Perspectives
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Opinion: Fayemi’s hypocrisy, by Kola Amzat
Very recently, during a book launch in FCT, Abuja, the immediate past Minister of Solid Minerals and ex-Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi was at his hypocritical best with his outburst that the widely celebrated “Occupy Nigeria Project” organized by the progressive groups across the country during Goodluck Jonathan regime was politically motivated and indeed, aimed at attracting public condemnation, ridicule…
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The Cape Town re-entry, By Wole Soyinka
The mistake we all continue to make is our insistence on regarding the recent Nigerian elections as an adversarial thriller. The contrary is the truth. The ballot tally accurately reflected what happens when a political party splits itself in two, especially so critically close to an election. What promised to be a spectacular contest is transformed into a Feast of…
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100 Days: The untold stories of President Tinubu’s leadership acts, By Tunde Rahman
In the last one-week since President Bola Tinubu clocked 100 days in office, commentators and analysts, political observers and politicians have busied themselves, dissecting the President’s performance in office, particularly his major decisions and policy options. Many have also commented on the achievements recorded and the areas that require improvements. The newspapers and electronic media have been awash with many…
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Nigeria: The seeds of hatred, Sylvester Asoya
I recently met a cab driver in Asaba, Delta State, who told me a captivating story about Chief Sonny Iwedike Odogwu, the well-known Nigerian industrialist and business mogul. Odogwu passed away a few years ago at 87, after a great time on earth. According to this driver who hails from Kogi State, Odogwu was particularly fond of Igala people from…
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Why Atiku’s certificate fishing expedition to Chicago State University is useless, By Michael Chibuzo
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar filed a lawsuit in a US District Court in Illinois, requesting that Chicago State University (CSU) release all of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s academic records in their custody as he attempts to prove alleged irregularities in the certificate President Tinubu submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Atiku first made this request through a subpoena application…
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Labour’s call to arms, By Bolaji Adebiyi
It is no longer news that life has become very tough in the country. A couple of economic reform policies have impacted negatively on the majority of the people who had no hand in how things went bad. The most notorious of the reforms is the removal of subsidy on petrol, which has had spiral effects on the prices of…
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The Dangote conundrum, By Dare Babarinsa
From all indications, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s participation in the G20 summit was a resounding success. He went there to declare that Nigeria is back as a force to be reckoned with in the international community. “Nigeria is poised, able and willing to be a major player in this family of the G20 and in shaping a new world, without…
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Tinubu: the missing link, by Kola Amzat
Nigeria is undoubtedly a prodigiously endowed country. This nation obviously has everything nature could give. With an awesome population of more than 220 million people, constituting a huge market by, Nigeria remains the most populous black nation on earth. With more than 300 ethnic groups, the country is reputed for the vastness of its land space, the incredible diversity of…
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The DISCOs and the NEPA mentality, By Simbo Olorunfemi
What governs the relationship between the Electricity Distribution Companies, a.k.a. DISCOs and the Nigerian Consumers, especially as it relates to the issue of Electricity meters? Whose responsibility is it, or should it be, to procure meters? Who gets to take ownership of it? The one who procures, the one whom the meter serves by helping it to monitor consumption so…
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Nigeria’s presidential election portends good for democracy, By Femi Odere
The much-awaited and anticipated Nigerian presidential election has come and gone with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) declared the winner of the presidential contest. The president-elect was also a two-term governor of Lagos State (Nigeria’s foremost commercial and most populous state) for eight years. The recently concluded presidential election, which is the seventh by the…
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