Perspectives

Robbing our children of their childhood, By Adedamola Adetayo

I live in Abeokuta. I love the peace here, na money remain. When I first moved into my current apartment the place in December 2020, I tried to practice my old school, village upbringing. My current accomodation is a three-bedroom flat in a block of four flats. I took my wife and children and went KNOCKING on my neighbours doors…

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Christmas musings in Cotonou and the “Japa” syndrome, By Babafemi A. Badejo

Mr. Rufus & Mrs. Esther Sami are/were our treasured neighbours until the cold hands of death snatched the kind and supportive Mrs. Sami on October 9, 2022. I could not but have attended Mrs. Sami’s funeral at Imaka, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, on November 25-26, 2022. Imaka is next door to Imagbon, where the Ijebu people gallantly fought the British in 1892.…

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Politics is for the humble, the rugged and the faithful, By Tope Fasua

So, a few weeks back my darling wife informed me that her colleague at UNIBEN, an ex-GTBank exec who now works in Kogi State Govt will call me about an APC event. The Youth campaign of APC had an event and they will like me to speak. I had no hesitation. I believe in the project, no matter what anyone…

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This thing called structure, By Mahmud Jega

Eighteen candidates on the ballot in February’s presidential election became less visible during this holiday period. They held no mass rallies, town hall meetings, Million Man Marches or even major newspaper and television interviews. It is a costly lull since there are only seven short weeks left to the election, that is, unless you have a solid “structure.” A candidate…

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The obsessive security chap called Yusuf Bichi, By Yemi Adebowale

I thought the story was fake when it first emerged early in December last year that the Department of State Service (DSS) was surreptitiously working to obtain an ex-parte order from a court in Abuja to arrest and detain the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. I could not imagine the Director General of the DSS, Yusuf…

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Why no state can catch up with Lagos economically, By Gbenga Adeoye

I read a book in 2022 with the title, “Success is not an accident.” Indeed, the author has a clear understanding of the impact of deliberate decisions. One of the reasons I like one young man I am providing mentorship for is that his words of prayer read every time as follows, “God will intentionally bless you sir.” The word…

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Buba Marwa shows we can do it, By Femi Adesina

It was raging debate at a time in the country, when the land was beleaguered and almost totally asphyxiated by insurgency. Should we procure the services of foreign mercenaries or not? There were strident arguments for and against. At the security council meeting, the issue came up, and there were points for and against. President Muhammadu Buhari, as Chairman of…

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The scarification of Ebora Owu, By Bolaji Adebiyi

Never wanting to lie low at moments of national distress, Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, stole the show on New Year’s Day with a letter to Nigerians, particularly the youth, asking them to take back their country.   “The last seven and a half years have no doubt been eventful and stressful years for many Nigerians,” the man also…

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Between Gov Adeleke and Speaker Owoeye: Who is a better statesman, By Ismail Omipidan

Politics, the world over is about interest. This is why once politics is over, those voted in, especially governors and Presidents face governance until it is time for another round of politics. In Osun, the governorship election was held on July 16, 2022 and results declared the next day. But the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its candidate in that…

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Ring fence development and the South East question, By Eberechukwu Okonkwo

As I made my way out of the arrival lounge of the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Obiangwu, at about half past One O’Clock, I was hit by the now rare mild Hamartan haze. Right at the entrance, a gathering of ‘just arrived’ passengers stood forlorn like protesters on one side of a wide chasm, separating them from the taxi drivers…

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