Perspectives

When new leaders are elected, By Mike Awoyinfa

Almost 30 years ago, when the late Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa of National Republican Convention (NRC) were just emerging as presidential candidates, as the editor of the Weekend Concord, Nigeria’s first Saturday newspaper, I asked Sam Omatseye, our in-house Lance Morrow, the TIME magazine essayist, to give us an essay…

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What really matters to Obasanjo, By Azu Ishiekwene

The last thing he wants to hear is that he desires anything other than what is good for Nigeria. Hero of Nigeria’s civil war; former military president who supervised the first-post war transition to civilian rule; two-term civilian president; and a much sought-after African leader, Olusegun Obasanjo considers it beneath his status to suggest he can sometimes be wrong about…

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Too predictable to be true, By Odi Ikpeazu

Predictably, most of the losers in the last Presidential election are petulantly questioning its credibility. I would have been alarmed if it were otherwise. Unsurprisingly, most of them do not have sufficient moral capital to make the down payment for a roasted corn. Being a football person, I know that as far as fans are concerned, no football team ever…

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Issues in the presidential election, By Segun Ayobolu

It was easily one of the most keenly and bitterly contested elections in this dispensation since 1999. The intense competitiveness of last Saturday’s presidential election was reflected in the number of states won by the leading political parties with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and Mr. Peter…

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Sanwo-Olu: Gentleman Ọmọlúàbí governor, By Folabi Ogunleye

I have watched the man from afar: Earnest, dedicated, eager to deliver, agile, lean, eloquent, quick thinking, nimble, respectful, engaging, cerebral, friendly, cooperative, driven, humble, dignified – and loyal to his community and its leaders across the board. Those are just a few words that capture my impression of the man who is the current chief executive of the most…

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Time to move on, By Bolaji Adebiyi  

There have been mixed feelings since Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, announced the outcome of the 2023 presidential election, which produced Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress as the winner.   While Tinubu’s supporters expressed joy about his victory, the followers of Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party; Peter Obi…

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For PMB, it’s Nigeria and nothing else

In some other lands and climes, elections are held on weekdays, in which people cast their votes, and proceed to the office, or other places of endeavor. But here, we must first die many times before our death, when elections approach. Many are the doomsday scenarios painted, that we do not know whether to stay in the country, or show…

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A Nigeria that works for all, By Fredrick Nwabufo

The place of leadership in forging bonds of communality is the place of purpose and deliberateness. The leadership must be very deliberate in managing diversity and in fostering kinship among variegated people. Nation building cannot be left to chance or to the whim of anyone. There must be purposive plans and actions towards uniting the people. We cannot play possum…

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Our men of dog, By Bamidele Johnson

Strong chance that I’m infected with rabid skepticism where Nigerian prophets and prophecies are concerned. In the event the unscientific self-diagnosis is confirmed, I’m unwilling to seek a cure from orthodox medical guys, trado-medical experts, shamans or spiritual healers of other hues. My unwillingness, long-standing, is hard, stiff and solid like a brick, with more than a little help from…

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Asiwaju is here, so are we! By Dare Babarinsa

History was made yesterday morning when Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former Governor of Lagos State, was declared the President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The coalition he husbanded so meticulously in 2014 has endured and produced its second President within eight years. Despite the predictions of chaos and violent divorce that haunted the recent campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari of…

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