Opinion
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We’re not all gloom and doom, are we? By FEMI ADESINA
Let’s go down memory lane. In May, 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari had led the Nigerian delegation to London to attend…
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Kokori ignites old-time fire at Michael Imoudu Institute … By Bola Bolawole
turnpoit@gmail.com 807 552 5533 Frank Kokori, remember him? He was the petite but fire-spitting General Secretary of NUPENG who led…
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FROM TAKING IT WITH CONSENT TO HACKING IT WITH CONTEMPT OUTSIDE THE BOX BY ALEX OTTI
Email:alexottiofr@gmail.com “If you lay with a scorpion, don’t be surprised when it finally stings you.” ―DaShanne Stokes One fateful day,…
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The Christmas gift Nigerians deserve By Dakuku Peterside
Though a Christian celebration, Christmas has turned into a cosmopolitan, cultural, and social celebration marked and enjoyed worldwide by different…
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The travails of Prof. Banji Akintoye By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Prof. Adebanji Stephen Akintoye, erstwhile chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities…
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Still on the South-west and religious bigotry By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 A saying of the elders is that for as long as lice persist on the head,…
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Ember Dismemberment 2 By Martins Onyeike
As a follow-up to the first part of this piece, this “ember” season is proving to live up to its…
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Lori Iro: The evil that lie merchants do By FEMI ADESINA
You have probably seen something on social media, which I consider a parody of lie merchants against our country. We…
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King Herod and the Nigerian state By Lasisi Olagunju (MONDAY LINES)
Monday, 29 November, 2021 A month from now, it will be over for the year 2021; a new year will…
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EndSARS: Legal competence of Panels of Inquiry on Police – Keyamo erred gravelly in law and logic By Dr. ONYEKACHI UBANI
The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (NBA-SPIDEL), Dr. Monday. O. Ubani, has dismissed as…
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A Generation Ambushed By Drugs By Dakuku Peterside .
Nelson Mandela, the legendary African anti-apartheid fighter, said the future belongs to the youth, but Barak Obama qualified it by…
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APGA, Soludo may take over South East in 2023 polls if… By Chukwuma Amaram (Polemics)
Which of the following assertions or statements is more correct? Spectacular performance of APGA’s political machinery culminated in spectacular victory…
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Rotation, Federal Character and the Two-Term provision By Okechukwu Edward Okeke
The key terms of this essay are the three phrases of its title: rotation, federal character and two-term provision. Here…
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The Political Economy of Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform By Professor Kingsley Moghalu
Being a Public Lecture by Professor Kingsley Moghalu, OON, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford Oxford Martin School University of…
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Adegoke: Hotels and Risk of Ritual Deaths By Michael West
November 26, 2021 Perilous time is here! One of the cheapest commodities in Nigeria these days is death. It…
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Buhari’s ‘DEEL’ with Nigerian youths By Femi Adesina
What’s the deal for youths in the country, particularly from the Muhammadu Buhari administration? That is a question that often…
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Ember Dismemberment Pt 1 By Martins Onyeike
In Nigerian lexicon, the “ember months” loosely refers to the last period of the calendar year between September to December.…
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Jumia: The losses pile up as Africa looks elsewhere for pride By Bola Oduntan
Jumia, the ecommerce company described in April 2020 as the ‘e-commerce startup that fell from grace’ by BBC, has fallen…
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The north and Attahiru Jega By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 22 November, 2021) There was a time in this country when one single person was acting prime minister, acting…
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Of Glass Houses, Stones and Glasgow OUTSIDE THE BOX BY ALEX OTTI
Email: dralexotti2@gmail.com “Pretend all you want like you are innocent, we all know the truth” – Kyle ‘The great enemy…
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Hunger Republic By Dakuku Peterside
Every day, ordinary Nigerians from Maiduguri to Oyorokoto- Andoni in Rivers State, Okerenkoko- Delta to Wamako in Sokoto state make…
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Ondo State: Akeredolu on the ‘march’ again? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, whom I praised to high heavens weeks ago…
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Re: The Igbo grandees’ wrongheaded plea for Kanu’s release – A rejoinder by Professor ECHEFUNA’ R. G. ONYEBEADI
The article of Chudi Okoye of Awka Times captioned: “The Igbo Grandees’ Wrongheaded Plea for Kanu’s Release” looks well articulated…
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