Category: Columnist
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One reguIator for the broadcast industry, please – By Okoh Aihe
I had no prior information that the Kano State Government sought help from the NBC before coming up with a landmark decision on live political broadcast early in the month.
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Mr President, do you really know the terrorists you are fighting? – By Godwin Etakibuebu
The topic, as captured above, may not resonate in many minds – President Bola Tinubu’s mind inclusive, most probably. It is for this reason that I might have to start by decoding some factual assumption that shall be characterising delivery of today’s subject matter.
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Tunde Fanimokun and Jakande: The path of our fathers – By Owei Lakemfa
I anticipated lots of reactions to my April 12, 2025 column titled “How the military taught Nigerians the art of looting.” However, I did not expect an avalanche. It was as if I had made a monumental discovery on corruption. I have not!
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FCCPC can serve Nigerians better without MultiChoice – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
A CONCERNING issue to Nigerians – the arbitrary increase of prices of essential goods and services – does not interest the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, which is engaged in a ceaseless legal tussle with MultiChoice, which provides digital television signals, a non-essential service.
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DSS flies kite for Utomi’s ‘shadow government’ – By Ehichioya Ezomon
“Today, I bring to this pioneer body the desperate cries of a people troubled by how their reality seems bound for serfdom. I challenge you to awaken these people who wrongly believe that everything is fine as long as they can manage a share of what little still trickles down from crude oil sales.” This…
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₦47 trillion later: A mid-term reality check for state power – By Dakuku Peterside
The halfway mark of any journey invites a reckoning, and politics is no exception. In mature liberal democracies, the reckoning is built into the calendar: mid-term elections test the strength of the governing party by subjecting its record to the electorate’s cold appraisal. One of the defining features of American-style liberal democracy is the midterm performance…
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Trump: The stumble after 100 days – By Chidi Amuta
When Donald Trump first peeped into the Presidential wagon to say he wanted to run, the reception was mixed. America was united nonetheless by what we can call ‘Washington fatigue.’ People were tired of the bureaucratic gridlock, the diplomatic rigmarole and the congressional multi speak that yielded little or no
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Let JAMB and Prof Oloyede be – By Francis Ewherido
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is a man I have enormous respect for. I have not met him personally, but I admire him from afar. That is one of the hallmarks of impactful people. You don’t have to know or have physical encounter with them to feel…
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God save Blacks from France as it invests in violence – By Owei Lakemfa
The French establishment is, again, sowing the seeds of violence in Africa. As it is traditional with France, it will water such seeds, nurture them until they are ripe for harvest. In its latest genetically-modified violence-seed planting, France in May, 2025 set aside 150 million Euro through its French Development Agency to plant violence in Western…
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How to Crown an Impostor – By Azu Ishiekwene
Burkinabe leader Ibrahim Traore is acting like a rock star. It’s not entirely his fault. He’s receiving a lot of help from dozens of social media users, especially TikTokers, who are desperate to anoint him as the best thing to come out of Burkina Faso since Thomas Sankara.