Opinion
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Erdogan to the Rescue in Ankara, By Smolette Adetoyese Shittu-Alamu
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and the economic hub of that country. That city served as the capital…
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Beyond the compulsory real-time transmission of results, By Temitope Ajayi
Our habit of amending our electoral laws almost every election cycle deserves serious scrutiny. The popular justification, continuous improvement, sounds…
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Can We Quench the Fire That Might Start in Mali? By Azu Ishiekwene
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist…
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Press freedom, intelligence power, and Nigeria’s democratic signal to West Africa, By Ademola Oshodi
West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security problem,…
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Will the FG-ASUU agreement end strikes in our universities? – 1 By Bolanle BOLAWOLE
Will the FG-ASUU agreement end strikes in our universities? – 1 By Bolanle BOLAWOL [email protected] 0705 263 1058. You can’t…
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Yusuf’s defection, Kwankwaso and the 2027 Kano election, By Tunde Rahman
Kano State, the bastion of progressive politics in Northern Nigeria, is going through a turbulent time. This turbulence has caused…
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Small talks with a childless mother, By Lasisi Olagunju
One sad Monday in June last year (2025), I wrote in passing about the perils of fibroid and the ruin…
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Idolatry: The Worship of a President, By Lasisi Olagunju
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned over the weekend, swagger intact, despite his tumble in Turkey. His face was calm; his…
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Yusuf’s Red Cap on Tinubu’s Red Carpet, By Azu Ishiekwene
After months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State finally broke ranks with Rabiu Musa…
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Yakubu Mohammed: 1950 – 2026, By Lasisi Olagunju
He was my friend and gist mate. I remember I was right on the Asejire Bridge on the Ife-Ibadan Road…
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