Tag: opinion

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Op-ed EditorOctober 15, 2017

Opinion: The truth about Egypt your Sunday school teacher left out

by Kehinde Oluwatosin My earliest encounter with the nation Egypt was not in the subject geography, not on the pages ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 15, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Teach me to fish, please

by Simon Kolawole   Two weeks ago, or a little more than that, I was at the midweek service in ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 14, 2017

Albert Afeso Akanbi: Time to re-channel our collective resentment

by Albert Afeso Akanbi As at this morning, ask me about what will be struggling against seven months for a ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 14, 2017

Opinion: Reversing Nigeria’s deplorable water, sanitation and hygiene situation

by Jide Ojo Three weeks ago, precisely from September 20 – 22, I was at Yankari Game Reserve for a ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 14, 2017

Opinion: President Buhari’s ethnocentric image is his fault

by Adeshina Peter   While the controversy surrounding the leak of Ibe Kachikwu’s letter is still raging on, the Presidency ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 14, 2017

Reno Omokri: Muhammadu Buhari — Commander-in-Chief of the 97% Forces

by Reno Omokri   Last week I wrote about what has turned out to be the biggest corruption scandal in ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 14, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: CBN’s Aisha Ahmad, misogynistic bullying, and religious hypocrisy

by Farooq Kperogi At least two categories of (male) Nigerian social media denizens were disconcerted by the appointment of a ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 14, 2017

Dele Momodu: Now that Baba Akande has spoken

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let me state categorically that the great fun is about to begin in our dear ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 13, 2017

Opinion: Can our human rights come in handy this year?

by Nimi Princewill If you know your rights, you’re to blame for every human rights violation which you let slide ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 13, 2017

Opinion: These Nigerian ‘heroes’ deserve our accolades

by Raphael Esu     Nigeria, as we know it, is blessed with outstanding leaders. We are a fortunate nation ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 13, 2017

Opinion: What is Ambode doing about LASPOTECH’s prolonged strike?

by Dele Owolabi In Nigeria, people are internally displaced for many reasons amongst which are: terrorism, militancy, natural disaster, territory ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 12, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: What El Rufai seems to be missing about his teacher palaver

by Pius Adesanmi At the end of my inauguration lecture for Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai two years ago, the first person ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 12, 2017

Opinion: How LUTH traumatises young doctors

by Imoisili Ehinomen   God- according to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary- a being or object ‘believed’ to have more than natural attributes ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 12, 2017

Opinion: The girl child and the peculiar Nigerian problem

by Amarachi Nickabugu   I have not known a lot of women in my life. Well, I do not know ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 12, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: The 25 billion dollar palaver

by Olusegun Adeniyi   …I recall a particular episode when we were going to Saudi Arabia for the Third OPEC ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 11, 2017

Ololade Ajekigbe: 4 stars of the past week

by Ololade Ajekigbe The past week was an interesting one. And while an event such as the 50th anniversary of ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 11, 2017

Opinion: Exposing the Shell Oil job scam

by Gbenga Odunsi   A Nigerian narrates his encounter with scammers In recent times, Nigerians have had their own fair ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 11, 2017

Feyi Fawehinmi: Africa’s richest man has a built-in advantage with Nigeria’s government

by Feyi Fawehinmi   To start to understand how Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, came to have such influence over ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 11, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Tinubu’s 7-point agenda — Matters Arising

by Pius Adesanmi Here is a summary of Tinubu’s 7-point agenda: 1) National industrial policy 2) Infrastructure plan 3) Tax ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 11, 2017

Vera Ezimora: Why Tiwa Savage’s views on gender equality matter

by Vera Ezimora Tiwa Savage on gender equality — oh, where do I begin? First of all, my apologies for ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 10, 2017

Chude Jideonwo: Why Africa owes a debt of gratitude to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Joseph Boakai has served faithfully as deputy to Liberia’s president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for about 11 years. But now they ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 10, 2017

Oluseun Onigbinde: The problems with Kemi Adeosun’s deconstruction of Nigeria’s debt story

by Oluseun Onigbinde   It is important that public officeholders clarify the issues that citizens are distraught about and one ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 10, 2017

Opinion: The political theatrics ahead of Anambra 2018 gubernatorial election

by Michael Jegede On October 2, 2017, Awka, the Anambra State capital stood still for the incumbent Governor, Chief Willie ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 9, 2017

Opinion: What do these Ogun 2019 gubernatorial aspirants really have to offer?

by Uzoma Ngozi   Earlier this year, the media was awash with news that the APC in Ogun State had ...

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EzinneOctober 9, 2017

The Thread: Corruption has never been fighting back

The expression “corruption is fighting back” is a crutch government officials lean on to explain why the anti-corruption war is ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 8, 2017

Opinion: University of Abuja is a citadel of impunity and gross corruption

by Alex Enemanna   Gross impunity and opulent shenanigans are not new in Nigerian academic environment especially the public universities. ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 8, 2017

Opinion: America’s mad obsession with guns

by Tony Ogunlowo Again another psychotic madman strikes killing over 50 people and injuring more than 500 in the Land ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 8, 2017

Simon Kolawole: The forgotten conversations

by Simon Kolawole   A keen follower of the perennial debate on the state of the Nigerian union would have ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 7, 2017

Vera Ezimora: 3 innocent words that sound very dirty

by Vera Ezimora You know that I argue with myself a lot, right? If you knew half the conversations that ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 7, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: The difference between Nigerian and European politicians

by Pius Adesanmi In 1986, Mr Olof Palme, Sweden’s Prime Minister, was gunned down on a street in Stockholm. He ...

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