Opinion
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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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Why we may elect the wrong leaders in 2023 By Dakuku Peterside.
We are in a profound national crisis, notably in the economic and security spheres, and there is no easy way…
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Who is Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The headline above is not originally mine. Rather, it is the title of an online publication…
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Abia economic prosperity agenda is top priority of Professor Greg Ibe By Chukwuma ShaFT AMARAM (Polemics).
Perspectives on rebooting, retooling industrial potentialities and dynamics of Abia State, but more specifically Aba, is more critical now than…
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NBC revocation of broadcast stations’ licenses is totally unacceptable By Achike Chude
It gets worse for the government that Nigerians went out and voted for in 2019. To say that the government…
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Politicians and the jeopardy of trial by ordeal By Azu Ishiekwene
“I’m going to waste my vote,” a friend told me recently. “And don’t argue with me,” he added. “It’s my…
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Strengthening institutional frameworks for improved women participation in politics
By Grace Yussuf News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) After the just-concluded party primaries, many stakeholders are at loss as…
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Tribute: Biyi Bandele Who Came In From The Back Of Beyond By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
He started out as Biyi Bandele-Thomas, and shocked the literary world with his amazing precocity. He was admitted to my…
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Still on ASUU-FG impasse By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Last week we featured the intervention of the immediate past vice-chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University,…
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Bart Nnaji and the Electricity Question By C. Don Adinuba
On the eve of his 66th birthday on July 13, I quickly scribbled a tribute to Bart Nnaji, the internationally…
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For pyrates and their confraternity By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 15 August, 2022 Like graceful, snowy egrets basking in the afternoon light, the Pyrates Confraternity sailed out last week…
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Ahmad Lawan and matters arising By Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo
I have in the past stumbled across several publications in the media that questioned the leadership approach of the Senate…
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From Nairobi to Nigeria: Kenyan election as a mirror election By Dakuku Peterside
It is not always that an election in one part of the world can function as a mirror in another part of…
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Ogun state: When two elephants fight… By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 In my primary and secondary school days, it was common to see someone run to the…
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Re: Wike, a Governor Possessed By Spirit of Flyovers By Kelvin Ebiri
Our attention was drawn to an article titled: “Wike, a Governor Possessed By Spirit of Flyovers” published by Yemi Adebowale.…
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‘I still believe in Buhari’ *Lessons from Hassan Usman, freed train abductee By Femi Adesina
To be troubled in trouble is to have your trouble doubled, so goes a saying. And for Hassan Usman, a…
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