Perspectives

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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Governor Adeleke, ‘Buga won’ and the Osun Election Tribunal judgement, By Temitope Ajayi

How does the anecdotal reference in the well reasoned judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal that Governor Ademola Adeleke “cant go lo lo lo” to “Buga won” and frolick on fraudulent result invalidate the tribunal’s judgement? Most of our celebrated judges and respected Justices of Appeal and Supreme Court such as Justices Kayode Esho, Chukwudi Oputa, Anthony Aniagolu, Ignatius Acholonu…

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Casting stone, By Bolaji Adebiyi

Exchange of aspersions by leading presidential campaigns suggests deliberate avoidance of issues, writes Bolaji Adebiyi Following a strategic rebound by the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign last week, its Peoples Democratic Party counterpart would seem to have gasped for breath earlier this week. Yet the PDP drew first blood when last year it renovated virtually worn out alleged past misdeeds…

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They have eyes but cannot see. Pity!

It has been a hectic week. Frenetic. We set forth at dawn on Monday from Abuja to Bauchi, to attend the Presidential and gubernatorial campaign of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates. It was only Muhammadu Buhari, the Mai Gaskiya (honest man), that could have commanded the number of people that turned out. Without inducement. Endless sea of heads. He remains…

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What if Emefiele demands your money and your life? By Dare Babarinsa

Trouble is creeping on us like the coming of the twilight and we are too bewildered to do anything about it. It is this that make you wonder who is really on our side; we the people. There is fuel price increase, we take it. There is increase in insurance premium, we accept. There is kidnapping, we pay ransom. The…

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Pastor Paul, By Simbo Olorunfemi

Mama Hilda was the first we got to know. We met her in our study of current affairs back then. She had distinguished herself as a foremost Women rights Activist, personifying at that time the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), which she served for decades. She was as distinguished as one had imagined, seeing her in real life in…

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Ogun 2023: Adebutu’s sabre ranting

By Femi Ogbonnikan  The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming general elections in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, is not the kind of candidate one would like to take seriously for whatever the motivation of his ambition to govern the state. Although he has cleared some of the legal hurdles before him, his campaign message to…

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The Chatham House traffic, By Olatunji Dare

The final details of Nigeria’s Independence Constitution were hammered out during 1957-1959 in the hallowed halls of Chatham House, London, in negotiations between Nigeria’s accredited political leaders and the British colonial authorities.More than six decades later, the major candidates in Nigeria’s presidential election scheduled for February 25 have been making a pilgrimage to Chatham House. It is as if the…

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2023 election: The church and another illogical position, By Okolo Oteri Eme

The “church” in Nigeria has boxed itself into another illogical position ahead of the 2023 elections just like they did in 2015 and 2019. They are praying that fully packed stadiums spilling into streets will beat scantily populated canopies erected within stadiums. They are hoping that structure, hard work, competence, diligence, and wisdom will over take a flash in the…

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Anyaoku fairer in the ninth, By Sam Omatseye

Enter BOS of Lagos. Enter Chief of Staff to the president. Enter Obj. Exit boredom. The boredom had to disappear as former president Olusegun Obasanjo walked into the Metropolitan Club where the old and retired men of industry meet to recall old exploits over tea, and dine. This time, they gathered to mark the 90th birthday of an illustrious citizen,…

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