Perspectives
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The power and influence of photography as an art form, by Dayo Adedayo
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues, friends of photography, and our highly revered Chairman of today’s occasion, His Excellency, Chief Aremo Olusegun Osoba. Today, we gather to celebrate not just an art form, but a universal language, the language of photography. It is most fitting that this celebration takes place here, at the DAP Experience Centre, even in its yet-uncompleted…
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The timeless authority of the Ooni of Ife cannot be challenged – by Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq.
As a legal practitioner who has studied questions of legitimacy, sovereignty, and the jurisprudence of cultural institutions, I find the recent ultimatum reportedly issued by the Alaafin of Oyo to the Ooni of Ife over the conferment of the title Okanlomo of Oodua on Chief Dotun Sanusi, a respected Yoruba son and accomplished businessman, to be, with respect, wholly gratuitous…
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Northern Nigeria: From statesmanship to self-interest, by Al-Amin Isa
Northern Nigeria, which was once the dominant political and economic bloc of the country from independence until the late 1990s, has in recent decades seen a decline in both political influence and economic vitality. The reasons are both internal and external. The first generation leaders of Northern Nigeria are usually understood as the political elite who emerged in the 1940s–1960s,…
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A decent INEC nudge for Tinubu on Boko Haram tales, by Yemi Adebowale
Boko Haram and ISWAP are still controlling Nigerian territories in Borno State. This is the truth that must be told if this country wants to get out of the mess. Unfortunately, President Bola Tinubu and his predecessor, late Muhammadu Buhari, are usually economical with the truth when it comes to facing this reality. Our security chiefs have also been a…
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Stability without relief but with hope, by Ola Belgore
When Stability Fails to Satisfy — Yet Still Holds Promise When Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization and Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for “bringing stability” to Nigeria’s economy, it raised a troubling question: What is stability worth if it brings no relief? “You cannot really improve an economy unless it’s stable,” she…
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Ibadan North: How ‘powerless’ minister frittered away a golden chance, by Ismail Omipidan
“If they don’t invite us to the tying of the nuptial knot, and those who want to untie it decide to invite us, we won’t sit idle; we will honour them for finding us worthy of the invite.” The above roughly translated quote from the late strongman of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Aribiyi Adedibu, aptly captures what played out last…
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Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – final words of a literary giant, by Simon Gikandi
An exhilarating collection distills the late writer’s thinking on power, exile and the importance of the mother tongue On 17 July 1979, the great Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o gave a speech in Nairobi in which he questioned the logic of an African literature in European languages. He had recently been released from prison, where he had been held after…
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Ribadu’s praiseworthy strike at Borgu’s Mahmuda terrorists, by Farooq Kperogi
I just learned that after months of painstaking intelligence work, authorities have apprehended Mahmud Muhammad Usman, the self-styled “Emir of Ansaru,” and his deputy Mahmud al-Nigeri, known as Malam Mahmuda, the man behind the Mahmuda terrorist group that has been tormenting my people in Borgu, a geo-cultural space that stretches from Kebbi through Niger and northern Kwara and spills into…
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The El-Rufai, Atiku coalition that came, saw, but did not conquer, by Olabode Opeseitan
Once hailed as the firebrand of Northern Nigerian politics, Nasir El-Rufai now finds himself in a curious twilight—boasting of a coalition that would sweep APC into the dustbin of history, only to be swept aside by the very electorate he presumed would rally behind him. His recent mobilization in Sokoto, where he declared APC “clannish and incompetent,” was meant to…
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NSA Ribadu: A Tinubu masterstroke in the fight against insecurity, by Dada Olusegun
When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu broke from standard tradition and announced the appointment of former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as his National Security Adviser, a lot of eyebrows were raised with many expressing doubts about the wisdom behind entrusting a former police officer with the task of advising the president on the seemingly complex issues…
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