Perspectives
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What 2025 by-election means to political parties, by Micheal Oni
It is no longer news that INEC is conducting by-elections in 12 states of the federation tomorrow.The bby-election spreads across five geopolitical zones of Southeast, Southwest, Southsouth, Northeast, and Northwest.The states are Anambra,Enugu, Edo, Oyo, Ogun, Kano,Kaduna, Adamawa and Taraba,Kogi, Niger and Zamfara. By-election is conducted to fill a vacancy arising from death, resignation, impeachment, or infirmity. It is provided…
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Brand power: Why every leader must be their Chief Marketing Officer, by Tony Elumelu
It takes years to build a trusted brand and seconds to destroy it. When I speak with young entrepreneurs, I tell them that the power of brand is critical, it is the beginning of trust, the engine of loyalty, the foundation of that personal relationship between the consumer, the product and the business. And branding is everyone’s responsibility, not just…
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PDP and APC not declared terrorist organisations in Canada, by Kunle Ojeleye
There is no court judgment in Canada where the judge declared PDP and APC as terrorist organisations. I got a copy of that judgment issued in June 2025 shortly after it was made.The thrust of that judgment was primarily focused on the applicant’s membership of the PDP, and less on his subsequent membership of the APC. The crux of the…
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One dark Friday morning: A child’s memory of february 13, 1976, by Steve Babaeko
It was still dark that morning, February 13, 1976 when I woke to the low hum of a spinning vinyl. I was five, maybe going on six. The record player scratched out a familiar tune from the Voice Of The Cross, their falsetto rising softly above the morning stillness in our modest Army barracks along Orlu Road in Owerri, southeastern…
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Crying wolf over corruption allegations, by Bolaji Adebiyi
Politicians should realise that a clear conscience fears no accusations, writes Bolaji Adebiyi It was the turn of former power brokers to weep earlier this week. They claimed that the new power holders were targeting them for daring to challenge their authority and trying to unseat them from the pot of delicious soup. What happened? On Tuesday, the lead anti-graft…
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Fatoyinbo’s apology: the smell of spin, by Bamidele Johnson
I first read Biodun Fatoyinbo’s apology on social media and refused to believe he had issued one. Why? Divinities are infallible. Whether or not they are walking among us in human form, divinities are right, even when wrong. I also considered the possibility that someone had cooked up some shit without his knowledge and put it out in his name.…
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Seun Okinbaloye and the burden of broadcast integrity, by Olabode Opeseitan
Seun Okinbaloye of Channels TV is a brilliant mind and a passionate broadcaster who speaks with a fervor that seems to rise from every fiber of his being. His courtesy toward guests is commendable, especially in an era where combative interviewing often masquerades as journalistic rigor. Yet brilliance and passion must be tempered by precision and fairness—especially when one occupies…
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Tackling the danger of a single story, by Kayode Fayemi
An article on Wednesday, 13 August 2025, entitled “Sorting Nigeria Out” by Mr Lekan Sote, a columnist with the Punch newspaper, triggered this article from me. Before him, Senator Babafemi Ojudu wrote a critique of what was purportedly attributed to me on the same issue last week, and even earlier, several social media posts had been written amplifying the same…
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Fatoyinbo deserves CAC’s Apostolic smackdown, by Bamidele Johnson
It has to be one of life’s greatest mysteries that COZA’s Biodun Fatoyinbo is thought to be a Christian, let alone a shepherd of souls. It cannot be unreasonable as to say the souls he shepherds are those of livestock. Otherwise, his congregation would not watch him say that if God Himself told him seed sowing did not work, he…
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What happened in the matter of Bayo Ojulari? By Azu Ishiekwene
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is an animal that eats its curator for lunch. To survive it, either do not get close or prepare to feed this beast with an endless supply of oil deals, the country’s lifeblood. When former Governor Nasir el-Rufai accused NNPC of being a parallel government and added that if Nigeria does not kill…
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