Perspectives

Obidient and a journey into understanding, By Dare Babarinsa

The presidential election 2023 may go down in history as one that was most strategically fought among the three leading contestants. I will rely mainly on the results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which is being disputed by the first runner up, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice-President, who ran on the platform of the Peoples Democratic…

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At 5th UN conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Buhari drums up support for Tinubu’s presidency, By Garba Shehu

President Muhammadu Buhari just returned from the 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Doha, Qatar. The Conference featured an opening ceremony, the Fiftieth Anniversary Commemoration of the Establishment of the Group of LDCs, General Debate, Eight (8) High-level Thematic Roundtables, and series of side events on priorities of the Doha Programme of Action (DPoA). The objective…

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NEWS ANALYSIS: Our indifference to railway crossings, traffic safety rules, By Bamidele Johnson

Awful day in Lagos. A train slicing through a BRT bus, reportedly leaving many injured and a few confirmed dead, is a tragedy that may get worse for us, collectively and individually, if the death toll rises and/or permanent disabilities ensue. I do not have the details of how the accident happened, but I strongly suspect that the bus driver…

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The incidence of Babar Mai Fura, Hausa women and International Women’s Day, By Abdallah Adamu

His name was Sadik. Perhaps about 11 years old. He walked into my newly allocated office in the old Mass Communications building of Bayero University Kano (Nigeria) in 2013. I was startled. He was a tiny boy, deep dark skin, beautiful face with intense eyes and dolphin smile. He asked if I wanted to buy Fura (steamed millet balls blended…

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The Lagos-New York-London Echo Chamber, By Ebenezer Obadare

Across the Western media, the outcome of Nigeria’s just concluded general election has been both shocking and disappointing. While the shock owes to the triumph of candidate Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC)—a contender the Western press had given next to no chance of winning—disillusionment at the outcome is attributable to the conviction that, being an icon of…

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A closing argument for Sanwo-Olu, By Temitope Ajayi

The choice before Lagosians this weekend will be very simple to make, as they go out to vote in the governorship and House of Assembly elections. Before the residents of the 5th largest economy in Africa are one major candidate, the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is seeking re-election; and two otherwise fringe candidates who seem to have gained sudden…

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President-elect Apamaku! By Eniola Bello

Sometime in May 2002, the City Colleges of Chicago presented the distinguished alumnus award to the then Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the nomination of his alma mater, the Richard J. Daley College, one of the seven institutions that make up the city colleges in that American city. Reading Tinubu’s citation at a side event of the institutions’…

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Advantage of disadvantage, By Ray Ekpu

Any person who is a lover of books must endeavour to read a book titled: “David and Goliath” authored by Malcolm Gladwell, the famous author of Tipping Point. David and Goliath is a practical yet philosophical exploration of the Advantage of Disadvantage as well as the Disadvantage of Advantage. I want to contextualise the recent presidential election bearing this philosophy…

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The week after, By Olatunji Dare

The last installment of this column appeared on this page the day before the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the definitive outcome of the presidential election. In the week leading to the poll, the internet bristled with rumours, the content of which ranged from the apocalyptic to the farcical. You could dismiss more than 95 percent of them with a…

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Rigging claims don’t add up, By Mahmud Jega

A member of the British House of Lords, when told that money is difficult to come by these days, said he is nearly 90 years old but cannot remember any time in the past when money was easy to get. I have been watching Nigerian elections since 1979 and I cannot remember a time when those who lost the election…

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