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Oyo kidnap saga: DHQ’s needless political correctness
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By Taiwo Adisa, PhD Discussions have been tempered, while activities are being ruled by sober moods and sombre moments since the news broke on May 15, about the abduction of…
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Oloyede’s exit from JAMB: End of an era!
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By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Since the Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Said Ahmad, announced at the last stakeholders meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
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Decapitators On The Prowl!
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By Wole Olaoye The incursion of terrorists from the northern states to the southwest of Nigeria was all too predictable. We had warmed about that possibility over the years. The…
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A critical analysis of Justice Umar’s decision nullifying INEC’s membership deadline
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By Monday Ubani, SAN TODAY’s judgment delivered by Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, nullifying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s deadline requiring political parties to submit…
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Deficits, Debt and Economic Literacy: A Response to Nigeria’s Fiscal Critics
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By Tanimu Yakubu Those who speak glibly about deficits, debt and fiscal expansion often reveal not economic sophistication, but economic illiteracy disguised as moral outrage. Much of today’s opposition rhetoric…
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THAT ALLEGED N800 BILLION “ESUSU” AND THE DEATH OF OUTRAGE
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By Tunde Olusunle No regime in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic trajectory has demonstrated the kind of desperation which the incumbent dispensation of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has undisguisedly expressed for…
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Understanding the trends in Akpabio’s Senate
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By Taiwo Adisa, PhD The proverb/saying, “when we are young, we try to change the world, when we are old, we try to change the youth,” has several look-alikes in…
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FMC Owo: Hope fulfilled or hope betrayed?
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By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 It still looks like yesterday when, in 1971, the outgoing military governor of the then Western State, Brigadier Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, performed the…
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Jejenuwa: Compassion as Philosophy
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By Wole Olaoye Several years ago, I had the pleasure of writing about the heartwarming feat of Oba Adedokun Omoniyi Abolarin, Aroyinkeye I, the Orangun of Oke-Ila, in establishing Abolarin…
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Why the Killing of Abu-Bilal al-Manuki by U.S. and Nigerian Forces Matters
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By Zagazola Makama The reported killing of Abu-Bilal al-Manuki, a senior commander of the Islamic State and widely described as the second-in-command of ISIS globally, by joint United States and…
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Surulere APC Crisis: The Dangerous Cost of Candidate Imposition and the Erosion of Internal Democracy
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By Kayode Suleiman The growing tension within the Surulere chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress over alleged intimidation, coercion and attempts to impose a preferred aspirant ahead of the…
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Minister Alausa: Little learning is dangerous
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By Owei Lakemfa In my second year at the University of Ife in 1979, two students from the Federal Government College, Kano joined the Faculty of Arts. Awam Ampah and…
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RACE TO 2027: CHRISTIANS, APC GROUP, CRYING FOUL IN IFELODUN, KWARA SOUTH
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By John Olaiya Kwara no doubt is a heterogenous State but one part of this status that has all along remained unattended to is religion. It is a part of…
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AFROPHOBIA!
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By Wole Olaoye Julius Malema was not yet born when my generation of Nigerian student leaders put our lives and resources on the line for the liberation of South Africa…
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Ekiti 2026: Election or coronation?
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By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I read somewhere that the PDP candidate in the forthcoming Ekiti state governorship election, Oluwole Oluyede, warned that the election, slated by the…
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Oyo APC and its consensus blues
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By Taiwo Adisa, PhD In a matter of days, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State would be called upon to name its governorship candidate. The same is true…
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Adebayo Adelabu and the Ọ̀yọ́ Verdict: When ‘Ọ̀yọ́’ Means Neither Call nor Consent
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By Ọlabọde Adekanye In Ọ̀yọ́ State, politics speaks Yoruba before it speaks English. When the people truly want you, they say Ọ̀yọ́ ń pè ọ́—Ọ̀yọ́ is calling you. When they…
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WORKERS’ DAY 2026: OLAWANDE’S STEADY HAND IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
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By Hon. Ayo Thomas As Nigeria marks Workers’ Day 2026, the spotlight naturally falls on the nation’s workforce and the leaders shaping its future. Among those earning recognition is Minister…
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You Ain’t Jesus, Donald!
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By Wole Olaoye The AI picture casting Donald Trump as Jesus Christ the Healer was, like many of the US president’s effusions, in bad taste. Since he made his entry…
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A Rejoinder and a Clarification: On Sunday Dare, Economic Reform, and the Nigerian Public Square
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By Pat Utomi I was genuinely thrilled to read Sunday Dare’s response to my recent commentary on the management of the economy. Setting aside a regrettable touch of incivility, his…