Opinion
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Now that NELFUND has made a shift to 27 February By Emeka Asinugo
The decision by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to extend the 2025/2026 student loan application deadline to 27 February…
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The Russia–Ukraine war: Blood for borders, death for dignity lost! By Uche J. Udenka.
When politics fails, graves multiply. The war between Russia and Ukraine will be remembered not only for its violence, but…
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Fayemi, a global brand at 61 By Segun Dipe
Turning 61 is a milestone that can evoke a mix of emotions. For persons who are career-restless, it marks the…
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’: Building peace or merely rebranding power By Uche J. Udenka
– Power politics disguised as peace policy Donald Trump’s announcement of a so-called “Board of Peace” is being marketed as…
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Ugly optics from Turkiye and return of our visiting president By UGO ONUOHA
Nigeria’s president, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, enjoys gallivanting. Put together he has been out of the country for more than…
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Small talks with a childless mother By Lasisi Olagunju
One sad Monday in June last year (2025), I wrote in passing about the perils of fibroid and the ruin…
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Idolatry: The worship of a President By Lasisi Olagunju
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned over the weekend, swagger intact, despite his tumble in Turkey. His face was calm; his…
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Uproar about Tinubu’s Subú-seré By Festus Adedayo
Subú-seré? Poetic licence gave me the indulgence of this headlining. Not even the English Language, in its pretentious globality, could…
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Will the FG-ASUU agreement end strikes in our universities? – 1 By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058. You can’t believe this, but it is the truth, uncomfortable and damning as it is: Since…
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What Peter Obi is likely to achieve if elected Nigerian President next year By Chief Emeka Asinugo
Today, Nigeria stands at crossroads because the old social habits of wastefulness, indifference, and elite insulation from the masses, fueled…
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Time to celebrate Murtala, Abuja and G-7 @ 50 By MARTINS OLOJA
It is indeed a time to celebrate with Abuja and a group of seven states Hurricane Murtala Muhammed who spent…
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Abia too, has left us behind By Chinedu Agu
I arrived in Umuahia in the afternoon of 23 January 2026 for the Quarterly Meeting of the Eastern Bar Forum…
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Chef Hilda ‘Jollof’ Baci: In the news again with 3rd Guinness World Record! By Ebuka Ukoh
The cynicism had come too quickly. A couple of years ago, after Hilda Baci, Nigeria’s celebrity chef, set another Guinness…
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Our villages were paradise many decades ago By Emeka Asinugo
There was a time when our Igbo villages were paradise, not because they were perfect, but because they were human.…
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Understanding the importance of roads in national development By Emeka Asinugo
A nation’s road network is more than asphalt, tar and concrete laid across the land. It is a living system…
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Between Fela and Whizkid… 1 By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 “Anything you can do/I can do it better/I’m the toughest (I’m the toughest)/And…
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Outsourcing and redefining violence as a tool of governance By Uche J. Udenka
-When the State Rewards Its Own Breakdown. The recent suggestion attributed to the Northern Elders Forum — that armed Fulani…
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Onitsha market impasse: Safety before orders; People before optics By Ebuka Ukoh
When Governor Charles Soludo directed traders in Anambra’s main markets to ignore the sit-at-home solidarity and resume normal six-days-a- week…
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Trump’s World Cup stress test and prospects of Europe’s boycott By UGO ONUOHA
FEDERATION of International Football Associations [FIFA] awarded hosting rights for this year’s football World Cup tournament to three North American…
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Echoes after Taraba By Dakuku Peterside/ Olufemi Awoyemi
I shared a travelogue describing my visit to Taraba State, where distance is measured not in kilometres but in neglect…
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Taraba’s struggle for recognition and development By Dakuku Peterside, PhD
I arrived in Jalingo on a quiet Saturday—no drama, just a gentle descent into a place whose story overshadows its…
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ADC Presidential primaries: Atiku, Obi, Amaechi, who does the cap fit? By Obike Ukoh
When the late politician and statesman, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, was alive he told All Peoples Party (APP), supporters in Ebonyi…
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Where is Sadio Mane in your team? By MARTINS OLOJA
Morocco, the host of the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations, (AFCON 2025) has continued to receive rave reviews over…
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Fela’s Wizkid By Lasisi Olagunju
The Cambridge English dictionary defines ‘Wizkid’ as “a young person who is very clever and successful.” Collins Dictionary defines it…
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The last nuggets of wisdom from Bob Marley…To Muhammed Ali, you, and me By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Neither Bob Nesta Marley nor Muhammed Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) needs any introduction – except, perhaps,…
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