Perspectives
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A day with Ade Adefeko, By Simbo Olorunfemi
It is easy to get drenched in the flood of negativity that has taken over the space, especially with all that is going on, both home and abroad. It is as if that push to have the roof irretrievably cave in is one that we will never get over. From covid-19, to covid-induced disruptions, surge in terror and crime within,…
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Security: Counting our blessings
If you spend your life expecting a storm, then you may never enjoy showers of blessings. Each time it rains, you expect your roof to be blown off, and anytime the sky is overcast, it sends you into trepidation. Apprehension. Nervousness. That is the mindset of those who continue to talk of ‘worsening insecurity’ in the land, even when things…
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In Kogi, it is raining wahala, By Dare Babarinsa
It is good and commendable that after many weeks of hesitation, the Federal Government decided to intervene in the dispute between the Kogi State Government and Dangote Industries Plc over the ownership of the Dangote Cement Factory in Obajana, Kogi State. Since Dangote opened the cement industry in Obajana in 2002, that town has never slept until Governor Yahaya Bello…
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In defence of Ghana’s ‘Assertive Curriculum’ and Nigeria’s Startup Act 2022, By Omoniyi Ibietan
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwun earned PhD in educational policy from the University of Southern California, in the United States. He represents Ashanti Region in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana. He is the Minister of Education in Ghana. Like Nigeria, Ghana is operating its Fourth Republic and by my reckoning, Ghana has made quantifiable and remarkable progress in its…
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Nigeria’s out-of-school children: Whose report shall we believe? By Dapo Okubanjo
The title of this article is straight from the scriptures but I dare say that it is quite appropriate at a period that a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Nigeria’s out-of-school children indicate that the number has jumped to 20 million from a previous figure of 10m while the Nigerian authorities insisted that…
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2023 Oyo Guber: knowledge of the State, political experience stands Folarin out, By Kola Amzat
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has signaled the commencement of electioneering campaign across the nation. Consequent upon this, political momentum has been gathering in all the nooks and crannies in the last couple of weeks. The major stakeholders have taken to the political turf connecting, canvassing and mobilizing the electorates for their aspirations in the forthcoming general elections. It’s no…
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Death of workplace religion: The Polaris Bank mis-example, By Festus Adedayo
A letter was found in 2006 in the room of a Nigerian drug leader after his apprehension in Thailand. The note had read: “Almighty God in Heaven, I have the right to be rich. I have the right to be a millionaire and no country has the right to pass laws that interfere with my reaching my goal of being…
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Atiku: The peril of inordinate ambition, By Louis Odion
Atiku is a conflicted bigot, consumed by inordinate ambition. He remains a bare-foot slave to an empire the Nigeria of the twenty-first century has outgrown. In 2011, he battled Jonathan for PDP ticket, on the argument that the ‘North has not used up its two term slots’, following Yar’Adua death in office on May 5, 2010. (Forget that he stubbornly…
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Before we get carried away again, By Simon Kolawole
In 1999, as President Olusegun Obasanjo was getting set to assume office, Channels TV sampled the opinions of everyday Nigerians on their expectations from the new government. One woman memorably said: “I want Obasanjo to bring the economy down!” You can laugh all you want, but her message was very clear: the economy was fundamentally about the prices of goods…
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Chibok parents still waiting for their girls, By Yemi Adebowale
Parents in Chibok, Borno State are still waiting for their abducted daughters, eight years after the gory incident. Last Wednesday, the Kibaku Area Development Association, also known as Chibok Community, said over 110 girls were still with their abductors. The community raised the alarm over the neglect of the schoolgirls abducted in their school by Boko Haram in 2014. No…
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