Opinion
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Osun 2026: Four Candidates, Four Visions, One High-Stakes Battle For The State
…Incumbent touts infrastructure record, APC candidate promises to tackle poverty …ADC, AAC candidates pitch peace, accountability and people-centred governance By Opeyemi Adelakun With barely days to the August 15 governorship election, the…
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Opinion: Atiku, Obasanjo And The Political Wounds That Refuse To Heal
By Opeyemi Adelakun For more than two decades, the political relationship between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar, has refused to settle into the quiet permanence of history.…
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From Hit Songs to Courtroom Drama: The Money Mystery Behind P-Square’s Bitter Family War
By Sunday Ameh What began as a family disagreement surrounding one of Nigeria’s most successful music groups has gradually transformed into a bitter saga involving allegations of financial impropriety, courtroom proceedings, social…
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Dear Peller and Jarvis, Marriage Is Bigger Than TikTok, Fame and Viral Moments
By Gloria Drealomalicha Dear Peller and Jarvis, Congratulations. You have done what many Nigerians watched, debated, doubted and, at different points, even mocked. What began on a TikTok livestream has travelled through…
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Osun 2026: Will Adeleke’s Support for Tinubu Cost APC Its Biggest Chance?
By Gloria Drealomalicha Politics, they say, is a game of strange alliances. But few political equations in Nigeria today are as intriguing or as potentially explosive as the one unfolding in Osun…
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Opinion: Ending Street Begging, Reforming Almajiri Education: Can Nigeria Deliver?
By Abdulqadir Muhammad Alhaji The Federal Government has begun implementing a nationwide reform of Nigeria’s Almajiri education system, marking what officials describe as a renewed effort to modernise centuries-old Qur’anic schools while…
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Opinion: Nigeria Doesn’t Have Cheap Fuel — We Have Expensive Poverty
By George Omagbemi The argument that Nigerians enjoy “cheap” petrol because pump prices are below the global average misses the most important question: affordable for whom? Fuel prices cannot be judged by…
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Foreign ISWAP Commanders, Drones: Nigeria Must Wake Up To A New Terror Threat
By George Omagbemi Nigeria’s counter-terrorism battle may be entering a more dangerous phase, with the reported deployment of drones by terrorists and the discovery of alleged foreign operatives embedded within the Islamic…
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The Peller Effect: Why Millions of Young Nigerians Are Beginning to Question the Value of Education
By Opeyemi Adelakun When TikTok sensation Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, and fellow content creator Elizabeth Amadou, better known as Jarvis, exchanged vows in Lagos on Saturday, August 1, the event…
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Tinubu’s Credentials: Welcome to Nigeria, The Only Country Where Certificates Matter Until They Belong to the Powerful
By Gloria Drealomalicha There are countries governed by laws. Then there is Nigeria a country where the law often appears to change depending on whose name is on the document. If you…
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Opinion: Nigeria, A Nation of Special Concern
By George Omagbemi Sylvester Nigeria, once celebrated as the Giant of Africa, now faces a crisis that extends beyond economic hardship. It is a nation blessed with enormous natural and human resources,…
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Opinion: Parents Must Encourage Book Reading to Ignite Children’s Imagination and Preserve Nigeria’s History
By George Omagbemi Sylvester In an era dominated by smartphones, social media and digital entertainment, parents have a greater responsibility to cultivate a reading culture among their children. Reading books not only…
