Perspectives
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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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Strategic gateway: How FG and Nasarawa State are collaborating to renew hope — by Babajide Fadoju
There is a tendency in public discourse to measure government by announcements, speeches and policy documents. But for ordinary Nigerians, government becomes real in a much simpler way: when a road that once took hours becomes passable, when a flood-prone community becomes safer, when a hospital is upgraded, or when a new bridge removes a bottleneck that has held an…
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Help! Our elders are missing!! — by Dare Babarinsa
When an elder dies in Yorubaland, the tradition of the old country was that his or her worldly wealth would be divided among his known inheritors. This assignment would be handled by the elders of the family or the community. There were certain rules guiding this assignment, including these. FULL DISCLOSURE: Aĺl the wealth must be brought to the full…
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Benue is building again, and Abuja is building with it — by Babajide Fadoju
There is a version of Nigerian federalism that shows up mostly in speeches: state governors thanking the president for one thing or another while very little changes on the ground. Then there is the version now visible on the ground in Benue State, where a run of major infrastructure projects is moving forward precisely because federal money and state execution…
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Open letter to the President: Aftermath of conference of Bishops’ presentation imbroglio at Villa
His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR President, C-in-C, Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Presidential Villa, FCT, Abuja. Your Excellency, Open letter to the president Aftermath of conference of bishops’ presentation imbroglio at villa—– Sir, On the surface, the cloud of confusion that enveloped the nation in the past one week following the presentation of that controversial document by…
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Osun governorship poll: Advantage AMBO — by Tunde Rahman
With just a few days before the August 15 Osun State governorship election, the political calculus is already shifting. The election is a two-way horse race between incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke of the Accord Party and his challenger, the All Progressives Congress candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji – popularly branded as AMBO. While no election is won on…
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A road worth commending — by Babafemi Ojudu
I am going to play a dangerous little game this morning. It will make the BATists happy—at least for a moment—the Obidients furious, and the cynics exclaim, “Ṣé bí we told you? All politicians are the same. He don dey look for job!” Gbogbo wọn ò gbádùn. Well, let the game begin. I am a member of the APC. I…
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How Chief Awolowo’s writing influenced my career — by Osita Chidoka
It is remarkable what words can do to a young mind. In Form 5 (SS2), I read Awo: The Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The book left an indelible mark on my young mind and shaped two of my earliest professional ambitions: to become a journalist and a lawyer. Chief Awolowo himself began his working life in journalism before going…
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Osun guber election: Davido and Okpebholo’s tango — by Olabode Opeseitan
Let me start with a blunt truth. Governor Monday Okpebholo has become one of the most consequential leaders in Nigeria today. He has been in office for less than two years, yet the signs of transformation are impossible to ignore. Market women pray for him with a conviction that cannot be staged. They call him Akpako Rescue. They say he…
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The right to disagree — by Bolaji Adebiyi
The notion that public policy critics cannot be wrong is misconceived, writes Bolaji Adebiyi The recent disagreement between President Bola Tinubu and a delegation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria on the country’s state of affairs ought to be normal in a democratic setting, but for the misconceived notion that public policy critics cannot be wrong. This misconception is…
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