Perspectives
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Tinubu’s Plateau Gambit – Yilwatda, 2027, and the Return of the Machiavellian Strategist, by Abdullahi Haruspice
In the fog of Nigeria’s ever-churning political theatre, only a few ever grasp the long game. Most react. Some plot. But a rare few—like Bola Ahmed Tinubu—execute. Not merely for the day’s applause, but for the echoes of future triumph. The recent strategic surfacing of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda into Nigeria’s national conversation is no coincidence. It is a deliberate move—a…
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The Buhari I knew: Kenny Martins’ raw account of integrity, betrayal, and survival in Nigeria’s power circles
Chief Kenny Martins has lived through the trenches of Nigeria’s turbulent political history, from military coups to democracy, from detention threats to salvation at the hands of unlikely allies. At the heart of his story is one man, General Muhammadu Buhari, who died on July 13 at a clinic in London. In an explosive narrative, Martins unveils the Buhari he…
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Building a cleaner Lagos: Tokunbo Wahab and LAWMA’s triad of education, collaboration, by Babajide Fadoju
Lagos generates over 13,000 tonnes of waste daily, with single-use plastics clogging drainages, polluting water bodies, and threatening public health. The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has historically relied on enforcement to manage this crisis, but recent initiatives signal a shift toward education, collaboration, and innovation. The awareness walk, organized in collaboration with the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA)…
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Kemi Badenoch’s fallacious equivocation on CNN: Fareed Zakaria must grant Nigeria her right to reply, by Akin Fadeyi
The way Kemi Badenoch is going around and about, shading Nigeria in the most unflattering fashion, you would wonder if the contest for British PM office is between her Conservative Party and Nigeria. I mean, where is the bile from this vilest form of reckless commentary coming from?Folorunso Fatai Adisa, a friend of mine, resident student in UK cracked a…
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Beyond the contrived ambiguity, by Simbo Olorunfemi
Much has been made of Justice Binta Nyako’s judgement in the case of Senator Natasha Akpoti- Uduaghan v The Clerk of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Many have argued that it is the ambiguity non-definitive and non-declaratory of the ‘judgement’ that has led to the confusion that has since then ensued, culminating in the embarrassing public…
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How mentorship changed my life, by Chichi Eriobu
In 2023, I had the privilege of speaking at the Global Mentorbridge Summit—and I didn’t leave the same way I came. It wasn’t just another conference. It was a room filled with clarity, honesty, and perspective—a safe space where founders, career professionals, and mentors came together to speak truth into our journeys. It reminded me of something I sometimes forget…
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The president landed at Gateway Airport, and floodgates of goodwill were opened, by Kayode Akinmade
It is a great person, say the Yoruba, that does great things. But this is also true in plurality: great people do great things. In Ogun, Nigeria’s Gateway State, the people and the government are building a prosperous future together, and Nigerians are taking ample notice. For years, the site that now hosts the airport city within which the Gateway…
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A response to Moses Ochonu on Farooq Kperogi’s Aisha Buhari apology, by Bukola Adeyemi
Dear Dr. Moses Ochonu, Your recent defense of Farooq Kperogi’s apology to Mrs. Aisha Buhari demands a blunt and honest rejoinder. You portray Kperogi’s public apology as a “humane act” and insist it was not a retraction of any falsehood. In your telling, Mr. Kperogi merely showed compassion by apologizing for publicizing a true but “sensitive” private matter, all while…
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For Aisha Buhari at a time like this, by Funke Egbemode
She was only 18 years old when she got married in 1989 to her husband who was already a national public figure. Indeed, her husband was already a former Head of State when they became husband and wife. And no, she did not marry him for money. Her grandfather, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu was Nigeria’s first Minister of Defence. Aisha Halilu…
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Kemi Badenoch: The intellectual dishonesty of a neo-colonial mindset in crisis, by Jide Adesina
In a world where citizenship and identity intersect with politics and personal history, few public statements reveal as much about the speaker’s inner contradictions as the recent comments by Kemi Badenoch. A figure of considerable political ascendancy within Britain’s Conservative Party, Badenoch’s claim that, as a woman, she cannot confer Nigerian citizenship on her children, stands not only as a…
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