Perspectives

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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Are we drinking the Petrol? By Simbo Olorunfemi

Always a delight listening to the Khalifa, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano. He keeps you spellbound by the force and smoothness of his delivery, It was no doubt a delight listening to him deliver the keynote speech in Kaduna yesterday at this year’s KadInvest, an annual investment forum organised by the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency, in…

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Obajana Cement and Gov Bello’s fairy tales, By Yemi Adebowale

Anybody listening to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on the Obajana Cement Plant’s dispute with Dangote Cement PLC would think there was a cement production company owned by the Kogi State Government and sold to Dangote Industries Limited in 2002. NO! There was never anything like that. The Kogi State Governor has been dishing out fairy tales about Obajana…

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Beyond the ASUU strike, By Segun Ayobolu

So the protracted 8-month strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) could be brought to an end with constructive engagement between the union and government and with both sides making comprises so that the crisis could be amicably resolved at last? If so, why the grandstanding on both sides all this while with the elephants engaged in a…

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A different model for funding of Nigerian universities, By Oyedeji Kayode

Free education at tertiary level is not realistic. Education may be free at lower level. At the tertiary level, it must be of high quality and must be paid for. It will be important to compare the cost of managing a student per head in either Covenant or ABUAD with that of a top, government funded University to see if…

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OON award: Come and see me dey buga…

The news came like a bolt from the blue. I had been slated to receive National Honours Award in the rank of Officer of the Order of the Niger, OON. Who, me? I almost couldn’t believe it. Astounded is the word. But the person telling me was neither flippant nor frivolous. And a short while after, I had the letter…

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Voting right to keep Kwara on path of steady growth, By Rafiu Ajakaye

‘Vote right to keep what’s left’ is a political slogan adopted by British longest serving Prime Minister of 20th century Margaret Thatcher in her first attempt at parliamentary representation in 1950. It was a sound bite that captured her imagination of the 1950s British society and her belief that the country would be better served with the Conservatives. I found…

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Imam Abdullahi Abubakar: Befitting honour to a prophet at home, By Omoniyi Ibietan

The conferment of a national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), on Imam Abdullahi Abubakar, is not just deserved, it is the finest statement President Buhari has made on religious freedom in our polity. The act also repudiates, even if momentarily, the dictum that a prophet has no honour in his homeland. I am not…

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How not to be a mascot for Àìlẹ́kọ̀ọ́, By Folabi Ogunleye

Believe it or not: Your conduct – your general comport through life – is often not a reflection of your heritage, be it familial or location. Neither is such conduct or comport always a reflection of your manner of raising. More often than we care to admit, our behavior is more or less who we are at our core, far…

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It is hard to say goodbye, By Kayode Fayemi

Protocol How can I begin to find the words that can fully capture the feelings that welled up in me as we began various aspects of our transition process in Ekiti? Amidst the outpouring of solidarity and goodwill from various quarters far and near, it is difficult not to feel emotional. However, underlying those feelings of emotion is also a…

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