Category: Columnist
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Forgive not the APC, pardon not the opposition – By Owei Lakemfa
The bazaar of partisan politics is in open swing. The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which has been attracting opposition politicians to itself like magnet, held its National Summit on May 22, 2025 inside the Aso Rock Presidential Palace.
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Gov Eno’s ire over Channels TV’s broadcast of ‘defection’ to APC – By Ehichioya Ezomon
As in every issue or event in the polity, mixed reactions greeted the report on Thursday, May 22, 2025, that the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, had directed all commissioners and other political appointees in his government to either defect with him to the All Progressives Congress (APC), or resign from their positions.
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Tinubu’s hunger is worse, power is his only food – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu is hungry. He is also angry that many Nigerians do not understand his sacrifices for us. What a people!
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Nigeria: 730 days later – By Dakuku Peterside
Two years can feel both fleeting and painfully long in Nigeria. Seven hundred and thirty dawns have rolled across the savannah, the creeks, and the sprawling megacities since the last electoral hoopla promised a national rebirth.
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Article of Faith: Election and predestination – By Femi Aribisala
If we are elected by grace, then we are predestined. We are new creations.
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Weep not for Ngugi, our ancestor deserves petals not tears – By Owei Lakemfa
I was in my early teens when I came across the slim novel, Weep Not, Child, by the then James Ngugi. Actually, the novel laid around as it was part of the school syllabus in senior secondary school, and the seniors read it.
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The Benin-Effurun road is a crime against humanity – By Francis Ewherido
In June 1990, the then military government awarded the contract for the dualisation of the Benin to Effurun road to Daewoo E and C Nigeria Limited. The 149.1 kilometer road was completed in December 1992. It was one of the best roads in Nigeria then.
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Inside the Oval Office, Trump’s new Lair – By Azu Ishiekwene
The world has never been short of demagogues and fools, but the remedies have often matched the supply. In 1990, during President Nelson Mandela’s thank-you tour of the world, he was asked at the City College of New York, Harlem, NY., why he remained friends with Muammar Gaddafi, Yasser Arafat, and Fidel Castro.
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Like NCC, let transparency be the equalizer – By Okoh Aihe
The directive by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), that telecom operators should pay compensation to their subscribers for prolonged network outages and also report such outages on the Commission’s Major Outage Reporting Portal, is a good one which aligns completely with the transparency garb the Commission has adorned over the years.
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Is an Atiku Abubakar/Peter Obi presidency not too late? – By Magnus Onyibe
The best moment for the combination of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Governor Peter Obi to clinch the presidency of Nigeria—as President and Vice President respectively—could have been in 2023.