Perspectives
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The Trump challenge and a call for patriotic voices, by Tunde Rahman
In an age when the lines between truth and falsehood are getting increasingly blurred, I was nonplussed when President Trump labelled Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern on October 31. My incredulity was heightened given that his action stemmed from unproven allegations of genocide against Christians. Was it another deepfake facilitated through AI or simply a case of mistaken identity?…
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Aye, life, and the journey through China, by ‘Dayo Adedayo
I grew up listening to Barrister’s Aye, never imagining that one day I would see the kind of world he once sang about. His words about life’s fleeting nature and man’s endless search for meaning shaped the way I view the world. Years later, standing by the Pearl River in Guangzhou, watching the reflection of city lights ripple across the…
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Beyond the barrel: Building Nigeria’s fiscal resilience, by Benjamin Ajayi
Nigeria’s oil story began in 1956 with the discovery at Oloibiri in present-day Bayelsa. Before then, the nation’s export earnings came mostly from cocoa, palm oil, and other agricultural produce. Over the late 1950s into the early 1970s, the oil boom accelerated crude exports and tilted Nigeria’s economy toward petroleum. Today, oil still supplies a majority of export receipts, though…
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Trump, not Nigeria, is of particular concern to the world, by Vincent Akanmode
Since Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ugly encounter with American President Donald Trump in the latter’s Oval Office in Washington DC on February 28, I have come to the conclusion that the American President is a bully who thinks nothing more of power than a tool for oppression. In the midst of Ukraine’s war with Russia, President Zelensky had visited Trump…
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Trump, Tinubu, Adeboye and the death of faith, by Kunle Awosiyan
I once stumbled on a visual in which former U.S. President Ronald Reagan spoke about faith. He told the story of a man who fell from a cliff but managed to cling to a small branch. Dangling between life and death, the man shouted, “Is anyone up there who can help me?” A voice replied, “If you have faith, let…
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Trump’s threats: Don’t scapegoat the Igbos, by Ugo Egbujo
Since Trump threatened to storm Nigeria and smash the bandits—to protect Christians in the Middle Belt from genocide—the presidency has been running helter-skelter, disputing the genocide, denying complicity and complacency, redefining mass murders as a global phenomenon, dispatching emissaries, claiming sovereignty, placating America. If only they stopped there . The terrified presidency’s approach has been a confused scramble. The central…
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Law, justice, and the hypocrisy of Kanu’s moral posturing, by Chioma Ahaghotu
It is both ironic and tragic that Nnamdi Kanu now speaks so passionately about “law” and “justice.” One must ask: which law and which justice did he accord to the men and women murdered under his command? The same man who once boasted, “I decide who lives and who dies,” now wants the same legal system he scorned to protect…
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Blue Economy, green resolve: Lagos charts Africa’s coastal future, by Babajide Fadoju
The 11th Lagos International Climate Change Summit convened on November 6, 2025, at the Lagos Continental Hotel, drawing delegates from across Africa and beyond. Goodwill messages from the Dutch government, Chinese embassy, UK high commission, and German consulate opened proceedings, signalling the global stakes in what the city plans to do with its 187 kilometres of coastline. These opening salutes…
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Wike Nyesom: Tinubu administration’s jewel of inestimable values!, by Kola Amzat
In the last 10 years, an indomitable figure has emerged in the Nigerian political horizon. He is no other than Barrister Wike Nyesom, a former two term governor of Rivers state, former Minister of (State) Education, and indeed, incumbent Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). One may detest his ways, style and gut, but, it’s absolutely difficult to ignore and deny…
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How Intersociety’s exaggerated claims misled the world on Nigeria’s christian crisis, by Olabode Opeseitan
It began with a voice on a faith-based radio station in the United States. Wednesday morning. Calm. Then chaos. The host declared that Christians in Nigeria were being rounded up, locked in churches, and burnt alive. He urged his listeners to call their congressmen. To demand action. To mount pressure until Nigeria was punished. What was stunning was not only…
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