Perspectives
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Oyetola vs Omisore: There is always a tomorrow, by Ismail Omipidan
I have, for a long time, refrained from intervening in the ongoing roforofo fight between the camps of my former principal, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his now-estranged political ally, Senator Iyiola Omisore. However, after reading certain planted stories now being amplified by Omisore’s supporters, I felt compelled to do this intervention. Both parties may not like some of the things I…
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The square peg in the square hole, by Bolaji Adebiyi
No appointment in recent memory has gained as much widespread acceptance as that of Chris Musa, the new Minister of Defence-designate, writes Bolaji Adebiyi Even the most sworn adversary of President Bola Tinubu could not resist the urge to applaud his nomination of Christopher Musa, the eloquent Army general and immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, to fill the vacant…
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Obasanjo: Anathema to successive governments, by Kola Amzat
Since curtain were drawn on ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo’s two-term tenures in Year 2007, he has chosen another role for himself: denigrating, demeaning, derogating, embarrassing and humiliating all presidents that emerged after him, as well as attacking their policies, with a view to always holding himself out as the best president that ever happened to Nigeria. Obasanjo arrogantly moves about as…
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What really happened the night before the 2019 Oyo State gubernatorial election, by Mogaji Arisekola
After the APC primary that served Olasunkanmi Tegbe an unpalatable political breakfast, Baba Isa Funtua urgently summoned an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja. At that tense gathering, he implored all candidates to rally behind the party’s governorship flagbearer, Chief Bayo Adelabu. But curiously—and suspiciously—the incumbent governor, Senator Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi, was nowhere to be found. I was instructed to call…
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Omoyele Sowore, the marathon man, by Simbo Olorunfemi
For Omoyele Sowore, it has been a long, long race, an unending marathon of sprints and marathon of struggles, a life-long commitment to Activism. Since he set his foot on the track about 30 years ago, it has been a marathon for Omoyele. Looks like he might have, early on, taken the Mandela vow to make the struggle the centrepiece…
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After Annie, only Tuface can help himself, by Charles Novia
I was the first or one of the first to put 2Baba and Blackface (then a duo known as ‘Plantashun Boiz’) on Network Television when I was at NTA, back in 1997. That exposure to millions of viewers made them blow to a new audience. 2Baba has never forgotten that. Coincidentally, when I moved back to Lagos from Abuja in…
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TRIBUTE: Olusegun Omotunde Awolowo…just like that! By Bimbo Ashiru
I’m still grappling with the reality of your passing. It’s surreal, and the pain feels insurmountable. Yet, I’m reminded of the bravery you showed in the face of adversity. You were a beacon of strength, and your courage inspires me still. Almost 40 years of friendship, of brotherhood, of shared laughter and tears – it’s a legacy I’ll cherish forever.…
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Obasanjo: The ex-president who relishes shaming successors, by Olabode Opeseitan
When Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed the presidency in May 2023, Nigeria was not merely in distress, it was in free fall. Over 97 percent of government revenue, according to the President, was consumed by debt servicing, leaving just 3 percent for capital expenditure. In 2022 and early 2023, the Budget Office of the Federation reported a debt service-to-revenue ratio ranging…
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A nation of hot takes: How Nigeria’s insecurity exposes our shallow thinking, by Bukola Oyeniyi
Every time insecurity makes the headlines, I go online, and what I see is not analysis—it is a flood of shallow thinking dressed as wisdom. Twitter threads, WhatsApp broadcasts, YouTube gurus, and even mainstream media anchors—people who should know better—are suddenly security experts. Everyone is shouting. No one is thinking. I have watched video after video, read comment after comment,…
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The unforgiving server: Ezra Olubi, Paystack, and the price of a searchable past, by Akin Olaniyan
The suspension and eventual sacking of Ezra Olubi from Paystack, a company where he was Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, over resurfaced tweets from a decade ago, is not surprising. If you understand social media and its affordances, then you know this is predestined reckoning. What we have just witnessed is the inevitable clash between the ephemeral, edgy “cruise” of…
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