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Appraising issues in the award of 2022 National Honours, By Sufuyan Ojeifo
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the award
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Wike Vs. PDP: A-Y-U normal? By Tunde Odesola
Fishes don’t swim, they run when fire burns in Rivers. Hypocrisy downs virtue and upholds vice when the crocodile sheds
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Of national honours, politics and value, by Reuben Abati
abati1990@gmail.com “For First Time, Buhari Excludes Ex-Senate President, Saraki, from National Honours”. This was how the ThisDay newspaper of October
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A nation of many ‘technocrats’, by Olusegun Adeniyi
I visited Bayelsa State in January 2015 while Governor (now Senator) Seriake Dickson was planning his transition. My host had secured a 6am appointment with
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2023: It’s Tinubu or Atiku, not Obi, by Tunde Odesola
(Published in The PUNCH, on Monday, October 3, 2022) Broken in every bone, life hangs by the thread for a
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What becomes of the third force if Obi loses the presidential election?
By Tolu Ogunlesi One of the most important questions that we will face in 2023 is this: what will become
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Now that the campaigns have begun, by Bolanle Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Now that the campaigns towards the 2023 elections have started, what will the candidates campaign with?
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It’s all politics, can’t you see? By Simon Kolawole
May I herein solemnly bear witness that Nigerian politicians are geniuses at playing politics. They can scheme and strategise, manipulate
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Independence, whose independence? By Festus Adedayo
By Festus Adedayo Ph.D “Today, what can bring Nigeria back from the brink of collapse is for her rulers to
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Laolu Martins, a death mired in controversy
The sudden and mysterious death of a stakeholder in Bhukka Hospitality Limited, owners of a leading fast-food chain, Bukka Hut, Laolu
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2023: The Obi(Dients’) challenge, by Eniola Bello
ENI-B BY ENIOLA BELLO When he quit the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) late May 2022 and picked up the presidential ticket
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Anatomy of Wike’s endgame, By Azu Ishiekwene
When the row between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), spilled onto the
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ASUU: It’s a matter of law, by Gbemiga Ogunleye
Sometime in May when the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, extended its three-month old strike by another three months,
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Between Tinubu and Atiku, whose headache is bigger? By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 There is a saying that the bigger the head, the bigger the headache! Between Asiwaju Bola
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Police Orderly, Not Mai Guard! By Olusegun Adeniyi
As the principal custodian of peace, order and security in a constitutional democracy, no institution is arguably more important than
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Independence day and ponmo controversy, by Reuben Abati
It is a sobering indication of the state of the nation, that as Nigeria prepares to mark the 62nd anniversary of
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Of all things, ‘ponmon’ lo kan!
By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com0705 263 1058 Decades ago, I remember reading a piece by a writer lamenting the sudden but
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Buhari: Yoruba can go to blazes, by Tunde Odesola
Until science unmasked the myth of the jungle and brought the secrets of wildlife home to man via the television,
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Lest NANS protests become another #ENDSARS
By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 University students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)
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Wike vs Atiku: The return leg, by Simon Kolawole
Before the 1999 presidential primaries, crisis engulfed the All Peoples Party (now part of the All Progressives Congress, APC) over
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