Perspectives
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Nollywood: Understanding the economics of box office revenue — by Bennett Nwankwo
Nigerian media houses should stop pitching filmmakers against each other and creating unnecessary disharmony and disunity in our industry. This issue was never about rivalry or competition. Kunle Afolayan did not shade anyone in the statement. There was no attack on any filmmaker and no comparison with anyone’s success. Atleast to the best of my knowledge. What Kunle Afolayan discussed…
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The Dean departs — by Sam Omatseye
I walked into Lewis Obi’s office at the African Concord, and I saw a man of deceptive simplicity. Babafemi Ojudu had hinted me there was an opening in the magazine for a staff writer position. Obi, soft-spoken and grave, said he had been reading me, but wanted me to prove my mettle. None of my scripts with Newswatch had impressed…
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Kashim Shettima should be having a good laugh, by Yemi Adebowale
Two weeks ago, a senior editor contacted me to join a small team of senior editors for a “media job’. The mandate is to project a “Band A” politician from Plateau State as the man President Bola Tinubu would most likely pick as his running mate in 2027. “We need to have this story everywhere; we need to have you…
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Forty-nine year later: still standing, still committed — by Is’haq Modibbo-Kawu
On the 1st of February, 1977, forty-nine years ago, at just 16 years and five months old, I resumed work as a studio manager (trainee) at Radio Nigeria, Ilorin. It was the point of embarkation for a professional life in broadcasting: studio manager, announcer, deejay, presenter, producer, news reader, current affairs analyst, ceremonials and sports commentator, and correspondent for international…
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Ogun at 50: My family’s journey of service — by Noimot Salako-Oyedele
As Ogun State marks its 50th anniversary, I am deeply honoured to reflect on a family history rooted in public service to our State. My mother, Alhaja Rahmat Adebisi Salako, was a pioneer civil servant in Abeokuta following her transfer from the former Western State Government. A dedicated Tax Officer, she initially commuted from Ibadan to Abeokuta for several months,…
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What other Nollywood filmmakers must learn from Funke Akindele — by Bennett Nwankwo
I am asking this question because, for over 6 years now, it feels like she is the only filmmaker whose work keeps paying off consistently at the box office. This is not to say that other Nigerian filmmakers are not talented or hardworking. In fact, many Nollywood filmmakers are working very hard and making sacrifices at the cinemas. Yet, year…
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The enemy within — by Femi Fani-Kayode
The enemy within smirks, mocks and laughs when our President slips and falls to the floor in far away Turkiya. Oblivious of the fact that a democratically-elected President, whether you like or support him or not, is the living manifestation of our nation and the essence and symbol of our national sovereignty and pride they pray for the worse and…
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How Peter Obi squandered a generational moment — by Olabode Opeseitan
I. THE RISE By the time the sun rose on February 26, 2023, Peter Obi had become a parable. Not merely a candidate, not merely a man, but a vessel: of hope, of grievance, of generational yearning. In the eyes of millions of young Nigerians, he was the anti-politician: frugal, unbought, unbowed. He spoke in the clipped cadence of a…
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If capital is the answer, what exactly is the problem with First Holdco?, by Blaise Udunze
The Olayemi Cardoso-led Central Bank of Nigeria’s 24-month compliance timeline for the recapitalization of Nigeria’s banking system is about to conclude on March 31, 2026, which is framed as an unavoidable solution to systemic fragility, weak balance sheets, and the demands of a larger, more complex economy. Bigger capital, regulators argue, will produce stronger banks. Though First Bank may have…
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Biafra will not come — by Chioma Ahaghotu
Biafra will not come.Not constitutionally. Not militarily. Not by emotional blackmail. Not by shouting “let us go” into the void. One major thing many Biafra agitators fundamentally do not understand is how leverage works in Nigeria. Look at the South-South. Their leverage is material and consequential, not emotional. Oil. Gas. Infrastructure choke points. Environmental cost. Revenue dependency. There is no…
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