Perspectives

NEWS ANALYSIS: Can Naira exchange for N200 to $1 again?

By Oyedeji Kayode I doubt if that is possible. Exchange rate cannot be fixed by fiat as Buhari tried to do and wrecked the economy. It is basically a function of demand and supply and there is never a quick fix. It is easy for a currency to crash but extremely difficult to make it rise. The process of building…

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ANALYSIS: Why northern Nigerians prefer to study in Sudan

By Gimba Kakanda Sudan isn’t the collapsible banana republic you assumed it is. It’s not just what you see on CNN. It’s had over a century of health professions education, long before Nigeria had its first medical school, and they have an evolved medical education system that attracts undergraduate and postgraduate medical students from across the world. They had had…

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Memo to the President-elect, By Olawale Olaleye

With the 2023 elections wrapped up two weekends ago, following the concluding supplementary polls across 24 states, in addition to the governorship exercises in Kebbi and Adamawa States, all is now set for the formal handover of power on May 29, from the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari to the incoming President-elect Bola Tinubu. Although the elections have generally raised some…

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Next President of the Senate, By Yemi Adebowale

The list of aspirants for the position of President of the Senate in the 10th Assembly commencing in June keeps growing. As at the last count,10 senators were already jostling for the plum job. I’m not sorry to say that most of the aspirants are in the race for selfish reasons. Many of them have just been making noise with…

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33 years after: How we executed the Orkar coup, By Victor Tolofari

One of the key actors of the attempted coup, Captain Tolofari, who escaped into exile after the coup failed, later put his thoughts together in a book titled “Exploitation and instability in Nigeria: The Orkar coup in perspective”, which was published in 2004, detailing the ideological pinning of the putsch and how it was executed. Here is a brief excerpt:…

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The Aishatu Binani’s twaddle, By Yemi Adebowale

It was repulsive watching the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in Adamawa State, Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru delivering an acceptance speech last Sunday after she was illegally declared the governor-elect of the state by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Ari. She said her election as the first female governor in the country would encourage other women to participate actively in…

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Mefinomics, Obigotry and issues of forgiveness, By Kunle Awosiyan

Section 31 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 2007 has enabled Godwin Emefiele’s Anchors Borrowers programme to establish a linkage between the apex bank and small scale farmers to produce foods for us in commercial quantity. Emefiele’s pyramid of rice has since disappeared, leaving us with stony local rice at expensive price, a bit lower than the “banned” imported…

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Reflection on Tinubu’s difficult victory, By Bolaji Adebiyi

For many practical politicians, politics is a serious business, from which only the diligent can make bountiful profits. It involves painstaking strategic calculations backed by cold tactical manoeuvres to achieve a successful outcome.  Many years ago, the great sage, Obafemi Awolowo, scorned his political opponents who had accused him of intellectual arrogance. The difference between them and him, he lectured…

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4-1-9! By Toyin Falola

Today, the nation is fast growing a despicable identity and reputation because of the level of fraudulent activities allowed to foster in society. My wish for you is that you never fall victim to a 419 scheme. I implore the government and citizens to take this growing tumour seriously, or else we all will lose the fruits of our honest…

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My ancestors and forebears in the media office

All things are now ready. Last week, I wrote about the cleaning and clearing of my office in State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The job is now done, and as a bride waits for her groom, the office now expects its next occupant, the Adviser on Media to the incoming President. That event is now about 38 days away. William…

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