Perspectives

2023: It’s about trust, promise keeping, By Ismail Omipidan

As a reporter in Kaduna in 2011, I escaped being attacked by a mere whiskers. But not many Yoruba were that lucky. Our sin was that the average Hausa person rightly or wrongly believed then that the refusal of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to team up with President Muhammadu Buhari, who was the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change,…

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One last pitch for Tinubu, By Mahmud Jega

In the sprint towards the finish line of this long 2023 presidential race, some political pugilists have removed the gloves and are throwing punches with naked fists. Some even have stones and broken bottles hidden in their palms. I am not out to answer anyone in particular, but to summarise the case for the election of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…

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Outcomes of the 2023 presidential election: My stunted crystal ball, By Tai Balofin

Three to four significant contenders are anticipated to compete for the presidency of Africa’s most populous country in the hotly contested Nigerian presidential election of 2023. The All-Progressives Congress’ (APC) Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and the New Nigerian Peoples Party’s Rabiu Kwankwaso are the front-runners (NNPP). Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Peter…

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Something is about to happen! By Simon Kolawole

The hour is at hand. Nigerians are about to pick a new president. I am ignoring the orchestrated crises and keeping my eye on the ball. We have done elections successfully since 1999 and I am confident that this too will come and go, no matter the odds, no matter the sinister gameplan. Next Saturday, we will choose one from…

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What if your candidate does not win? By Simbo Olorunfemi

A few more suspense-filled days to go. By this time next week, Nigerians should have been done at the polls carrying out the highly important civic duty of electing the next President along with members of the National Assembly for the 2023-2027 session.. All things being equal, that is. Results might even be largely in. For reasons I cannot immediately…

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A creeping coup? By Segun Ayobolu

It is amazing that with the next general elections barely a week away, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has not demonstrated the requisite will to decisively confront the fuel shortages and the current acute cash scarcity crises, which are clearly not designed to endear the party to the electorate in the elections. Even as the protracted fuel scarcity continued…

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The trauma of Naira seizure by Buhari, By Yemi Adebowale

This is war. Yes, bullets are flying. There is already hunger and anger. Lives are being lost. Many of those alive are frustrated and distressed. The draconian instruction causing the deaths, anarchy and frustration is that the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes have been redesigned and Nigerians must deposit the old notes latest February, 2023 when they would cease to…

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Kashim Shettima is not Atiku Abubakar’s mate, By Yakubu Ahmed

The day Dino Melaye threw his sense of worth to the dogs and resorted to vulgar abuse on APC Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kashim Shettima, was the day it dawned on me that Atiku Abubakar has lost it. That incident in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital convinced me, beyond all doubts, that Atiku Abubakar and his kitchen cabinet of rogues…

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At the bank today, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

Each time I drive past the main street housing banks in Akure, I feel overtaken by fear, due to the number of people angling to go into the banking hall or those at the ATM. Until this morning, I usually thank God that I do not need to visit the bank. Why? I hardly use cash, unless I’m visiting my…

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For Peace, for posterity, By AMAA jury

The entire Jury of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) deeply condoles with the illustrious Anyiam-Osigwe family and the Nigerian film industry over the passing into glory of Peace Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe. For us on the AMAA Jury, Peace was more than our colleague and principal. She was a friend, a sister, a patriot and a committed cineaste who desired and…

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