Perspectives
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Tinubu, military coups and the national question in Nigeria — by Adewale Adeoye
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine this: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Kashim Shettima, Defense Minister Christopher Musa, Minister of Finance, Wale Edun and other top Government officials brutally murdered in a military coup in Abuja. That was the intention of some disgruntled, grossly irresponsible soldiers. Nigeria confirmed what was initially denied of existing plots to…
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While critics grumble about president’s foreign trips, FDIS roll in, by Kola Amzat
Despite lacking the necessary temperament, emotional intelligence, large heart and key leadership skills required to lead a diverse and very complex country like Nigeria, Peter Obi continually gets obsessed with developments within Aso Villa prescient, including the president’s daily itinerary, most especially, C-in-C’s foreign trips. It’s instructive to note that the former Anambra state governor was the first person to…
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Press freedom, intelligence power, and Nigeria’s democratic signal to West Africa — by Ademola Oshodi
West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security problem, and coercive institutions begin to set the boundaries of permissible speech long before constitutions are suspended. In that context, the decision by the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute to confer a Press Freedom Commendation Award on the…
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The metaphor in Ngozi Okonjo Iweala’s visit to Ahmadu Bello University — by Abdullahi Haruna
Ordinarily, a university convocation should not wear the toga of national suspense. It should be ceremonial, predictable, procedural. But the recent convocation of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria refused to be ordinary. It arrived heavy with meaning, layered with symbols, and pregnant with metaphor. This was no mere academic procession. It was the coming of a star girl.It was the arrival…
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Nollywood, Omotola, and her moral high-ground posturing — by Chioma Ahaghotu
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde often slips into this purist, moral high-ground posture when talking about Nollywood, as if she’s standing outside the very system she benefited massively from. And the honest question is: wetin she dey act sef today? Legacy is not the same thing as relevance, and contribution in the past does not automatically confer authority over the present. Yes,…
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The enduring legacy of my father-in-law, Otunba Adekunle Ojora — by Bukola Saraki
My Father Passed on Again We give all glory to Almighty Allah (SWT) for the life of The OTUNBA, my father-in-law, and my father. I chose to address him by these three titles because, over the years, our relationship transformed from when, in the early 80s, as a young man growing up, he was the one many of my peers…
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Kaima killings and the cauldron of Kwara State — by Folorunso Adisa
The mass killing in the Kaima community, where 75 deaths have been recorded so far, has placed Kwara State in a position of grave concern. Undeniably, the state is a melting pot of diverse ethnic groups, including Yoruba and Fulani, among others. It also shares borders with several Nigerian states and with the Republic of Benin. This richness in people…
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From border to markets: How Nigeria’s reforms are modernising trade facilitation — by Otega Ogra
On the surface, the 2026 World Customs Organisations Technology Conference in Abu Dhabi in the last week of January 2026, followed a familiar script. Flags, formal sessions, carefully worded speeches. But beneath the choreography, something more consequential was unfolding. As customs chiefs and trade officials compared notes on the future of borders, Nigeria arrived not with theory, but with a…
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Ogun State is not underdeveloped it is under-governed — by Segun Showunmi
In recent times, many who seek to govern Ogun State do so from a place of entitlement assumed proximity to power, inherited influence, or ambition unsupported by vision. I do not share that approach. I, Segun Showunmi, desire to lead Ogun State not because I feel entitled to it but because I believe our state has been managed far below…
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Keir Starmer is repeating my mistake on cost of living — by Rishi Sunak
“GDP doesn’t mean much to people when inflation is bearing down on them, so ministers duck the tough choices.” The hardest thing about being prime minister is that you have no time to think. The urgent crowds out the important time and time again. The result is that once you are in No 10, you are far too often responding…
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