Perspectives
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Between Abiola Kosoko and Jide Kosoko: The Oloja of Lagos debacle — by Kayode Badmus
Just as everyone continues to raise concerns about the drama going on in Ijebu and its quest for a new Awujale, the announcement of a new Oloja of Lagos greeted us days ago. The Kosoko family announced legendary actor Jide Kosoko as the Oloja-elect, a decision that threw observers in a frenzied mood. For starters, the Oloja of Lagos, which…
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National Security reflections on Maitatsine, Bullum-Kuttu and Boko Haram uprisings — by Samuel Aruwan
The purpose of this reflection is to review the chronic inaction and absence of decisive approaches that have undermined national security, resulting in bloodshed and immense human and material loss. This review interrogates three violent uprisings which history reveals were avoidable from their infancy through their gestation and bloody birth in Northern Nigeria. A further aim is to examine the…
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Where is Nigeria’s Paul Kagame? A reflection on leadership, reform, and national renewal — by Solomon Dalung
The tragic experience of Rwanda in 1994 remains one of the darkest moments in modern African history. For over three months, following the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana in an air crash, Rwanda existed without a functional government. The country descended into genocidal anarchy as nearly one million people, predominantly Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were brutally murdered, while state institutions…
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NEWS ANALYSIS: The ban on ‘sachet alcohol’ — by Chris Adetayo
I just watched the DG of NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye, give a spirited defence of her Agency’s clampdown on production and sale of alcohol in sachet packages. I was shocked to realise that the battle has been going on for nearly a decade. It’s a shame that, in a bid to make money at any cost, we do not care…
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Stoning the orange tree: Fela, Wizkid, and the burden of legacy, by Folorunso Adisa
When the Yoruba, in their enduring ingenuity, coined the saying that, “Ọmọ ọsan ni ń ko ponpo bà ìyá ẹ” ( It is the orange fruit that invites stones upon the orange tree) they were cautioning us about (mis)conduct, inheritance, envy, and consequence. The proverb teaches us that greatness attracts not only admiration but scrutiny, reverence and conflict. It is…
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The Iran deal that worked—until America walked away, by Carrick Ryan
It’s worth remembering that while Trump demands Iran “make a deal” with him, they already made one with Obama more than a decade ago – Trump tore it up. Importantly, the deal not only had the support of Iran, but the rest of the world. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was a deal signed by Iran and the…
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The first visit of Fela to University of Ife, by Moyo Okediji
The University of Ife professors who agreed to share the high table with Fela—on that fateful day in 1973—should have known it wasn’t going to end well for them. The Oduduwa Hall, where the event took place, was bursting at the seams with spectators—packed like a Roman gladiator amphitheater. That symposium gave me my first opportunity to see this legendary…
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Tinubu’s masterclass in economic diplomacy, by Olabode Opeseitan
Bola Tinubu’s presidency has turned into a masterclass in economic diplomacy. Not a pity party. Not a beggarly plea. A pitch. Let’s start from Turkey. Just this week, Tinubu landed in Ankara with a briefcase of intent. By the time he left, Nigeria had signed nine bilateral agreements spanning energy, defence, education, and halal infrastructure. He didn’t just pose for…
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Nigeria: A poor country? By Naiki Adex
Sequel to my last post and a continuum of a burden stirred up in me last night by some xtian religious leaders writing misleading posts on the issues on Nigeria and getting their followers misled with unverified and false information, I deem it fit to write these words. The good book says to get wisdom and in all your getting,…
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Building a new Benue: Governor Hyacinth Alia’s construction revolution, by Babajide Fadoju
From the moment I stepped off the plane at Makurdi Airport, the capital of Benue State, and made my way toward my hotel in the Government Reserved Area, one thing was immediately clear: the entire city had become one vast construction site. Cranes reached into the sky, excavators moved with steady purpose, and teams of workers in bright hard hats…
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