Perspectives
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Sonala Olumhense got it all wrong on Lagos, By Gbenga Omotoso
Sonala Olumhense’s June 25 article published in Sunday PUNCH with the headline “Lagos, centre of excess”makes interesting read but it is wide off the mark in its assessment of Lagos. It was based largely on the Economic Intelligence Unit’s yearly report on cities, which has been variously described in well-informed circles as “dubious” and “misleading”. Why the respected writer, instead…
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FOR THE RECORD: For Africans, philosophy is in languages, By Sophie Oluwole
LET me express my gratitude in the words of the Yoruba philosophy of life that goes thus: K’a ma tete ku, awo ile alayo/ Aiteteku se, awo ibanuje/ Bi’ ku bade, ka yin Oluwa l’ogo, awo Oloooto/ Eese ti iku fi n pani? / Ire ni Amuniwaye fi iku se/ Omi ti ko san si’ wa ti ko san s’ehin/…
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Tinubu’s ascendancy: When God has spoken, By Kola Amzat
Nigeria is a creation of God, just like any other nation across the globe. And, without any shadow of doubt, her existence is for a divine purpose. When that purpose has not been fulfilled, God is at liberty to continually tinker with her until He achieves what’s divinely purposed for her. And, who is that being who wants to counter…
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Why do we have a unitary vehicle licence renewal model? By Simbo Olorunfemi
Writing yesterday around the issue of annual payment of a fee for ‘proof of ownership’, I queried the idea of a uniform vehicle licence regime across all the States of the Federation. I made the point that I didn’t see it as a good idea for the Joint Tax Board to pronounce a uniform payment for obtaining and renewing vehicle…
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Tinubu: beyond the first 30 days, By Aliyu U. Tilde
The actions of the President in the past one month have portrayed in the minds of Nigerians a picture of a president with uncommon resolve, speed, boldness and strategy, very much different from his two immediate predecessors. However, beyond it and beginning from next week, the President will be faced with defining decisions from which Nigerians will discern the long…
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Tinubu: One month of pragmatic solutions, edifying actions, By Tunde Rahman
It’s now one month that Asíwájú Bola Tinubu has mounted the saddle as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. One month in office may be considered too short a period of time for any objective assessment of the impact of the decisions and policy options of a government on the nation and the people, but the period can…
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Nuhu Ribadu and nature of Nigeria’s political wilderness, By Tolu Ogunlesi
I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of the political wilderness. That place of lessened (or even absent) influence and clout that people go into, after having held significant political or administrative power. Take the example of Nuhu Ribadu, who ran the EFCC as pioneer Chairman between 2003 and 2008. He was only in his forties, but he was…
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What Buhari didn’t say to President Tinubu, By Garba Shehu
If social media is to be believed, former President Muhammadu Buhari is requesting his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not to investigate some former officials of his government. It is fake, let us not discuss it or give it energy or air of publicity. This is fake news, and nothing more. Thankfully, there was no one other than the two…
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A rule of strong men or strong institutions? By Simbo Olorunfemi
It is either Nigerians don’t know how to make a distinction between institutions and individuals or we simply struggle to understand how, with our own hands and by our actions, we end up strengthening individuals to the detriment of our institutions. We just won’t let our institutions, especially those statutorily set up to be independent, function as designed. If only…
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Regulatory imperatives for sustaining the revolution in the communications sector, By Tony Ojobo
The telecommunications industry has undoubtedly witnessed tremendous growth and development in Nigeria. It is a sector that directly impacts every aspect of human life, business, education, governance, family, entertainment, etc. Growth in the industry was slow for several years after Nigerian Independence. The total telephone subscriptions from Independence in 1960 to 2001 was a paltry 400,000 connected analogue lines, translating…
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