Opinion
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The rare Admiral: A tribute to Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu (1943-2021)
Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu By Tatalo Alamu on October 17, 2021 To the iconic Lagos Airport Hotel’s Banquet Hall this past Tuesday to…
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Congresses of gun and godfathers By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 18 October, 2021) Today’s party politics and adultery have same rule of engagement: there is no commitment to fidelity…
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That peace may return to Great Ife: A rejoinder By Bolanle Bolawole (Prof. Omotoye Olorode)
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The “rejoinder” you are about to read, titled “Deepening neglect of public-funded education in Nigeria: OAU…
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2023: A case for a Nigerian President of South East extraction By Professor Echefuna’ R. G. ONYEBEADI
At Independence in 1960, the country Nigeria rested on a tripod of East, West and North. By 1963, the tripod…
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The essential Buhari: VP Osinbajo got it! By FEMI ADESINA
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is an honest man. Whatever he tells you, please take it serious. You can even take…
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Udom, Akpabio and the Uyo-Ikot Ekpene Road By Udo Silas
Now let me be clear. The reason for this piece is two-fold. Firstly, to call out Udom Emmanuel for the…
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A critique of Hakeem Baba-Ahmed’s ‘rejoinder’ By Lasisi Olagunju
Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian who won the Nobel Prize in Literature last week has a very interesting definition of honour.…
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Babandede: Re-imagining and Remaking Immigration By Dakuku Peterside
The public sector in Nigeria is not a hopeless case, as we are sometimes all made to believe. It may…
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State of emergency: Why only Anambra? By Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The Presidency or, better still, the Attorney-General of the Federal Government and Minister of Justice, Abubakar…
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FG’s emergency option, a ploy to impose APC on Anambrarians By Tony Ezike
The recent statement credited to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami revealing the possibility of…
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‘My husband torments me, but I need him badly’ By Michael West
October 8, 2021 A 44-year-old woman is at the verge of quitting her marriage because her husband is tired of…
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Weighty matters about our country By FEMI ADESINA
Series of reactions have typically attended the October 1 broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari to mark the 61st anniversary of…
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Declaring a state of emergency in Anambra State?: Oh, no please! By Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, OFR, Ph.D.
The Attorney General of the Federation flew a kite today to the effect that the Federal Government may declare a…
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That peace may return to ‘Great Ife’ By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 For the umpteenth time, peace at the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife), Ile-Ife…
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The economics of elaborate funerals By Prof. Okechukwu Edward Okeke
Introduction Elaborate funerals are the kind of funerals that we are familiar with in southern and central Nigeria. They are…
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Igbo, Akunyili and Mailafia By Lasisi Olagunju
Igboland is the new home of Hades, lord of death and king of the underworld. The land writhes in pains…
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Nigeria @ 61: Realities, Aspirations and Way Forward By Dakuku Peterside
Sixty-one years ago ,there were celebrations across the length and breadth of Nigeria. In every hue and corner of this…
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Justice Olugbemi: The evils of ‘Federal Character’ revisited By Bolanle Bolawole (Prof. Babafemi Badejo)
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Recently the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, got characteristically loquacious, uncouth, and irascible talking down…
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Mixed blessings of ‘hired’ spouses, in-laws and parents By Michael West
October 1, 2021 In the years gone by, ‘hired’ parents and ‘borrowed’ in-laws were a necessity for an urgent arrangement…
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25 good reasons why Ekiti must rejoice at 25 By Segun Dipe
“Our progress has shown that the vision which drove the movement for the creation of Ekiti State was not a…
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For Nigeria at 61, it’s Lafiya Dole, peace by force By Femi Adesina
Nigeria is 61 years old as an Independent country. And so what? What’s the big deal about it? That is…
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This nonsense must stop! By Professor Echefuna’ R. G. ONYEBEADI
A situation where my people, the Anioma people, are only good to be used, fight, get maimed, raped and die…
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Still on the VAT brouhaha By Bola Bolawole (Comrade Jaye Gaskia and Comrade (Prof.) Toye Olorode)
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 What you are about to read is an intervention on the ongoing battle over the Value…
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A dwarfed giant at 61 By Martins Onyeike
As yet another October 1st comes knocking, Nigeria gets set to commemorate its 61st anniversary as an independent nation. While…
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Wike, combat and cant: Negative criticism taken too far By Paulinus Nsirim
Our attention has been drawn to the article published in the “Hardball” column of The Nation Newspaper on Tuesday, September…
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