Perspectives
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The seven times Farooq Kperogi fabricated lies, by Adamu Tilde
There is a growing effort to deodorize the consistent, recurring and habitual attitude of Dr. Kperogi to peddle fake news and share concocted stories and lies. The truth is: Kperogi is a purveyor and enabler of fake news, no amount of revisionism and whitewashing can change this fact. A cursory look into his both Twitter and Facebook posts can attest…
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Farooq Kperogi, divorce allegations, and the Aisha Buhari controversy: The legal danger of reckless commentary, by Alih Ibrahim
In a recent online commentary, Prof. Farooq Kperogi made sweeping allegations about the personal life of Nigeria’s former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, including claims that she was divorced by President Muhammadu Buhari before his death, and had reverted to her maiden name. He went further to insinuate that her presence during Buhari’s illness and death was merely cosmetic, and questioned…
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Apology to Aisha Buhari, by Farooq Kperogi
Although I absolutely should have foreseen it, I honestly didn’t anticipate the profoundly painful consequences that my July 16 Facebook update titled “Aisha Buhari, Divorce, and Forgiveness Claim” would have on former First Lady Mrs. Aisha Buhari and people closest to her. It’s one of the worst and cruelest lapses of judgement I have ever committed in my life, and…
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Three deaths: Gainers and losers, by Bolanle Bolawole
The death of three prominent Nigerians happened in quick succession, setting tongues wagging. The first was the passage of the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, which occurred on Monday, 7 July, 2025. In Yorubaland, obas don’t die, they only join the ancestors. The two other deaths happened in quick succession as if one was saying to the other…
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At Buhari’s funeral, Tinubu’s statesmanship rose above bitterness, by Bode Opeseitan
In Nigerian politics, betrayal is often met with retribution. The corridors of power are thick with grudges, and transitions rarely arrive untarnished. But on the solemn occasion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s burial, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu defied the cynical playbook—and in doing so, etched a moment of statesmanship that may outlive them both. Tinubu was no mere ally in Buhari’s…
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The genius of Yinka Fabayo, the traditional wood carver, by Dotun Popoola
Nigeria just lost one of the last traditional wood carver and we didn’t know. I often visited Mr Yinka Fabayo in his Oshogbo studio, sometimes to buy one of his beautiful wood sculptures, other times to pick up fabrics from his ever-gracious wife. Each visit was met with his signature welcome: a heavy punch to my shoulder, a squeeze deep…
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Maturity: The philosophy of Fuji music, by Gani Balogun
Despite my familiarity with the album, yet I am always blown away by the title track of this 1987 album whenever I listened to it.The album, which was dedicated to the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who passed into glory that year, represents the two extremes of the genre.The side dedicated to the late sage was a celebration of his…
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Day Buhari wept at Aso Villa, by Femi Adesina
All that some people knew about former President, Muhammadu Buhari, was his stern nature, which they mistook for wickedness. But the man had his soft side, which you never got to know except when you got close to him. Let me tell the story of Buhari’s encounter with Dr. Marilyn Amobi, the then Managing Director of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading…
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The Patriots’ pointless clamour for a new constitution, by Yemi Adebowale
The Patriots, a body of Nigerian elders and leaders of thought, in collaboration with the Nigerian Political Summit Group (NPSG), a coalition of professionals and political reformers, last Wednesday held a summit in Abuja, which they say will herald “an all-inclusive constitutional conference with the primary goal of producing a draft of a new Constitution for the country.” Former Secretary…
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Buhari’s shocker: I look forward to leaving, and when it’s my time, I go to my grave, by Femi Adesina
Why should one be so sad about the death of an 82-year-old man? Not just sad. Dolorous. Mournful. Devastated. At 82, you are not exactly a young man, and anything can happen. But not when you are Muhammadu Buhari, soldier of soldiers, an officer and gentleman. Not when you had survived a life threatening illness that lasted the better part…
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