Opinion
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Sold votes and a dead-duck democracy By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 20 June, 2022 From a lack of horses, we always saddle dogs, or cows, or even the ugly, scaly-backed…
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Owo massacre: We have not heard the last! By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I am from Owo. I was born and bred there. Readers of my columns must have…
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Buhari’s footprints By Femi Adesina
We are winding down. In about 11 months, the Muhammadu Buhari administration will be done. So we are ticking off…
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Who wins Ekiti governorship polls – II By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 D-Day is here! The Ekiti governorship election is a few days away! Who wins the polls?…
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Peter Obi, Dragons and Muslim-Muslim ticket By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 13 June, 2022 “Confidence is like a dragon; for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.” That…
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Take aways from the presidential nominations By Dakuku Peterside
After a long voyage, all the political parties have concluded their special conventions and primaries, and they now have presidential…
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Suicide: Women and their killer tongues By Michael West
June 10, 2022 Most of the time, I appreciate men that stay married over the years not because they are…
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Knock, knock! Who’s there? By FEMI ADESINA
If you are of my generation, and you have some literary inclination, you would have read the novel by…
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Our next Vice President By Dakuku Peterside
In the race to brace the tape of the presidency in 2023, the most consequential decision as to who would…
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Who wins Ekiti governorship polls? -1 By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The 2022 Ekiti governorship election is around the corner! Saturday, 18th June…
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Bólèk’ájà party primaries By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 6 June, 2022 Bólèk’ájà means ‘come down and let’s fight’. If you lived in Yoruba land of 1970s with…
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The times we are in!… By Professor Echefuna’ R. G. ONYEBEADI
Once upon a time, it was Restructuring now or nothing! It was so loud that even the deaf could hear…
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A postmortem of PDP’s special presidential convention of May 28, 2022 By Professor Echefuna’ R. G. ONYEBEADI.
On the surface, the PDP’s special convention of May 28, 2022 looks well organised and quite colourful. Great organisational skills…
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Despair: Suicide, Never an Option! By Michael West
June 3, 2022 The shocking news of a suicide reportedly committed by a telecommunications company’s employee, Folake Abiola, an accountant,…
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Visit to Spain: Let’s buga for Mr. President By Femi Adesina
I’m sure you know the song by Kizz Daniel and Tekno, which is now a rave of the moment: Let…
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Disambiguating Obi-nomics By Steve Osuji
Obi-nomics sounds cool, doesn’t it? And it has gained much traction too just as the Peter Obi presidential aspiration is…
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Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ticket – A painful imperative for Igbos By UZOMA O NWAGWU
Practical necessity in politics remains a core requirement for political participation because if you dwell in the world of ideology,…
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Political parties’ failure to honour INEC timetable and implications for 2023 elections By Ahmed Y. Hassan
Usually, elections everywhere in the world are clouded with divided interests and drama. As Abraham Lincoln once said, the ballot…
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Has Buhari won or lost the corruption war? By Bola Bolawole (Professor Babafemi Badejo)
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 One of the three pillars on which the retired Major-General Muhammdu Buhari hung his return to…
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Dr. Akil Khalfani moves against Donald Payne in US 10th Congressional District primary election By Bashir Muhammad Akinyele
The power and spirit of the African drums are being sounded for this year’s US 10th Congressional District. Incumbent establishment…
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Peter Obi is the third force By Amanze Obi
A mass movement has just begun. It is the type that will test the resolve or lack of it of…
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2023: Where is Patience Jonathan? By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 30 May, 2022 She was famously called Mama Peace. If there was anything in the Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency that…
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2023: Prospects of a Third Force By Dakuku Peterside
The political evolution of party systems in the world follows a binary trajectory. We see this political evolutionary trend in…
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Racism fights back By Dr Eddie IROH
In 1988, as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young made a statement few in a US administration…
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Nigerianizing our politics: The example of Nigeria’s music, Nollywood By Emeka Boris Oji
JUST MY OPINION In the year 2021, we were in a club in Jamaica 🇯🇲 and out of the blues…
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