Perspectives
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Agbese; wise, intrepid, fearless, by Dare Babarinsa
I first met Oga Dan Agbese in 1984 during the preparatory days of Newswatch, the pioneering Nigerian newsmagazine. Before then, his reputation had preceded him as one of the stars among the alumni of our Department of Mass Communication of the University of Lagos, UNILAG. Then we met at the home of Dele Giwa, off Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, where…
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Lagos, city of light: A journey through festivals, scents, and the soul of a people, by ‘Dayo Adedayo
Mr. Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has ignited something new in Lagos. Something quietly revolutionary, something many citizens are only just beginning to recognise. And I felt this deeply, almost spiritually, as I stepped into the 2025 Ake Arts and Book Festival. Before any artwork, author, or performance could call my attention, what first welcomed me were the vibrant sponsor banners,…
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CBN’s N75 trillion credit and crisis of productivity, by Blaise Udunze
Nigeria’s financial system is flashing red, and not because of a scarcity of money. Ironically, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the nation’s banking proudly tout a historic rise in private-sector credit, announcing figures hovering around N75 trillion throughout 2024-2025. On paper, this looks like a funding boom, a sign that businesses are borrowing, investing, expanding, and building. But…
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Assessing the relevance of traditional rulers, by Eric Teniola
With the death of Dr. Victor Omololu Sowemimo Olunloyo (14 April 1935 – 6 April 2025) and that of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona (10 May 1934 – 13 July 2025), GCON, Ọgbagba Agbotewole II, the final chapter of emergency rule in Western Nigeria of 1962 has been closed. Historians will have to draw the final curtain…
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Vintage Obasanjo at Fayose’s 65th birthday, by Vincent Akanmode
Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, obviously made no room for a spoilsport when he set out for the celebration of his 65th birthday last Saturday. But it is one of the realities of human existence that issues never contemplated sometimes tend to override and overshadow others that were planned for. That is the basis of the popular Yoruba prayer…
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To the eternal memory of my brother, my friend Segun Awolowo, by Tolu Odebiyi
As I process the devastating news of Segun Awolowo’s passing, I’m compelled to step back across five decades to truly frame what he meant in my life. Our bond didn’t begin with us—it started with our families. My late father, Chief Jonathan Odebiyi, and his grandfather, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, were long-standing associates. That relationship pulled our own paths together, year…
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A demand for accuracy, not scapegoats for a crisis we created, by Gimba Kakanda
The only caution we must all preach in confronting the Frankenstein’s monster that Nigeria’s security crisis has become is the need to tone down the growing conspiracy theories that foreigners masterminded our descent into this chaos. We are not here because of some CIA or Mossad agenda. My point is not to deny that there are agendas designed to widen…
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Wike: PDP bites the bullet, by Bola Bolawole
“Finally, finally, PDP has held Wike’s bull by the horns…” “You mean with his expulsion from the PDP by the factional PDP convention held in Ibadan?“ “You are partisan! The way you couched your question shows very clearly that you are on Wike’s side” “I don’t have to before asking questions! It is as clear as daylight that PDP has…
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Undertaker journalism, by Olatunji Ololade
The Nigerian tragedy is seldom written in the ricochet of bullets alone. Sometimes, it is scripted in newsrooms, goaded by keypad confidence. Thus the journalistic frenzy to thump the “publish” button, a mania amplified by a press that forgets, that journalism, even at its freest, is never free of consequence. Today, Nigeria is locked in an existential struggle with terror,…
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The rise and fall of parties: PDP and Nigeria’s democratic evolution, by Okoi Obono-Obla
Since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, the political landscape has been marked by the rise and fall of parties that once seemed destined to dominate. Today, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which for years stood as the country’s most formidable political machine, faces a crisis that could well determine its survival. For many advocates of democracy, the possible…
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