Perspectives

Eight things to know about Ebenezer Obey at 81, By Gani Kayode Balogun

1. Ebenezer Olasupo Remilekun Aremu Fabiyi was born 80 years ago at Idogo to Owu egba parents. He was a child born after two decades of barrenness, hence his name Remilekun. 2. He was under the titulage of the immortal Fatai Rolling Dollars of ‘won kere si number wa’ fame and his Federal Rhythm Brothers.. He formed his band ,…

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May Nigeria heal from Obidients, By Fredrick Nwabufo

Religion governs the sacerdotal facet of human life. Religion does not only bring out the divine and the human in us; it also unsheathes the basest and vilest part of us, depending on where the lamp is rubbed. We are all religious beings, but with a divergent pool of beliefs. Religion is an emotive subject; hence a dangerous and nonpartisan…

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Peddlers of fake news must not be spared, By Funke Cole

Gone are the days when you can publish and be damned. Not anymore. This is putting the National Broadcasting Commission, National Press Council, Nigeria Communications Commission and the law enforcement agencies on notice not to spare any medium or individuals caught peddling rumours, fake news, misinformation, lies, falsehood, propaganda with the intent to deceive, stoke the embers of unity, etcetera.…

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Anguish, economic loss of Naira scarcity, By Yemi Adebowale

Entering banking halls across beloved Nigeria remains problematic, no thanks to over three months of Naira scarcity. Because of several failed Point of Sale (POS) transactions, I was compelled to attempt this very difficult task last Monday after weeks of avoiding the war zone. Attempts to log in the complaints via the bank’s customer care telephone lines failed. I arrived…

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Portable and eccentricity of stardom, By Festus Adedayo

In the course of my research into the work, Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend, I came to the conclusion that stardom and eccentricity are intertwined. One of my sources told me that one day in the late 1970s, Omowura, the late Yoruba musician, as a litigant in a matter that took place in an Abeokuta, Ogun…

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Attack on Bayo Onanuga: Richard Akinnola missed it bigly, By Wale Adedayo

I was taken aback after reading a piece by a senior colleague, Egbon Richard Akinnola II, who claimed that his friend and colleague, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, missed the ball in his petition against Channels TV. Baba Richie, you missed it biggerly sir! Onanuga did the right thing. He should be commended. In Journalism, the tool of our trade is readily…

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A nation in need of peace builders, By Simon Kolawole

Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, prominent Igbo politician and businessman, was in the news last week for his comments on the Yoruba-Igbo face-off in Lagos. Speaking at the first anniversary of Prof Chukwuma Soludo’s governorship of Anambra state, he appeared to be pursuing a reproachment between the two largest ethnic groups in southern Nigeria. But he started with a tough tone, saying:…

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Ogun governorship election: OGD hiding behind the needle, By Tunde Salako 

Since the presidential and governorship elections, the media has been inundated by reports of organized protests by the opposition parties and their candidates calling for the cancellation of results of the polls that have been adjudged to be free, fair, and credible. In point of fact, at no time in our recent past had the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…

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Death of lies and time to heal the “Obidients”, By Kunle Awosiyan

It is always difficult to nurse a lie to adult, it will produce a deformed truth. This is not the time for the fans of the All Progressives Congress to gloat over their victory but the time to help the losers who had bet their lives on winning the presidential election. When you sponsored lies to demarket your opponents and…

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2023 elections and a memo to the Yorubas, By Tope Fasua

These peculiar times send us all back home to reexamine our Nigerian-hood and even go further. We knew, and I warned, that the 2023 elections would have consequences for relationships especially as it took on a tribal and religious coloration from get-go. Politicians did what they had to do to win elections – including the Muslim-Muslim ticket (which could at…

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