Perspectives
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2025 JAMB: Candidates, stay calm, the facts are emerging – Osita Chidoka
The Athena Centre has been inundated with messages and calls urging us to speak on the 2025 JAMB results. While we deeply appreciate the growing public confidence in our work, we believe that commentary—especially on such a sensitive national issue—must be based on evidence, not emotion or speculation. To this end, we refrained from making public statements until we had…
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Open letter to the President: Time is ripe for introduction of N5,000 & N2,000 notes
His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TINUBU (GCFR), President C-in-C, of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Villa, FCT, Abuja. Your Excellency, Open letter to the President: Time is ripe for introduction of N5,000 & N2,000 notes My President; this is my second letter in six (6) months to Your Excellency on this key issue and hope it meets…
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Performance activism and the false prophets in the public square, by Akin Olaniyan
It seems that the thin line between advocacy and spectacle is disappearing at a dangerously faster rate than regulatory ability to maintain any meaningful oversight. Granted, in the chaotic digital landscape, outrage is not only a strategy, but also a product, which is why the most recent instalment in the online campaigns by self-appointed crusader, Martins Vincent Otse, otherwise known…
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Nobel Prize, gbajueists and the peddlers of lamba, by Simbo Olorunfemi
You won’t believe the number of people who believe the lamba about a boycott of the Nobel prize in 1986. The manner in which they have been hawking it around social media for some time now. Another misadventure in gbajue. Two weeks, one guy brought it to this page to deface a completely unrelated post. The one attached was found…
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“Ní ibi tí orí máa dé, èsè ló máa gbé dé bè” – by ‘dayo Adedayo
This is not just a Yoruba proverb — it is the living truth of my journey. This is an ode to a man whose influence radiates far beyond titles, and whose humanity speaks louder than any headline: Otunba Bamidele Ojutelegan Momodu, affectionately known to all as Bob D.A man of the people. A bridge between worlds. A cultural colossus who,…
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Like every May 12th, I remember Ekweremadu today! By Ismail Omipidan
Life, they say, is not always pleasant. Life, often involves challenges and difficult times. But I bet you, the challenges and difficulties associated with life are temporary. It is from this perspective that I view the current travails of one of my benefactors, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. I am confident that, this too, shall pass. Saturday was my daughter’s birthday. Thirteen…
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AMVCA, Femi Odugbemi, and conflict of interest, by Fidelis Duker
The recent Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) have ignited discussions about the awards’ credibility, particularly due to the selection of “The Man Died” for Best Director. Directed by Awa Amkpa and produced by Femi Odugbemi, this adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s prison memoir raises critical ethical questions regarding our industry’s reward systems. As a festival organizer and member of various…
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When vision looks like madness: The burden of big ideas and leadership, By Kayode Adebiyi
History has always been unkind to visionary leaders—at least in their own time. They dream in decades while their people struggle in days. They build for generations while their critics complain in the moment. But if history teaches us anything, it is that nations that succeed are led by those bold enough to think beyond present discomfort and into a…
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President Tinubu: Staying calm is the name of the game, second term in office beckons, by Kola Amzat
With the update in the political sphere, no one needs a soothsayer, astrologer, enchanter, diviner or prophet to affirm that the president is bound to coast home to resounding victory during the forthcoming 2027 general elections. All indications point to that direction! The beauty of it: The development would not change, even, till 2027. . Indeed, the positive momentum would…
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Ibrahim Traoré: Inside the digital cult glorifying Burkina Faso’s military leader, by Emeka Oparah
As insurgency intensifies and civic space shrinks in the West African state, a different kind of battle is unfolding online where AI-generated images, deepfake anthems and algorithmic fervour have turned the young military leader into a digital messiah. The face of Captain Ibrahim Traoré has been beaming across social media feeds throughout West Africa and from posters and placards hoisted…
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