Opinion
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Anarchy Looms: There Is Hunger And Anger In The Land – Usman Yusuf
“Must the hunger become anger and the anger fury before anything will be done?” – John Steinbeck For a President…
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Dangote, Nigeria And An Opaque Oil Industry With Phantom Dealings – Paul Ejime
After much ado, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Sunday 15th September 2024, confirmed lifting fuel from the…
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Nigeria’s Public Policy Gambles
In July 1986, Nigeria’s military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, launched a public policy initiative hailed as the silver bullet for…
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Nigeria And The Illusion Of Good Governance
Good governance is universally acknowledged as a critical factor in the progress and development of any nation. In Nigeria, both…
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Towards Genuine LG Autonomy
Last week, Nigeria’s Supreme Court took a fundamental step towards dismantling the grip of state governors on the local government(LG)…
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LG Autonomy: How Much Blame Should The Governors Accept?
Let me start this intervention by disclosing that I have never operated within the local government structure and system, directly…
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Who Are The Real Enemies Of Rivers?
Rivers people have again been inundated with the persistent sobbing of the members of the 10th Rivers State House of…
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The Gut, Salutations And The Hunger Protests
By Reuben Abati Salutations to the Gut is the title of an 84-page essay published over 40 years ago by…
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Tinubu’s Nigeria: Mortuaries Overflow With Dead Bodies
Some 6 years back, precisely on August 18, 2018, I had gone to a mortuary where the corpse of my…
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Herbert Wigwe: The Things Yet Unsaid
Clean-shaven, suave, upwardly mobile, and incurably optimistic ,Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe (HOW) was one of the most recognisable figures in the…
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