Perspectives

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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As the PDP blunders along, By Okey Ikechukwu

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is adamant on retaining the current party Chairman. The Chairman, himself, is adamant on not giving up his position. The supporters of the Rivers State governor, a defeated candidate in the party’s controversial presidential primaries, are adamant on not supporting their party’s presidential candidate unless Ayu is removed as party Chairman.…

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Senator Abe: Fated to be great, By Kennedy Friday

Senator Magnus Abe can shine anywhere he finds himself. That is perhaps due to his super intelligence and charismatic personality. A golden fish, they say, has no hiding place and that has been the fate of Abe. In 1999 he belonged to a star-studded Rivers State House of Assembly after cementing his popularity by winning a difficult election on the…

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And Debo jumped! By Wale Bakare

As Debo walked past her desk, Maureen looked up at him and smiled. He returned the favour and for the first time in weeks, the smile went beyond his lips. His eyes held a certain quality this morning that had been missing the last few weeks. Today, he did not have the weary, tired look he had taken to sporting…

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Rufai Oseni: Let us interrogate the numbers, By Temitope Ajayi

From his utterances and notoriety for talking down on his guests, Arise TV’s Morning Show co-anchor, Rufai Oseni, warts and all, has turned into a loose cannon, without a doubt. Truth be told, his unconvincing pseudo intellectual posturing is sure not doing him any good. His chip-on-the-shoulders, arrogant, and I-know-it-all demeanor while on air, though excitable to him, is not…

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A handful of men and the making of the society, By Odi Ikpeazu

I’ve been thinking lately about these things. This curious Monday ‘sit-at-home’ syndrome in the South East has always intrigued me for its lessons in mass behaviour. Initially, it was a phenomenon ingrained in the local population by force of sheer fear that had taken root in the minds of most. The consequences of non-compliance were clear for all to see…

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Frantic efforts to put out bushfires, By Bolaji Adebiyi

The two leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, are still busy putting out the bushfires inhibiting their efforts to hit the campaign trail. Though the other two main ones, the Labour Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, have also not shown a structured head start, the challenges in the APC and the PDP…

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Wike’s drunken moment and a hopeless House of Assembly, By Wale Bakare

We are an amazing people. When otherwise intelligent persons hail Wike as some sort of hero because of his brash and often uncouth approach to governance, I just laugh. When the Supreme Court removed the impostor Governor Omehia (and rightly so) in 2007 after 5 months, it should have ended that ignoble episode. However, 8 years later in 2015, in…

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Buhari’s footprints on waterways

It’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? You can’t physically see footprints on water, but then, that’s what President Muhammadu Buhari has done with the country’s waterways. He has planted his footprints on them, and they are some of the things that will stand him in good stead as he exits May 29, next year. Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority…

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API’s Nigeria social cohesion survey: A scary report spiced with hope, By Omoniyi Ibietan

Earlier today (October 6, 2022) up till early evening, about two hundred Nigerians, listened raptly to Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, lawyer, ex-Central Banker, scholar, public intellectual and former presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian elections, as he delivered the keynote speech at the public presentation of the 2022 Nigeria Social Cohesion Survey Report conducted by Prof. Bell Ihua-managed Africa Polling Institute…

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