Perspectives
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Olusegun Awolowo and the legacy of princely service, by Godknows Igali
The sudden departure of Olusegun Awolowo on 27th November, 2025 was wholly unforeseen, leaving family, friends and the nation totally unprepared. It actually ripped a gaping hole in the fabric of Nigerian collective soul. At the very prime of his life, just 60 years, an age where wisdom and energy readily intersects to produce the most impactful service, this most…
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Open letter to Nigerian Muslims, by Bukola Oyeniyi
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Assalamu Alaikum (Peace be upon you), my dear brothers and sisters in Islam and fellow Nigerians. I write to you with a heavy heart after the horrifying attacks of December 25, 2025, in Sokoto – a city we revere as a bastion of Islam in Nigeria and West Africa.…
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Bridging the gaps in budget implementation, by Tunde Rahman
To state that there are gaps in the implementation of the 2024 and 2025 budgets is actually stating the obvious. One does not need to be an economist or an expert in fiscal matters to know this. Top government functionaries charged with budgetary matters have all made the point and confirmed that the budgets were not fully funded for apparent…
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Eyo masquerade: Assault on passersby not an entertainment, by Festus Akanbi
Have you watched the clip of a video where a passersby was being harassed by Eyo Masquerade? It is a cruel irony of our public life that we suddenly rediscover the language of rights only when the state announces an unpopular policy. Then we speak loudly of freedom of worship, of the sanctity of life, of liberty. Yet when danger…
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Adamu Orisa, Eyo and the day Lagos honoured its ancestors, by ‘Dayo Adedayo
“Ṅkan tí à ńwá lọ Ṣókótó, wá ní àpo ṣòkòtò.” 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭. This proverb framed my thoughts as I stood on the historic grounds of Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, on the 27th day of December, in the year of our Lord 2025. It is not a saying of complacency; it…
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Religion and romance: How Lagos became numero uno year-end destination in Africa, by Reno Omokri
Please fact-check me: Ten years ago, the biggest tourist attraction in Nigeria was Prophet TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations. Ten years later, it is Detty December. At the height of Joshua’s SCOAN, as the top draw for foreign tourists to Nigeria, international airlines flying into Nigeria adjusted their schedules because of the Synagogue’s activities. Please assume I am…
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Èyò Festival in Lagos — an unforgettable memory, by Yemi Adewusi
Growing up on Lagos Island, the Èyò Festival was never just an event; it was a season of anticipation and wonder. The Adamu Orisha play was one of our childhood memories. We waited for it with bated breath – for its deep cultural weight, the mystique of the aro èyò lingo, the electricity in the air, and the swagger that…
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Detty December, Afrobeats, and Nigeria’s counter-narrative of joy, by Akin Olaniyan
Somehow Christmas 2025 got me thinking and I have to confess, I agree with those who think the best way to deal with persistent but erroneous narrative is not a counter-argument, but a parallel reality. If that questionable narrative has to do Nigeria as a failed state, then the parallel narrative is even better with a global soundtrack, quantifiable digital…
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Tribute: Mbanefo, masquerade of African art departs, by Nduka Nwosu
Ambassador Arthur Mbanefo (CON, MFR), the Odu of Onitsha, and once Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, and I crossed each other’s paths while I was a Literary Correspondent contributing to the Art/Life column created by Dele Giwa in the Daily Times. His interest in the arts evoked admiration, especially as an aficionado, collector, and patron, even as the lead…
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Seyi Makinde: A Governor on fast lane to political extinction, by Kola Amzat
These past few days, Oyo state governor-Seyi Makinde has seized the airwaves, pouring vituperation at key figures in the political sphere in a move reminiscent of a “witch” already prepared to exit to the world beyond, with determination to empty everything in her bowel. The list of his victims includes Barr Nyesom Wike, a former governor of Rivers state and…
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