Perspectives
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Oba Awon University (OAU): The foundation of glory, By Toyin Falola
It was Professor Akin Alao, my former student and a professor of legal history, who first told me about the conversion of the acronym of OAU from Obafemi Awolowo University to Oba Awon University. I laughed so loud that water rolled out of my eyes. Brilliant! The students composed their anthem, boasting that any other OAU is a counterfeit. Nigerian…
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Tinubu and Frank Kokori: A reporter remembers, Festus Adedayo
It was 25 years ago; Saturday, October 10, 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest home of Frank Ovie-Kokori. We were waiting for our heroes. In the heat of the June 12, 1993 presidential election validation saga, Kokori was Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers…
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Nigeria’s credit-rating bounce and President Tinubu’s reforms, By Fredrick Nwabufo
The reports are coming in. And they betoken blue skies and clement weather for Nigeria’s economy. In November 2023, Morgan Stanley made a fetching prognosis on Nigeria’s economic health. The global financial services firm said President Bola Tinubu’s “policy reforms could spur economic growth and the rise of a mass consumer market, with potential opportunities in mobile banking and consumer…
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Good news from Dangote, By Simbo Olorunfemi
Last night, Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant took delivery of its maiden cargo of crude oil -1 million barrels of Agbami crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO), said to be one of the largest trading companies in the world, trading over 8 million barrels of crude oil per day. That is a significant milestone,…
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COP28: Nigeria’s positive takeaways, By Tunde Rahman
The United Nations’ Climate Change Summit, otherwise called COP28, currently going on in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, opened with the historic launch of the Loss and Damage Fund on Thursday, December 3. The operationalization of the fund on the first day of the summit demonstrated the commitment of the world leaders to the resolution reached last year at COP27 in…
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The delicate peace in Ondo, By Bolaji Adebiyi
The situation in Ondo State arose from the mixture of politics with the law, writes Bolaji Adebiyi The delicate balance of power in Ondo State has instituted a fragile peace, which no one can hazard a guess on how long it will last. Even President Bola Tinubu’s intervention has only helped to postpone the proverbial evil day as the gladiators…
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Kashim: Empathetic leadership, By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir
The tragedy of the Tudun Biri 126 brings to our doorsteps and window panes, the images of human carnage, brought by the ‘mistaken’ bombardment of the people of Tudun Biri, by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle of the Nigerian Army, as it did a reconnaissance of terrorist movements and hideouts at Igabi Local government area of Kaduna State. Effortlessly reminiscent of…
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Sixty years after D.O Fagunwa: The Yoruba literati who made the world his classroom, By Diipo Fagunwa
Today, 7th December 2023 marks the diamond jubilee celebration for the Yorùbá world, its patrimony and progenies when lovers of Yorùbá literature shall be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the passing unto eternal glory of Chief Daniel Ọlọ́runfẹ́mi Fágúnwà, who until his death was a sage and icon of Yorùbá literature. You will all agree with me that 60 years…
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Oba of Benin, ancestors and Lagos, By Lasisi Olagunju
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” Imagine this George Orwel dystopian quote in his ‘1984’ applying directly to where you come from. That…
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Opinion: Justifications for Tinubu’s foreign trips, by Kola Amzat
Presently dominant in the public domain are unsavory and very embarrassing submissions by a few un-informed Nigerians who are busy casting doubts and aspersions on the president’s foreign trips, as well as admonishing the Commander in Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces on the need for him to consider staying at home to run the affairs of the country. But, the…
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