Perspectives

Niger Republic: A word of caution to the dogs of war, By Femi Fani-Kayode

I am on record as saying that if Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Mali or ANY OTHER country attacks Nigeria, violates our territorial integrity, or attempts to take one inch of our nation, we must and will fight them to the last man. I have also said that Nigeria’s defence budget is FAR higher than all the other 14 countries in…

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TRAVELOGUE: Trip to Antigua – ‘Paradise’ Island, By Olusegun Odegbami

This trip, like everything else in my life, is the product of a divine ‘arrangement’. Life is not a series of ‘accidents’ of fate. Rather, events happen as enablers of unique experiences, each experience challenging every individual to draw from ‘freewill’ handed to everyone by the Universe, to be deployed as an individual’s choice of action or reaction. Individually, also,…

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Nigeria Prize for Literature must stop being winner takes all, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

The celebrated season of the Nigeria Prize for Literature always ends on the note of winner-takes-all. It is incumbent on me to plead now that the longlisted and shortlisted authors be also rewarded with cash. While the overall winner goes home with the grand prize of $100,000 it stands to reason to console the longlisted writers with $1,000 each while…

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Opinion: Adelabu’s glorious re-emergence, by Kola Amzat

It’s an unusual and very rare occurrence in the highly sophisticated Oyo political sphere where there is always long queue of aspirants lurking for political offices in each election cycle, for a political chieftain to miss golden opportunity to occupy a topmost office in the past, more-so, a governor’s office and still stage a big come back. But a golden…

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There is no good road to Niger, By Dare Babarinsa

Niger Republic has nothing to offer Nigeria, but trouble. It is one of the largest countries in the world and one of the poorest. Recently, an ambitious commander of the presidential guard seized power, imprisoned the President and incited the population to riot against their own elected leaders. Good drama to enliven the lives of the ordinary people in Niamey…

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The Owambe therapy, By Eniola Ajayi

OWAMBE is the name given to celebratory parties, especially large parties where a band or sometimes more than one band is engaged to entertain the guests, particularly the Yoruba’s in the South Western region of Nigeria. Owambe translated is, “it is happening here”. You could also say “we full ground and na we dey here” in pidgin English. The music…

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Niger Republic is an extension of Northern Nigeria, By Joseph Daudu

I don’t believe that Tinubu does not know the implications of his warmongering stance against Niger Republic. If he does not know, at least the Realists in his team must have worked out the implications by now. It has grave religious and ethnic downside. There is a school of thought encouraging him to go on this warmongering stance. These people…

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Tinubu, Nigeria and the fuel subsidy albatross, By Temitope Ajayi

The removal of fuel subsidy and the convergence of the foreign exchange markets, the two major policy objectives President Bola Tinubu has committed himself to since assuming office, inevitably came with economic cost to the people who have had to bear the pains of higher cost of living. The jump in pump price of fuel and devaluation of naira in…

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Tinubu’s broadcast left critics crestfallen, By Kola Amzat

There seems to be a pall of darkness over the entire nation following the president’s declaration of zero-subsidy regime for petroleum products during his inauguration, and coupled with the recent commencement of the implementation of unified exchange rate, both key policy initiatives with far-reaching capacity to determine the survival of our country, both in the short and medium-long term runs.…

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What is government doing about fixing refineries? By Temitope Ajayi

A pattern has emerged in the arguments many of the partisan and ideological critics routinely make on television stations. There is this tendency to always muddle up facts and mislead the public, notably through willful ignorance. One point that has been erroneously made is the view that the Federal Government is not doing anything about fixing the four refineries it…

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