Perspectives
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My naira note is newer than yours
There is a unique kind of frenzy in the country today. But it is not a general or commonplace hysteria. It is limited to a tiny fraction of the population, but who curiously hold a humongous part of the country’s wealth. Major denominations of our currency, the naira, have been redesigned, and billed to come into use from December 15.…
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The age of make believe, By Odi Ikpeazu
In most of Africa, we are understandable absentees in some of the most positive stages of world civilization, notably the Age of Discovery and the Industrial Revolution. Though we are keen to leech on to Egypt’s legend as the cradle of civilisation, a sardonic bystander might cynically regard us as wannabe characters in a virtual fiction when we do so.…
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His excellency can dance but now he has to work, By Dare Babarinsa
In Osun State, interesting days lie ahead. The new Governor, Ademola Adeleke, is showing that he has teeth and he can bite. He has already issued many Executive Orders trying to undo some of the actions of his predecessor, the methodical Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. Three traditional rulers who recently ascended the throne have fallen under the hammer. They are the…
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Tompolo and the Amnesty Deal, By Olusegun Adeniyi
‘I—-, residing at—-formerly engaged in militant activities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that I hereby renounce all my previous acts of militancy, including my affiliation and allegiance to any militant group and/or organization; and that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and respect…
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Growing greener cities with urban agriculture, By Kayode Fayemi
I had the honour of speaking at an interactive session, titled: “Urban Agriculture: Growing Greener Cities” during the 2022 Brazil-Africa Forum in São Paulo, Brazil. The Forum is taking place at a time when the world is experiencing a food crisis of unprecedented proportion, the largest in modern history, as a result of several interlocking factors including ongoing conflicts, climate…
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A call to deradicalise Igbo youths, By Fredrick Nwabufo
When ignorance secures matrimony with hate, indoctrination, propaganda, and lies the result is the blood revelries in the south-east. The killings have persisted. Young, promising Igbo citizens, dissenters, and the well-off have become primary targets. It is like the zone is purging itself of everything good. It is emptying itself of all righteous values and desecrating sacerdotal traditions. How did…
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Remembering Michael Anyiam-Osigwe, a remarkable man 8years after, By George Anyiam-Osigwe
MCAO dedicated his life from 1998 to the time of his transition to eternal glory in 2014 in search of a holistic approach to human existence and development. In 1998, the family and friends of Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe resolved to evolve a process by which his postulations on knowledge and existence could be subjected to wider intellectual evaluation. Since…
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Shrinking of Lake Chad: The world according to the Obidients, By Ayo Akanji
Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines. — Paul Brunton Nigeria’s political space has suffered an avalanche of mob action by the novel, neophyte, and somewhat organized Obidient movement — the ardent supporters of the Labour Party’s presidential…
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New governors and executive recklessness, By Temitope Ajayi
In the current democratic dispensation, it has become a norm than an exception, watching new governors from a political party different from the person they took over from to cancel executive actions of their predecessors. This is in spite of repeated lower and higher court judgments nullifying such executive recklessness. It is only in our clime that a man wins…
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Open letter to Buhari on the need to immediately halt this scourge of fuel crisis.
Without any iota of doubt, Your Excellency has earned your place in Nigeria history with visible records of accomplishments as a Military General in the Nigerian Army and also, a Democratic President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The eminent status you’ve attained remains incontrovertible even after you might have vacated the office, and also when you might have gone…
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