Perspectives

Pollsters and the 2023 presidential poll, By Waziri Adio

With still two months before the 2023 landmark presidential election in Nigeria, a string of pollsters has consistently put Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the lead, generating excitement and condemnation on different sides of the political divide. For those who celebrate these pre-election polls, Mr. Obi’s consistent lead aptly captures the current mood in the country and…

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Kagoro killings and unending security ineptitude, By Yemi Adebowale

Security ineptitude is unending in beloved Nigeria. It comes with all the trappings of a failed government. I shed tears and often left hugely disappointed whenever incompetence is displayed in this vital area of our life. For example, what kind of explanation will our security agencies put up in defence of their failings, nine days back, in Kagoro Chiefdom, Kaura…

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Obi, the church and politics, By Segun Ayobolu

Who exactly is Jesus Christ, the rock solid foundation on which Christianity rests? Some say he was a great man, a moral exemplar, an inimitable teacher or a gifted story teller among other perceptions. When Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say I am?”, they replied that some said he was John the Baptist, others that he was Elijah…

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Azuka Onwuka and the illusion of press freedom under siege, By Ayo Olasoji Peters

Mr. Azuka Onwuka, a usually not perceptive columnist with The Punch newspaper on Tuesday, December 20, weighed in in his column on the recent media exchanges between the Boards of Editors of the THIS DAY/ARISE media group and two key media strategists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Mr. Dele Alake, Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and…

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Tribute to  Rev Allen Angus, Igbobi College first principal, By Bolaji Akinyemi

Now we praise great and famous men, The fathers named in history; And praise the Lord who now and then Reveals in man his glory. Praise we the wise and brave and strong, Who graced their generation, Who helped the right, and fought the wrong, And made our folks a nation. Praise we the great of heart and mind, The…

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Why I will vote for Tinubu, By Aliyu Tilde

On 25 February 2023, I will pick this voter’s card, walk to the polling centre and cast my vote for His Excellency, Chief Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the Jagaban Borgu. This is a firm commitment given after a history of association, honour, demographic reality, constitutional requirement, weighing pros and cons as well as the personalities of the candidate and his running…

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Emefiele and his friends, By Bolaji Adebiyi

It had all the trappings of fake news as it made the rounds in the Social Media space in the early hours of Monday. The story was that the Department of State Services, one of the nation’s ubiquitous secret police establishments, had lost a surreptitious legal battle to have Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, kept behind…

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Security: Comforting thoughts at Christmas

We are not fully there yet, but anyone that is honest and not filled with bile against the government of the day will agree that very significant advances have been made in the past year against the insecurity that had beleaguered the country for more than one decade. Is the Eid-el-Kabir not behind by many months? Is Christmas not ahead…

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Gods, Greats and Goats, By Simbo Olorunfemi

If you have followed football long enough, chances are that you would have seen some of the gods in their element, you would have being in awe, seeing greats at work. If you have followed the game long enough, you must have seen masters who danced with football at their feet, soldiers who stood as barricades before the goals and…

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Sadism towards the rich and famous is all the rage, By Bamidele Johnson

Safe to say, at this point, that Basketmouth, accomplished giver of laughter, is unlikely to find laughter easy to come by. The announcement, made today, of the collapse of his 12-year marriage, grim for him, wife and their children, is already sparking laughter on the social media. Running alongside that is the reboot of the regular howls of derision at…

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