Perspectives
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The economy is rising, by Oyedeji Kayode
I just saw Nestle Plc Half Year Results. They follow the same pattern with other manufacturing Companies that have realesed interim results on the Exchange. The significance is clear. One way to gauge the performance of the economy is to analyse trends of sales of manufacturers products. Virtually, all Multinationals are back to impressive profit-making. Yes, the rise in revenue,…
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Juju’s curious case, by Bamidele Johnson
This, it is necessary to point out, is not one of the funeral rites for juju music. Juju is not dead, but it is also not exactly alive in the way we once knew it. Once upon a groove, juju was the big deal in the Yoruba soundscape. Not a big deal, but the big deal. It was never just…
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Response to Sam Amadi: The high cost of cheap ethnic rhetoric, by Bode Opeseitan
Opening Salvo: There is a peculiar madness in the way some Nigerians weaponize memory—remembering every perceived slight, yet forgetting every act of goodwill. Sam Amadi’s recent broadside against Lagos and the Yoruba people is a masterclass in this selective amnesia. It is a sermon of division draped in the robes of grievance, where half-truths masquerade as analysis and hyperbole substitutes…
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Africa at the Table, Not on the Menu, by Abbas Tajudeen
Today in Geneva, at the 6th World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments, I made a clear call: Africa, with its 1.4 billion people, must take its rightful place at the heart of global decision‑making. In this turbulent era – from climate disasters to geopolitical unrest – Africa bears the heaviest burden despite contributing the least to the crises. Yet, our…
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When the griot fell silent, by Folorunso Adisa
There are men. There are griots. And then, there was Faleti, who was both and more. Every time I encounter a poetic performance laced with linguistic precision, cultural depth, and spiritual force, I remember the one who mastered it, Adebayo Faleti. He didn’t merely write or recite; he communed with language as though it were a sacred inheritance passed down…
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Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, political science scholarship and discourse on federalism in Nigeria-By Tunji Olaopa
One of the reasons I always return to my professional starting point in the Presidency is essentially because it constituted a seminal grounding foundational space where several political, non-political and technocratic actors hammered the rehabilitation of the Nigerian state. Indeed, IBB drew into his kitchen cabinet a significant number of intellectuals from the corps of political scientists in Nigeria including…
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Nigeria’s ‘Wheat Trap’ and kangaroo food importation, by Simbo Olorunfemi
No doubt, that Nigeria is faced with an acute food crisis. A report by the Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had projected that about 20 million Nigerians will be faced with food insecurity between June and August this year. While that was explained to issues of banditry, insurgency, displacement, long-term effects of Covid-19 pandemic, high inflation and soaring commodity prices, that…
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Honouring the falcons, upholding the Naira: A patriotic standard, by Bode Opeseitan
The Super Falcons’ historic 10th WAFCON triumph deserves every accolade – and President Tinubu’s comprehensive reward package (national honors, housing, and cash awards) sets a worthy precedent. In one masterstroke, President Tinubu has rewritten Nigeria’s narrative – transforming the nation from one that habitually neglects its heroes to one that showers them with timely, tangible honors while their triumph still…
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Super Falcons’ lesson for Kwankwaso, by Lasisi Olagunju
Each time this country discounts tribe and tongue, region and religion, it wins. Nigeria’s stunning victory in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final on Saturday was more than a football triumph. Trailing 2–0 in Rabat at half‑time, the Super Falcons initially looked out-manned and outgunned by Morocco. Yet, unity of purpose, unwavering belief, and a collective resolve turned the…
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ADC and the prospect of internal democracy, by Salihu Lukman
After more than eighteen months of hard work and negotiations, Sen. David Mark is today, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, together with his team, taking over as the new national leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). When some few of us started advocating for a coalition of opposition leaders, most Nigerians, including many of the leaders who are now positioning…
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