that day, an equally substantive champion of…
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Wike has no option but to stand with the people By ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES
I have had this kind of love and hate relationship with Governor Wike. However, what I will never deny about…
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Buhari’s footprints from home to Diaspora By FEMI ADESINA
Unless you are the discerning type, listening to public discourse today, you would think the only thing happening in the…
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The fire this time By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The presidency of Nigeria is so highly coveted that even expired players want to grab it “by fire, by force”,…
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Kukah’s Stories and Broken Truths By Azu Ishiekwene
If you haven’t had a good laugh, you have not been with him. And anyone who knows him knows I’m…
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On the vexed issue of petroleum subsidy… By Bola Bolawole (Anthony Obasola Shoderu)
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 For an opposition party that said petroleum subsidy was a scam, since it assumed the reins…
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A nation in chains By Dakuku Peterside
Something remarkable happened last week at the 2022 Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) conference in Lagos. However, social media was awash…
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ASUU president and his union of quacks By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 29 August, 2022 Mother Teresa, the Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun who died a saint, left more than her graceful…
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Nigeria’s slippery political terrain By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The convergence of social media and civil society organisations as agenda setters, ombudsman and crusaders all…
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Restructure Nigeria? By Professor Echefuna’ R.G Onyebeadi
BEING A PAPER DELIVERED BY PROFESSOR ECHEFUNA’ R.G. ONYEBEADI, AT THE CITIZENS’ SUMMIT FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATION, PEACE AND SECURITY ORGANISED…
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Duro Onabule: A library burns down By FEMI ADESINA
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground, says Amadou Hampate Ba, Malian writer, historian, and ethnologist…
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Have the Hustlers Finally Ousted Kenya’s Dynasties? Azu Ishiekwene
One of the ironies of politics is how easily fiction becomes reality, and reality, precedent. Before our eyes, the president-elect…
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As the Federal Government prepares to proscribe ASUU By Achike Chude
And so we are told that the federal government of Muhammadu Buhari, having failed to honour its agreement with ASUU…
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Olúségun Obásanjó’s pounded yam By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 22 August, 2022 Olúségun Obásanjó’s mother told him at the very beginning that if pounded yam is not much,…
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