Opinion
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Love in a hard country: What Valentine’s Day means in Nigeria By Ebuka Ukoh
Valentine’s Day arrives each year, wrapped in red. Roses. Chocolates. Candlelit dinners. Carefully curated photos. Public displays of affection. The…
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The limitations of Artificial Intelligence By Emeka Asinugo
Thinking about this, I am completely convinced that unless artificial intelligence can command itself, it is difficult to see how…
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Birthing the next new world order By Uchenna Nwankwo
Talking about this puzzling collapsing world order, some people have genuinely tried to explain it. The causation of the upheaval,…
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Tinubu should apologise for ignoring Abuja @ 50 By MARTINS OLOJA
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike are facing criticism for their curious failure in celebrating Abuja’s 50th…
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2027 and fear of free, fair and credible election By UGO ONUOHA
One, two, three…, 17, 18, 19…, 28, 29, 30. Counting may no longer be of any use. The figure changes…
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Oshiomhole in massage Hall of Fame By Lasisi Olagunju
I wanted to find out who the greatest massager in history was, but the Internet told me history keeps no…
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More water for Tinubu’s desert By Lasisi Olagunju
The headline came quietly, harmlessly on Thursday: ‘Senate wants more revenues for FG, moves to alter allocation formula.’ The…
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What Mrs. Tinubu’s visit to President Trump achieved for Nigeria By Emeka Asinugo
In international politics, not every consequential encounter happens across polished negotiating tables or ends with a jointly signed communiqué. Some…
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Electoral transparency in reverse gear By Dakuku Peterside
A democracy rarely collapses in a single dramatic moment. More often, it is slowly redesigned—clause by clause—until citizens wake up…
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Akpabio’s Gaddafi and Mrs. Tinubu’s Trump honour By Festus Adedayo
I am reading a copy of Marcel Dirsus’ How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. A 2024 non-fiction book, in…
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How Nigeria can improve its resources through investing more prudently in tourism By Emeka Asinugo
Tourism remains one of the most underutilized economic goldmines in Nigeria, despite the country’s vast natural beauty, cultural diversity, historical…
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Between Fela and Whizkid…. 2 By Bola BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 Michael Jackson has now arrived in Jamaica for a meeting with Bob Marley.…
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The silent press and the silent siege By Segun Adediran
Within the next several years, the invisible architecture of Nigeria’s democracy faces a quiet but existential threat. For decades, the…
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Electronic transmission and the myth of a silver bullet By Tony Agenmonmen
Nigeria is once again locked in a familiar debate: whether the credibility of our elections depends on the mandatory real-time…
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Has Imo Judiciary emancipated itself in one historic judgement? By Chinedu Agu
FROM A TENNIS BALL IN AN EXECUTIVE–LEGISLATIVE WIMBLEDON SINGLES TO CONSTITUTIONAL REDEMPTION: HAS THE IMO JUDICIARY EMANCIPATED ITSELF IN ONE…
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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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