Opinion
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How President Tinubu is redrawing the South-east political map By Tunde Rahman
When the 2023 presidential election results were announced, many analysts and commentators gave a largely unanimous verdict regarding the voting…
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Budget of bandits by bandits for bandits By UGO ONUOHA
IMMEDIATELY after Nigeria gained independence from colonial Britain in 1960, it adopted what was known and called Fixed National Plans.…
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Turning AfCFTA into local meaning By Dr. Wale Osofisan
Last Thursday evening, I had the privilege of being the Guest Speaker at the Rotary Club of Lavington Nairobi, Kenya.…
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For JAMB’s Ishaq Oloyede By Lasisi Olagunju
In 1528, the sixteenth-century Italian writer Baldassare Castiglione published his classic, The Book of the Courtier (Il Libro del Cortegiano).…
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The Agẹmọ curse and Nigeria’s free fall By Festus Adedayo
“They just tend not to be honest. Nigerians as a group, frankly, are marvelous scammers. I mean, it is in…
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Politicians who sell their own toes By Lasisi Olagunju
Somewhere in present-day Osun State, about a hundred years ago, an oba ordered a manhunt for a troublesome strongman in…
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Milestone: First Northern Nigerian female Professor to head a university outside of Nigeria By Prof. Olalekan Banwo
A barrier breaking milestone has been made with the appointment of a Nigerian Professor, Nazmat Surajudeen-Bakinde as the first substantive…
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The strategic imperative of global business summits on Africa By Ehi Braimah
Africa has emerged as one of the most strategic frontiers for global investment, trade, innovation, and economic transformation. With a…
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Nigeria’s Stanford warning: When institutions normalise the abuse of power By Dakuku Peterside
Sometimes, a country confronts scandals that appear disconnected: corruption in one institution, brutality in another, and questions of legality or…
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The Sundiata Post Model (4): Realm of the long term By Max Amuchie
This fourth instalment of the Sundiata Post Model asks the inevitable question: What must a knowledge-producing newsroom do to survive,…
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Did Abacha actually die on top of a woman? By Festus Adedayo
The Yoruba establish a direct causal relationship between tragic news and emotional grief. They observe that if the ears are…
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If the 2027 elections must be credible… By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I once advocated that we create a Ministry or agency charged with the responsibility of harnessing…
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This is grand larceny, not governance By Emeka Asinugo
There is always a difference between a country and a nation. The country is a territory with a government and…
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Russia–Ukraine war: The bloodiest European war since 1945 By Uche J. Udenka
More than four years after Russian forces crossed Ukraine’s borders in February 2022, the war has become the defining geopolitical…
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Mandela we celebrate versus Mandela we practise By Ebuka Ukoh
The Mandela we celebrate changed history, not simply because he endured suffering. He changed history because he refused to abandon…
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We celebrated the life of an icon By Chief Emeka Asinugo
At a time when the world yearns for voices of conscience, moral courage and intellectual depth, Nigeria is blessed to…
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Africa’s new political economy by WALE OSOFISAN
In my recent interactions with institutional actors and decision makers across the continent, I have seen firsthand what moves the…
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Funeral eulogy for Omenuko Gburugburu! – Amb. Chief Dr. Sir Paddy Njoku By Prof. Echefuna’ R G ONYEBEADI
Omenuko of the universe! (as I fondly call him), the shocking news of Chief Dr Sir Paddy Njoku’s demise was…
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There’s no age any man can say ‘I’ve known it all’ By Emeka Asinugo
There is an old saying that the greatest school is life itself, and the remarkable thing about this school is…
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What makes a citizen look like a citizen? Football, Spain, and the politics of ancestry By Professor Hsain Ilahiane
Spaniards celebrating World Cup 2026 victory Every nation tells a story about belonging. Some tell it through constitutions. Others through language.…
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Democracy’s sweet billions By Lasisi Olagunju
At the dawn of this democracy, masked musician, Lagbaja, looked at the value of a million naira and asked in…
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Bandit rats in our big budget By Lasisi Olagunju
On 9 June, 2026, the Presidency announced that “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Task…
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Akpabio, Oshiomhole, Umahi: How sex threatens the Nigerian State By Festus Adedayo
Did you listen to last week’s broadside from Senate President Godswill Akpabio against former Edo State governor, Senator Adams Oshiomhole?…
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The odd quirks of Peter Obi at sixty-five By Valentine Obienyem
The Greek biographer Plutarch, in the preamble to his “Life of Alexander”, observed: “I am writing biography, not history; and…
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Congrats, H.E. Peter Obi on your birthday anniversary By Chief Emeka Asinugo
There are birthdays that come and go with little more than the exchange of pleasantries. There are others that offer…
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