Perspectives
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The last dance with Corps Marshal Dauda Biu — by Kayode Olagunju
I met Dauda Biu in 1988. He was the Zonal Accountant, Kaduna Zone of the FRSC while i was in charge of the Pubic Enlightenment and Research in the then Benin Zone. Dotun Onifade was also in Kaduna in charge of Operations. We were young officers and there was a national program that brought many of us from the then…
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Prince Olusi at 90: Leadership and symbolism — by Dare Babarinsa
Prince Tajudeen Olusi, the chairman of the powerful Governor’s Advisory Council, who just turned 90, is one of the most influential persons in Lagos State. He is now the Baba Adinni of Yorubaland, a title once held by Chief Moshood Abiola, the late publisher of the Concord Group of Newspapers. I first met Baba during the ill-fated Second Republic when…
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Atiku’s INEC offensive: Is his 2027 playbook a threat to Nigeria’s stability? — by Olabode Opeseitan
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a master of political manoeuvre who understands that, in Nigerian politics, doubt is a weapon. With the January 2027 contest against President Bola Tinubu looking uphill, he has opened a front against the one institution every candidate must trust: INEC. The question is whether he is pressing for transparency or pre-emptively discrediting an umpire before the…
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Why President Tinubu is building a serious claim to greatness — by Ademola Oshodi
Nigeria’s history offers several examples of exceptional leadership amid profound national difficulty. General Yakubu Gowon presided over post-war reconciliation; General Murtala Muhammed revitalised the public service, despite lacking an electoral mandate; General Abdulsalami Abubakar swiftly restored civilian rule; and Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 election concession demonstrated democratic maturity. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo led reforms, rehabilitated Nigeria internationally and secured an $18…
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Why FG’s fuel tax cut is just like what UK and US are doing — by Okoi Obono-Obla
For the past few months, if you buy fuel you have felt it. Petrol that was around N830 is now N1,400 in many places. Many people think it is only a Nigeria problem. It is not. The world oil market is in trouble again. Since February this year, the fight between US/Israel and Iran got worse. Yemen’s Houthis, who are…
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Depth of Malawi’s warmth: A travelogue — by Omoniyi Ibietan
On the last leg of my return to Nigeria from Lilongwe, the aircraft went for the regulated zenith in its navigational course and headed to the western route to connect Sudan, then moved towards Cameroon en route Lagos. I did not know we weren’t going to land in Lagos at once as scheduled. The Ethiopian Airways craft, an Airbus 350-900,…
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TMG vs TMS: The communication dilemma over Tinubu’s future — by Yushau Shuaib
I was reluctant to make this disclosure. For weeks, I weighed silence against the obligation to be transparent. In the end, a video forced the matter: footage of my brotherly friend, Omoyele Sowore, leading a “Tinubu Must Go” procession. It reminded me that this dilemma has a public dimension I can no longer keep to myself. Let me begin with…
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2027: Atiku’s noise and Tinubu’s pathway to victory — by Femi Onibonoje
I smile whenever I read posts in which writers attribute victory in the 2027 presidential election to Atiku Abubakar simply because he is throwing everything into the political discourse: lies, abuses, impracticable policies, and bogus promises, and so on. I have deliberately refrained from writing about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s chances of securing a second term for two reasons. First,…
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Atiku’s demagoguery over Tinubu’s fuel price policies — By Sunday Dare
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s recent press conference in Abuja—where he attacked NNPC Retail’s 30-day discount on petrol price and a modulation framework—is a seminal example of shallow, election-laced demagoguery. Atiku “Kachalla”, totally unplugged from global realities and consumed by an unbridled lust for power, is a Lone Ranger. In the United Kingdom, because the international oil market affects local…
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Subsidy without ruin: Relief that works, and relief that wrecks — by Olabode Opeseitan
Nigeria spent decades paying for petrol it could not afford. The subsidy ate revenue, drained reserves and left NNPC mortgaging oil it had not yet pumped. By 2023, 27 states could not reliably pay salaries. Removing it ended that, but it hurt. The average pump price was ₦238.11 a litre in May 2023. It had climbed to about ₦830 before…
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