Perspectives
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The Eagle and the snake, By Sam Omatseye
This is not the time for some naysayers to hope. They are the vipers on the path of this democracy. They have nightmares over May 29. Some of them are otherwise wise people. They are lawyers of apparent substance. They are clerics with claims, however dubious, of hugging the Comforter. Some are writers who manage to believe God endows them…
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Saraki, Dogara in the wings? By Simbo Olorunfemi
In a bid to prevent the reoccurrence of the malady that visited APC in 2015, which saw the party ‘lose control’ of the Senate and the House of Representatives, with the leadership emerging in spite of the party’s preference rather than the conventional practice of it being on account of the party’s concurrence, the party might be treading towards a…
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Femi Adesina: The man who loves Buhari, By Samuel Boaten
Femi, in Yoruba language of Western Nigeria, literally means love me. And there is one man who has lived out his name in the service of another. Femi Adesina, a well-known Nigerian journalist and media personality, has been working with Buhari since he was first elected as Nigeria’s leader in 2015. Born in Osun state, he worked as a journalist…
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Chief Fasoranti: An outstanding patriot, By Bisi Akande
I thank the organizers of this event for asking me to be the chairman at this occasion in honour of our celebrity, Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, a great Nigerian and an outstanding patriot. As we all know, Chief Fasoranti has led a life of service. His contributions to the growth and progress of Nigeria are many and far-reaching and future…
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NYSC@50: An enduring legacy of Yakubu Gowon, By Chris Adetayo
Many don’t rate Yakubu Gowon as Head of State. He gets short shrift from a section of the country for his role before and during the Civil War. Others loathe him for frittering away the financial windfall that landed on the country’s laps from the huge jump in crude prices in the early 1970s. While I have a nuanced view…
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Akpabio must be stopped, By Yemi Adebowale
It was so depressing watching the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka on Monday announcing the decision of its National Working Committee on the zoning of the four principal offices in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Aside three other comical endorsements, the APC shamelessly proclaimed its support for the uncommon cunning Senator Godswill…
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Expectations about Dangote Refinery inauguration are extremely exaggerated
The ceremony around the planned visit by the Nigerian President to the Dangote Refinery on May 22, 2023, will peak with a cutting of the ribbon, inaugurating the 650,000 Barrels per stream Day Plant, located in the Eastern flank of Lagos, the country’s commercial city. Everyone, it seems, look forward to the production of petroleum products from the plant after…
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NG-CARES: How Buhari quietly attends to needs of Nigerians
The judgment of history is usually the most enduring, and as President Muhammadu Buhari weighs anchor in less than three weeks, posterity will be impartial, and, therefore, kind to him. One signpost of the administration is its care and kindness to Nigerians. Quietly. Without fuss. No adulation or self-aggrandizement. We know the very visible ones. The Social Investment Programme (SIP),…
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NYSC @50: Sahelian conditions not for me
Before going for the NYSC orientation programme, I had heard stories about the North’s extreme weather conditions, mostly from an in-law, who was a Customs officer. Among other work stations, he served in Maiduguri, where I underwent the orientation programme. I thought his stories were confected or benefited from narrative supplements like exaggeration, as the conditions he described sounded unreal.…
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Rejoinder to Reuben Abati’s ‘Stranded in Sudan’ article, By Musa Ilallah
Reading Reuben Abati’s May 2 article (originally published in his ThisDay column, and widely syndicated) about Nigerians in Sudan, drove home again for me the fact that many Nigerian journalists need a masterclass in how not to denigrate their country falsely and needlessly; how not to downplay its positive attributes and commendable actions. So much of that article feels like…
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