Perspectives
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Nigeria’s spoilt generation: How overpampering is destroying our future! – by Wole Arisekola
We are loving our children into uselessness. We are raising a generation that believes wealth is inherited, not earned; that comfort is a birthright, not a reward. From flying first class before their first job, to demanding six-figure salaries with zero skills — we are breeding entitlement, not excellence. This is not love. This is a slow, sweet poison. And…
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The hypocrisy of Dele Momodu ‘s so-called friendship, by Kayode Adebiyi
It has come to a point where it now feels nauseating to me every time Mr. Dele Momodu attacks the President, only to quickly parrot the same tired line that “President Tinubu is my friend, and I am closer to him than many who daily attack me because I publicly criticise him.” Then, the next he does is to dig…
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El-Rufai: an infantile mind, blind to political realities, by Kola Amzat
Through the sheer grace of providence, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has been for long, stupendously prosperous in Nigeria political plain. At a relatively younger age, PDP democratically elected government led by Olusegun Obasanjo, a retired army general handed him the plum job of Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). The same government totally thrusted him into national limelight by ensuring…
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Time for a general rollout of the African passport, by Simbo Olorunfemi and Ade Adefeko
Africa is today at midcourse, in transition from the Africa of yesterday to the Africa of Tomorrow. Even as we stand here, we move from the past into the future. The task, on which we have embarked, the making of Africa, will not wait. We must act, to shape and mould the future and leave our imprint on events as…
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Yusuf Tuggar’s foreign policy doctrine of ‘strategic autonomy’ in RAP, by Simbo Olorunfemi
“Flavor Flav has problems of his own,I can’t do nuttin’ for ya man” – Public Enemy Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, took quite a few people by surprise during a live TV interview when, in addressing the reported demand by the US for Nigeria to accept deportees from Venezuela, he instinctively tapped on a punchline from the American RAP…
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Vice President Shettima at 59 : A tribute, by Ismail Omipidan
Vice President Kashim Shettima is 59 today. He belongs to the zodiac sign Virgo, the only sign represented by a female and often associated with humaneness. Shettima embodies many of its traditional traits. Virgos are described as modest and reserved, meticulous and reliable, practical and diligent, intelligent and analytical. Knowing him well enough, I can say with certainty that Shettima…
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Why Kumuyi’s walk back matters, by Bamidele Johnson
Pastor W. F. Kumuyi is no poster boy for liberalism. His Deeper Life Bible Church once a had television sets high on its shit list in addition to rules that made Pharisees look permissive. Just like when he lifted the ban on television watching, he has admitted that the church’s famously stiff marriage procedures were not biblical but just administrative.…
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Should civil servants participate in partisan politics? In search for final answer – By Tunji Olaopa
Quite recently, public discourse was again forced to consider an old discourse that borders on the whether or not civil servants have the right to engage in partisan politics. This discourse, of course, became heated up given that the political order in Nigeria is already getting into a feverish pitch as a result of ongoing political strategizing in readiness for…
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Show me the 133 million Nigerians living in multidimensional poverty, by Olabode Opeseitan
In a country where the informal sector hums with quiet industry and the horizon of every state is punctuated by construction sites, it is a cruel irony that 133 million Nigerians are said to be multi-dimensionally poor. The figure, cited by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in 2022, is not just staggering—it is sobering. But is it the whole…
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The North-West, Lagos illusion and the misleading viral infographic, by Bayo Onanuga
The Northwest—not Lagos—is the leading beneficiary of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s budget, leading with a commitment of N5.9 trillion. This represents 40percent of the budget. The insightful clarification was made on Sunday by the DG Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu. South South followed with ₦2.41 trillion, North Central: ₦1.13 trillion, South East: ₦407 billion, North East: ₦400 billion and South West…
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