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Angels in police uniforms

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By Tunde Odesola His parents named him Edison – after an American – Thomas Edison, who invented the lightbulb, motion picture camera and the revolutionary music box known today as the turntable, among 1,093 patents. But no one calls him Ed(i)son, people call him Pelé, a name, which he initially
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OPINION: Xraying Agboworin’s 5 Years In Office

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By Mayowa Okekale  As the lawmaker representing Ibadan North East/South East federal constituency, Rep. Abass Adigun, who is popularly known as Agboworin, marks his fifth year in office, it is very important to reflect on his journey so far, the challenges he had had to face, his impact on the constituents and the achievements he […]
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Workers’ lingering strike: Matters arising

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By Bola BOLAWOLEturnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Last week, I published here the first part of “One year later, what value has Tinubu added to our lives?” with a promise to publish part two here today. In the midst of that came a critical dimension to the lingering strike by Labour. With Labour still flexing muscles […]
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Tinubu The Audacity To Hope: One Year After

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By Segun Adeleye See how time flies! It’s a year since that symbolical declaration in his inaugural speech “….that these things are within our proximate reach because my name is Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and I am the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” A lot can be said about the confidence that President Tinubu exuded, that […]
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An indolent labour union and matters arising

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By Hassan Gimba For the past four years, I have been insisting that our problem and even need now is not about salary increment but about being a productive nation that produces what it needs and uses what it produces. This would galvanise our economy and strengthen the naira. With a strong currency, ₦30,000 is more than […]