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Opinion: What they did not tell us about the ASUU strike
by Adeola Adelabu Where was ASUU when Governor Fashola successfully commercialized education in Lagos State University? Who rents out their Boys Quaters to students who are not connected enough to…
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Opinion: A case of the farmer and the roadside thief
by Muyiwa Adetiba It is one thing to defend your turf. We all have to do that from time to time. But to use ethnicity and tribal sentiment as the…
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Opinion: Memo to APC’s Bisi Akande – Your rhetoric isn’t helping your party
by Ekerete Udoh Mr. Chairman, I am afraid if you don’t begin to weave a beautiful narrative on a different governance model and reduce your personal attacks on the president,…
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Dele Momodu: A brotherly advice to Governor Akpabio
by Dele Momodu No matter how much you portray yourself to be humble and absolutely loyal to the Him-on-High in Abuja, it is a wasted effort. Your future ambition screams…
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Opinion: Of presidential cry babies and kindergarten president
by Sunday Akin Dare Bisi Akande is the leader of an opposition party, a partisan political figure. If they saw fit to reply, the response should have come from the…
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Opinion: Sule Lamido – Why he is the cause of ‘their’ fear
by Timawus Mathias There is no gainsaying the fact. Lamido is more prepared for the greater challenge of the Presidency of Nigeria, than President Goodluck was when he was elected.…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: I am neither a tribalist nor a hater
by Femi Fani-Kayode And I am not referring to any of those exciteable individuals whose emotions have beclouded their thinking and who have called me a ‘’scallywag’’ and all manner…
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Opinion: This deportation ‘imbroglio’ must end
by Donu Kogbara Last year, Abia State Government ruthlessly purged its civil service of non-Abians. And I can’t even describe this nastiness as ethnic cleansing because, bizarrely, some of the…
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Opinion: What Jargons- Common sense Economics and sensible Politics
by Adisa Adeleye If we can manage the domestic economy properly and efficiently, the external sector will gradually assume less importance and the Naira will find its level in the…
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Akin Osuntokun: The trial of Reuben Abati
by Akin Osuntokun The role of a presidential spokesman is mostly a no-win situation. It is his lot to champion and defend the president in all materials particular even where…
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Opinion: Borno Night of Long Knives – I Hear The Victor’s song
by Victor Izekor Unknown to most Muslims and Christians in Borno who have been persistent in prayers for the past four years and thought God has shut the gate of…
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Opinion: The electricity revolution is here
by Emmanuel Onwubiko Even the most hardened opponent of this government will agree that NERC has started a radical revolution that is unprecedented in the political annals of this country.…
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Opinion: Politics, neglect, and the heaviest penalty
by Mohammed Dahiru Aminu No momentous improvement is certain for Nigeria until we all are ready to succumb to a logical, hard-nosed decision, to reverse the institutional challenges that confront…
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Opinion: Deportations, ethnic jingoism and political opportunism
by Is'haq Modibbo Kalu So almost on cue, the most chauvinistic vermin crawled out of the darkest crevice of ethnic jingoism. The action of the Lagos administration became elasticized into…
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Opinion: Shed your swagger and fight for a place in history
by Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú The Tunisians and Egyptians did not sit on their hands waiting for a revolutionary. Sustained spontaneous protests and sacrifice did it for them. Shed your swagger and…
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Opinion: Deportation of destitutes is lazy, but Fashola is not an Igbo hater
by Steve Nwosu I am not one of those who believe Lagos is a no-mans-land. It is insulting to the indigenes of Lagos to make such postulations. I have intentionally steered clear…
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Opinion: Maybe the problem is with parents of nowadays
by Auwal Anwar I sat down to remember how my childhood was so different. My parents were too busy eking a living to bother about my wants or if any…
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Opinion: Are Patience Jonathan & other first ladies a public inconvenience?
by Levi Obijiofor The press and the people have consistently accused Mrs. Jonathan of lack of discretion, relating to inappropriate conduct, improper utterances and involvement in excesses that belittle the…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: PIB, Malabu and the $1 billion bazaar
by Olusegun Adeniyi While the Malabu controversy remains a business deal gone sour in a sector that is lacking in transparency, the circumstances surrounding a tri-partite transaction involving the Federal…
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Nasir el-Rufai: Kindergarten president, childish handlers
by Nasir el-Rufai I am keen to know why the presidency chose to keep quiet on my charge that President Jonathan is the godfather of the oil thieves. If that…
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Opinion: Raising a generation of tribally tainted Nigerians
by Demola Rewaju I have few problems with Femi Fani-Kayode’s recent outbursts against the Igbos, I’ve always known he could never be a part of the new Nigeria. my problem…
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Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode attended the best schools but lacks class
by Pedro Christian Kalu In the words of John Okiyi Kalu "the views and actions of charlatans like FFK cannot and will never represent the views of the learned and hard…
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Opinion: Tony Anenih, Goodluck Jonathan and his trouble-making elders
by Rotimi Fasan His veiled attack at nameless and unpatriotic elders making comments likely to cause disaffection and disunity among Nigerians was definitely one of his many incompetent attempts at…
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Opinion: National Population Commission, Festus Odimegwu and the burden of truth
by JD Zubema To put the records straight, Eze Odimegwu on assumption of duty as Chairman NPC in June 2012, told whoever wanted to listen that appointment of Directors and…
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Elnathan John: About Femi Fani-Kayode’s ‘bitter truth’
by Elnathan John My opinion in this matter is simple. A Lagosian as a social term is any Nigerian citizen who is permanently domiciled in Lagos, pays tax to the…
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Opinion: No! Pastor Adeboye, your approach is wrong
by Peniel Plus “We need N1 Billion from ten (10) people, If you are one of them, please see my personal Secretary after we finish today. We also need N100million…
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Okey Ndibe: A culture of low expectations
by Okey Ndibe Nigeria is cursed with “leaders” who intone that they’re “moving the nation forward.” But they neither know what “forward” means nor how to move in its direction.…
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Opinion: Who leads the APC, Tinubu or Buhari?
by Ochereome Nnanna The main headache will be when the LEADER of the party is considered. That is the man on whose table the buck comes to a final stop;…
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Opinion: The ‘sins’ of the Nigerian elite
by John Amoda He said the inequalities in Nigeria are such that “the wealthy live like prisoners—the rest of the society resents them. And that brings me to the topic…
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Chidi Amuta: Lagos deportation – The invasion of designer tribesmen
by Chidi Amuta But what we are witnessing in recent times, beginning with the Lagos renditions, is first, a flagrant violation of the Nigerian constitution. I am not aware that…
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