Perspectives
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Isinkan Kingdom and Akintide’s crocodile tributes to Osolo to further Akure’s hegemony, By Kunle Ariyo
Wumi Akintide is a grandson of Oba Adesida Olofinlade (Afunbiowo) who reigned in Akure between 1897 and 1957. Akintide fancies himself as a historian with fidelity to impartial documentation for posterity even when the average reader can easily see through his veiled mission to entrench a contrived imperial significance upon his grandfather’s throne and portray that fabrication as a fact…
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The coup in Niger and the Moncada Barracks attack, By Owei Lakemfa
EXACTLY 70 years separate the July 26, 1953 suicidal attack on Moncada Barracks by Cuban youths who wanted to remove the military from power, and this Wednesday’s coup in Niger Republic which removed elected President Mohamed Bazoum and restored military rule. The coup plotters, styling themselves as the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, said in a speech…
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Who shall tell the president? Tim Akano
Kasala don burst! WE HAVE BEEN here before. And now, WE ARE BACK here again as casualties of progress in a sorry state of dense gloom. A while ago, there was a national uproar when we noticed a dangerous decrease in lift of the nation’s aeroplane as a result of un-accelerated stalls under captain M.Buhari- the nation’s aeroplane escaped sinking…
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The propagandist exposed:a rejoinder to Steve Osuji, By Kehinde Bamigbetan
Professional maturity is expected to come with experience on the job. After over three decades of reporting, writing and editing scripts, it is a pity that malicious propaganda has sent Steve Osuji down the hill to a catastrophic abyss. His petty and pitiable piece of malignant disinformation published in the papers and circulated on social media yesterday rankles. Remote from…
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Between Tinubu’s palliatives and the Nigerian ‘prodigal sons’, By Taiwo Akerele
I am extremely worried for the President of Nigeria, Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I am worried because as his ardent follower since his days in NADECO and then later in 1999 when he became the Governor of Lagos, I have come to admire him as an ultra-progressive fellow. He is a man that desires the poor to breathe, he is…
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In memoriam: Prof. Kole Omotoso – A luminous artistic soul, By Kayode Ajulo
With a heavy heart, I join others in bidding farewell to the illustrious Prof. Kole Omotoso, a man whose intellect and unwavering integrity left an indelible mark on all who had the privilege to know him. I had the honour of meeting Prof. Kole Omotoso during the era of the former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, who was…
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Gambari and the delicate dance of Ilorin, By Dare Babarinsa
We need to thank His Highness, Alhaji Sulu Gambari, Emir of Ilorin, for his fatherly intervention in the recent controversy about a devotee of Osun deity in his domain. Some Islamic leaders had visited the priestess in her home to warn her that an open display of her faith may lead to regrettable consequences. Ilorin is a big city with…
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For cash transfers, By Kayode Komolafe
It is certainly a measure of the gross inequality that defines the unjust Nigerian system that some members of the elite cannot imagine what N8,000 could do in the life of an extremely vulnerable member of the society The mental gap between the poorest and the rest of us on the higher steps of the socio-economic ladder is visibly widening.…
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So much ado about N8000! By Jesutega Onokpasa
In the wake of the announcement that the President Bola Tinubu administration will be paying 12 million Nigerians N8,000 a month for succour against rising cost of living, all manner of rather quite ill-informed commentators have been spewing forth all manner of patently ill-advised criticism of what is actually a most commendable initiative. For instance, a certain Ezekiel Nya-Etok, a…
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Food security and anatomy of hunger, By Fredrick Nwabufo
Hunger is violence. Many freaks, upheavals and misfortunes of history were by the fashioning of hunger. Hunger is a maximum ruler. It sets in motion inexorable forces of chaos and anarchy. The French Revolution had the spurring of hunger. In 1788, France was scourged by deleterious winter resulting in widespread famine. Citizens were seized by hunger. They starved as the…
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