Perspectives
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If OPay is going public, Nigeria should be on the ticket, by Shola Akande
If Bloomberg’s reporting proves correct, OPay could ring a bell in New York before the end of the year. The payments company, built on Nigerian consumers, Nigerian agents and Nigerian transactions, has reportedly engaged Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan for a potential United States listing targeting a valuation of around $4 billion. That would be good news. It would be…
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The Osun broadcast before the ballot: Oyebamiji’s final pitch — by Olabode Opeseitan
On the eve of Osun State’s governorship election, Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress candidate stepped before the camera with the urgency of a man who believes his state is in need of urgent rescue. His message was not subtle. It was a plea, a warning and a campaign pitch woven into one: Osun must vote, and Osun must change…
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Tiktok and the talking inmate — by Folorunso Adisa
Impossibility is a word that seems to have no permanent place in the Nigerian dictionary. We have a peculiar talent for defeating the impossible, sometimes by stretching the meaning of things we thought we understood. This time, we have taken that national ingenuity into the prison yard and, in the process, stretched our understanding of what it means to be…
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Adversaries’ gathering against “anointed one” always end in tragedy, by Kola Amzat
It’s curious that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and other key political figures in the opposition camps have refused to come to terms with the mysterious events that culminated into the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the APC’s 2023 presidential candidate. It’s already in the public domain that the ex-Lagos governor wasn’t the preferred choice of the deceased ex-president-Muhammud…
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When a custodian of culture walked through our door — by ‘Dayo Adedayo
There are some visitors you prepare to receive, and there are others whose presence reminds you, almost instantly, why you began the journey in the first place. When my dear friend Jahman Anikulapo called to tell me that Professor Awam Amkpa would be visiting the DAP Experience Centre, Lagos, my immediate reaction was almost one of disbelief. Professor Awam Amkpa?…
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Reforms must be judged against reality, not nostalgia — by Segun Showunmi
One of the most fascinating aspects of Nigeria’s current political debate is the tendency of many commentators to evaluate ongoing reforms as though the country they inherited was functioning perfectly well. It is a curious exercise in selective memory. We are invited to examine today’s inflation, today’s exchange-rate volatility, and today’s cost-of-living pressures without any serious consideration of the structural…
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Air Peace, unionisation and the limits of industrial action — by Fred Chukwuelobe
“Air Peace… is the champion of the bad airlines we have in this country…” That statement was made during an interview by Frances Akinjole, General Secretary of the Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN), in the course of the ongoing industrial dispute involving Air Peace and aviation unions. Mr. Akinjole did not stop there. He reportedly claimed that,…
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When labour unions become saboteurs: Strikes and the abuse of labour rights — by Olabode Opeseitan
There is a sacred truth at the heart of every just society. A labourer deserves his wage. It is Biblical, it is moral, it is legitimate. No nation can prosper when its workers are oppressed or silenced. Nigerian workers must use every lawful and honourable instrument available to defend their rights. On this, there is no equivocation. But there is…
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Oyebamiji seeks Osun reset, pledges investment-led government ahead of Saturday’s poll — by Babajide Fadoju
With just days to the Osun State governorship election, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, has presented himself to voters as a candidate whose principal strength is not political rhetoric, but experience in finance, public administration and investment. At an Arise News town hall ahead of Saturday’s election, Oyebamiji offered one of his most detailed accounts yet of…
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Sardauna Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji: In the spirit of true public service – by Tunji Olaopa
It was Mahatma Gandhi that once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” And Gandhi was eminently qualified to know this. He was the embodiment of the struggle to restore the dignity and the progress of India from colonial dehumanization. Indeed, he gave himself to the service of Bharat Mata, or…
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