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Kalu Okoronkwo

Reporter · NG

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Sep 9, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Kalu Okoronkwo

    Oil wealth, poor students and the NELFUND question (opens the original)

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    There is perhaps no more jarring illustration of Nigeria’s confused understanding of educational opportunity and social investment than the widely criticised suggestion by Mrs Oluremi Tinubu that beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s Nigerian Education Loan Fund, having received an opportunity to acquire education, could also “start small” by selling akara and kuli kuli to support themselves. On the surface, the remark may have been intended to emphasise the virtues of enterprise, resilience

  2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Kalu Okoronkwo

    2027: Peter Obi and opposition’s search for strongest path (opens the original)

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    There are times in the life of a democracy when politics is not merely a contest for power but also a test of political maturity. Nigeria may well be approaching such a defining moment if the discussions within the camps of Nigeria’s opposition parties are anything to go by. In April 2026, opposition leaders gathered in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, and declared their intention to work together to field a single presidential candidate against the ruling All Progressives Congress and its candida

  3. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Kalu Okoronkwo

    Elumelu: When the Lion King exits the banking jungle - Blueprint Newspapers Limited (opens the original)

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    “The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” — William James In the wild, every lion must one day leave the territory it once ruled. Yet great lions are never remembered for the moment they depart. They are remembered for the order they established, the pride they protected, and the enduring strength of the kingdom they leave behind. Leadership follows the same immutable law. The finest leaders are measured not by the power they wield, but by the institutions th

  4. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Kalu Okoronkwo

    Political buffoonery and empty voices in public spokesmanship (opens the original)

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    An old African proverb says that when the town crier loses his reverence for truth, the entire village loses its sense of direction. The tragedy is not merely that the messenger has become dishonest; it is that the people can no longer distinguish warning from propaganda, information from manipulation, wisdom from noise, or conviction from performance. That proverb has never been more relevant than it is today. Across Nigeria, public communication has steadily degenerated from a noble profession

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