Perspectives
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After Annie, only Tuface can help himself, by Charles Novia
I was the first or one of the first to put 2Baba and Blackface (then a duo known as ‘Plantashun Boiz’) on Network Television when I was at NTA, back in 1997. That exposure to millions of viewers made them blow to a new audience. 2Baba has never forgotten that. Coincidentally, when I moved back to Lagos from Abuja in…
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TRIBUTE: Olusegun Omotunde Awolowo…just like that! By Bimbo Ashiru
I’m still grappling with the reality of your passing. It’s surreal, and the pain feels insurmountable. Yet, I’m reminded of the bravery you showed in the face of adversity. You were a beacon of strength, and your courage inspires me still. Almost 40 years of friendship, of brotherhood, of shared laughter and tears – it’s a legacy I’ll cherish forever.…
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Obasanjo: The ex-president who relishes shaming successors, by Olabode Opeseitan
When Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed the presidency in May 2023, Nigeria was not merely in distress, it was in free fall. Over 97 percent of government revenue, according to the President, was consumed by debt servicing, leaving just 3 percent for capital expenditure. In 2022 and early 2023, the Budget Office of the Federation reported a debt service-to-revenue ratio ranging…
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A nation of hot takes: How Nigeria’s insecurity exposes our shallow thinking, by Bukola Oyeniyi
Every time insecurity makes the headlines, I go online, and what I see is not analysis—it is a flood of shallow thinking dressed as wisdom. Twitter threads, WhatsApp broadcasts, YouTube gurus, and even mainstream media anchors—people who should know better—are suddenly security experts. Everyone is shouting. No one is thinking. I have watched video after video, read comment after comment,…
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The unforgiving server: Ezra Olubi, Paystack, and the price of a searchable past, by Akin Olaniyan
The suspension and eventual sacking of Ezra Olubi from Paystack, a company where he was Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, over resurfaced tweets from a decade ago, is not surprising. If you understand social media and its affordances, then you know this is predestined reckoning. What we have just witnessed is the inevitable clash between the ephemeral, edgy “cruise” of…
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Why Akwa Ibomites keep calm about the ambassadorial list, by Nseobong Okon-Ekong
Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that given that Nigeria maintains 109 diplomatic missions abroad, and that only a small group of nominees has emerged so far, it is premature to conclude that the state has been sidelined Nigeria’s diplomatic footprint: is a big job to fill. The Federal Government of Nigeria maintains 109 diplomatic missions abroad — a mix of 76 embassies,…
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A response to Festus Adedayo’s “Can Tinubu, our Eddie Kwansa, now come home?” By Kayode Adebiyi
Festus Adedayo has a gift for wrapping political commentary in folklore, but once you strip away the colourful language, his argument follows a familiar formula. Stretch a metaphor until it groans, pile unrelated events together, then declare the country finished. The writing is lovely. The reasoning isn’t. Let’s set the imagery aside and look at the substance. His core point…
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Between Tinubu’s capability and the ignobility of pseudo statesmanship, by Sunday Dare
Recent comments by a former President and a few habitual presidential aspirants attempting to paint the Tinubu administration as “unable to protect Nigerians” are not merely hypocritical but ignoble. They ignore the hard truth: Nigeria is facing terrorists. All of them. By every definition, be they international, regional, or local. Yet the very individuals who looked away when these threats first…
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Finally, President Tinubu takes the bull by the horns, by Tunde Rahman
Given how sensitive the subject has become, it is understandable that the matter of state police has taken this long. Importantly, it has also become imperative that some drastic measures have to be taken to end the current security situation.Last week, President Bola Tinubu finally took the critical step towards tackling the hydra-headed security problem in the country.States that want…
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In remembrance of Olusegun Awolowo, by Akin Osuntokun
People born on September 27 often fail to recognise it, they have the ability to make a lasting and positive impression on all those that they meet. This is because they are extremely versatile and sensitive to the feelings of others, and like nothing better than to bring harmony to any situation- Theresa Cheung Some are born great, some achieve…
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