Perspectives
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Alake has a story to tell — by Dare Babarinsa
Dele Alake, the Honourable Minister of Solid Minerals, turns 70 yesterday October 6. He is the one representing Ekiti State in the goverment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Alake was the editor of the National Concord when our boss, Chief Moshood Abiola won the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Before that election, Abiola had been in a love-hate relationship with…
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Obi’s no-evidence victory: Assault on democracy and judiciary — by Okoi Obono-Obla
I read with utter consternation the report credited to Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former candidate of the Labour Party, wherein he declared in a BBC Africa interview that he won the February 25, 2023 presidential election but has no evidence to prove it. With respect, this is the most infantile, puerile and…
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The Economist: Nigeria’s re-engineering under Tinubu is unstoppable — by Sunday Dare
The Economist claims Nigerians dislike their President, but it’s a claim that smells of opposition and is riddled with inconsistencies. It has become a tired, predictable ritual of external commentary—most notably from the comfortable, insulated drawing rooms of foreign publications—to look at the complex, dynamic, and pulsating canvas of the Federal Republic of Nigeria through a cracked, distorted lens. In…
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The fate of the ill-fated NAF ATR-42 ISR Aircraft — by Kelechi Deca
Reading through the manifest of the diseased passengers and crew of the ill-fated Nigeria Air Force ATR-42 aircraft tells the story of how many families, friends and relations that are presently mourning. Every state may get at least one person. Learning about the death of the officer who had his wedding just two weeks ago added to the pains of…
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The man who conquered the terrain: A tribute to Dele Alake at 70 — by Olabode Opeseitan
At 70, Henry Dele Alake projects the kind of presence that years of public life either refine or expose. The well-manicured white beard, the carefully settled cap, the glasses that hold his gaze in firm focus, the composed carriage of a man who has spent decades navigating institutions, crises and competing ambitions. He does not announce himself loudly. Yet there…
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The economist and the fallacy of overgeneralisation — by Olabode Opeseitan
The Economist’s October 1 article, “Nigerians dislike their president, but may re-elect him anyway,” is serious foreign correspondence and deserves to be treated as such. It makes valid observations about hardship, insecurity and Nigeria’s fragmented opposition. But its headline reaches a national conclusion that its reporting does not sufficiently establish: that Nigerians, collectively, “dislike” President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. That…
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Quiet revolution in the oil sector — by Okoi Obono-Obla
In our highly polarized political environment, it has become fashionable to claim that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done nothing since assuming office on May 29, 2023. That narrative is not only unfair, it is dishonest. No serious mind expects any government to fix in less than four years the monumental, decades-long problems grappling the Nigerian economy. We are talking…
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Memories of June 12 and lessons for tomorrow — by Tunde Rahman
Memories of the June 12 election and the injustice done to Bashorun MKO Abiola with the annulment of a free and fair election he won, his incarceration and eventual death were rekindled last Thursday at the national premiere of “MKO Abiola”, a film directed by my friend, Ose Oyamendan. Those memories will never go away anytime soon. As I had…
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Amaechi’s Rumuobullshit — by Bamidele Johnson
Rotimi Amaechi’s claim that his mother’s death at 89 was caused by the Tinubu administration’s policies should be laid over Fela’s verse, “that my mama wey you kill” or “gbogbo aye pa yeye re je”. That way, it would have more emotional weight. Maybe a few talking drums in the background too. Politics, after all, must not only be argued.…
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General Abdulsalami and the Indian hospital: The shame of a nation — by Ugo Egbujo
A few days ago an Indian hospital, Krishna Shalby in Ahmedabad, released a promotional film. It called the footage “A milestone in international care” and “Clinical Excellence Beyond Borders.” Had the title been written by poor Nigerian children, it might as well have read: Shame on Nigeria! The milestone, it seems, is that the hospital has begun handling African presidents…
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