Perspectives

A false sense of victimisation: a response to Olumide Akpata, By Rotimi Adeyeye

These are all rhetorics to justify painting pot calling kettle black. In Anambra State, where the same election took place the same day, We saw video clips of IPOB unknown gunmen killing their own Ibo people for the election, yet LP won just 8 seats, and APGA won 17. In such case, there was no “voter suppression, right”? In Anambra…

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The silly bill seeking to legalise cannabis, By Yemi Adebowale

For three members of the House of Representatives – Benjamin Kalu representing Bende, Olumide Osoba representing Abeokuta North and Miriam Onuoha of Okigwe North – All they have to offer Nigerians in appreciation of the over N9 million they each take home monthly, are bills seeking to legalise the cultivation, sale and recreational use of Cannabis (Marijuana). They talk about…

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On the brink of treason, By Segun Ayobolu 

It was certainly bound to come to this. I refer to this week’s press statement by the Department of State Security (DSS) warning those engaged in any agenda to truncate the country’s ongoing democratic process to desist from their plans or face the full wrath of the law. While it is better late than never, the security agencies ought to…

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Appreciation in defeat, By Ademola Adebisi

It is no longer news that Dr. Obawale Adebisi lost the contest for a seat in the House of representatives. Despite the fact that he got a loss, I should like to thank all those that stood by him during the contest.  As Frank A. Clark rightly said, “if a fellow is not thankful for what he has got” or…

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Oil in Nasarawa: Buhari does it again

First it was at Kolmani, in Bauchi/Gombe States, and now President Muhammadu Buhari has struck again. In a region some people have said was fated never to produce even a cup of oil, the second exploration exercise was flagged off this week. The spud-in ceremony of the Ebenyi-A, Middle Benue Trough, was conducted virtually on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, pedestaling…

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Interim contraption, By Bolaji Adebiyi

Last Tuesday, the Department of State Services issued an alert that some citizens with entrenched interests were plotting to foist an interim government on the country. “The plot being pursued by these entrenched interests is not only an aberration but [also] a mischievous way to set aside the constitution and undermine civil rule as well as plunge the country into crisis,” Peter Afunaya, the secret…

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Diya played the power-game, then almost lost, By Dare Babarinsa

Lt. General Donaldson Oladipo Diya was a substantial personage in contemporary Nigerian history. When he died at 78 on Sunday, March 26, 2023, what most people remember was his last act of defiance before the military tribunal that sentenced him to death in 1998. “This is a setup,” he shouted with handcuff on his hands and chains on his feet.…

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For Tinubu’s eyes only, By Dan Agbese

This is the interregnum, the period between an out-going administration and its in-coming successor when there is usually a feeling of both hollowness and animated anticipation. It is not an idle period. This is the period during which we listen keenly to every word that falls from the mouth of the president-elect. Those words, uttered in jest or seriousness, could…

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My 71st birthday message to Nigerians, By Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Dear Nigerians, I thank all of you who have expressed your goodwill towards me on the occasion of my 71st birthday. I received your kind words with great pleasure and was profoundly touched by the depth of your care and support. Above all, I thank God Almighty for the life He has given me, for all the opportunities and doors…

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Yoruba! What is to be done? By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú

The basis of any review must accept that for the Yoruba, “the fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves”. Intellectual honesty dictates this as the starting point. Raising other ethnic groups as bogeymen completely misses the point. It is important for us to go back to the drawing board and put regional integration at the heart of the…

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