Perspectives
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Forty-six years and counting, By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
Forty-six years ago, on the 1st of February, 1977, at just 16 years and 4 months old, I resumed work at Radio Nigeria as a studio manager (Trainee). I was one of the youngest people ever to be recruited by the defunct Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), Radio Nigeria. The late Hannatu Ibrahim was the Head of Programs, Northern Nigeria, and…
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The Hater of Nigeria: A rebuttal of Sonala Olumense’s article, By Bayo Onanuga
Coming in the countdown to the 2023 general elections, Sonala Olumense’s two-part article leaves no one in doubt of his mission to dissuade Nigerians from voting for the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming elections. Unfortunately, his spin is based on naive idealism, crass ignorance and pretentious partisanship that leaves all but one party on his self-made ballot. Let us…
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From Nekede , another warning to the untaught girls on social media, By Akin Olaniyan
Most Nigerians accept that we play too much, making a joke out of almost everything, the comical explanation being that you must do this to survive in a ‘terrible’ place like Nigeria. I get the point about the therapeutic importance of approaching serious issues lightheartedly. However, I struggle to understand what is comical when the issues involved are of grave…
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The conspiracy against Tinubu, By Bolaji Adebiyi
“Hide the petrol; hide the Naira; we will still vote! We will win!… Even if you change the ink on Naira notes, what you want will not happen; We will win.” That was the battle cry by Bola Tinubu, the presidential torch bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress when he addressed a mammoth rally of his supporters and party…
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How President Buhari dazed us, by Gov Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State
Nine unbroken days of work and travel came to a slight pause on Tuesday with a final hurray at Jigawa State, where President Muhammadu Buhari and his team commissioned legacy projects at Hadejia, Birnin Kudu, and Dutse, the State capital. The peregrination had started in Bauchi, to Lagos, Dakar in Senegal, to Daura, then to a two days official visit…
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The journey of Ebino Topsy, By Dare Babarinsa
Chief Ebenezer Babatope, alias Ebino Topsy, who turned 80, on January 26, is lucky to reach the ripe age considering the risks and bashings he has suffered in his more than 50 years of persistent public service. Babatope, son of a Methodist priest, author, lawyer, teacher, relentless pamphleteers, socialist ideologue, Awoist of the deepest hue and old prisoner of war,…
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Osun: How BVAS exposed PDP’s rigging machine, By Ismail Omipidan
When in August 2022, I announced to the whole world that in Osun, my Principal, Adegboyega Oyetola, did not lose the July 16 Governorship election, but only lost the vote count, some Nigerians, especially sympathisers of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were furious. They called me names. But they could not marshall any reasonable argument to disprove my position. So,…
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With 10mw Solar Energy, President Buhari sets Kano Industry on the march, By Garba Shehu
..City seeks to transform into nation’s Solar State For an electricity distribution area, Kano DISCO that gets between 250-360 Megawatts Hour, on a day by day, many will dismiss the commissioning of the 10mw, Challawa Kano Solar Power Project as inconsequential. Yet, in terms of, both significance and consequential impact, this power plant, the first of its kind in Nigeria…
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When the spirits know your name, Wale Bakare
Gbenga and I saw the coin at practically the same second. We were making a second sweep past Deola’s house, hoping she would come through the open, monkey-gate to go run an errand for her mother. Deola, Gbenga’s love interest, was 12 years old. As was Gbenga.As was I, the ‘follow-go’. I had not needed much convincing when Gbenga asked…
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2023: fuel and naira scarcity, a stich in time, Mr. President, By Aliyu U. Tilde
At the end of his tenure in 1985, the then Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, granted his last interview to Halilu Ahmed Getso of FRCN Kaduna. The answer to the last question in the interview was very informative. What last message do you have for Nigerians? Halilu asked. Buhari, aware of plans to topple him, simply said that if…
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