Perspectives
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Buhari: An unparalleled life of service, by Babatunde Fashola
With a deeply heavy heart and profound sense of personal loss, I join millions of Nigerians and friends around the world to mourn the passing of our former President, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. I extend my heartfelt condolences to his beloved wife, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, his children, and his entire extended family. I also condole with the government and people of…
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A legacy of integrity: remembering President Muhammadu Buhari, by Kayode Ajulo
It is with deep sorrow that I pay tribute to a distinguished leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, whose recent passing has created an immense void in the hearts of many Nigerians and around the world. During his first tenure as head of state, our world experienced firsthand the integrity, principle, and discipline that defined his character, shaping the very landscape of…
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Buhari’s final salute – the unspoken goodbye at Yar’Adua Center, by Abdullahi Haruna
The book launch of Mallam Garba Shehu was far beyond a book launch; it was a subliminal farewell gathering for a good man who had fulfilled his earthly tasks and accomplished his deeds — it was a gathering of friends, families, contemporaries, colleagues, and subordinates — it was the last rite of passage for former President Muhammadu Buhari at the…
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Reinventing Nigeria’s airports for the 21st Century, by Gbenga Olorunpomi
As Nigeria marks a century of civil aviation, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is ushering in a new era for our airports. This includes the most ambitious upgrade programme in decades. One clear example is the deployment of advanced scanning and screening machines, which have helped eliminate the outdated practice of manual bag checks.Just this month, we introduced…
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Desmond Elliot: the selective Samaritan, by Bamidele Johnson
“You cannot sit at home and later come to seek help from people who others sacrificed to vote into power,” said actor-turned-legislator Desmond Elliot, who appeared to have suffered a violent bout of foot-in-the-mouth disease, induced by the turnout at yesterday’s Lagos council polls. I was not in Lagos and I am still not. But if reports are to be…
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Invented rodent: unpacking the ethical vermin in Buhari’s media strategy, by Bode Opeseitan
Garba Shehu’s confession—that he concocted the “Presidential Villa rat invasion” story to divert attention from President Muhammadu Buhari’s health crisis—transcends political drama. It reveals a metastasizing governance cancer where truth is sacrificed at the altar of expediency. This analysis dissects the strategy’s philosophical bankruptcy and its corrosion of Nigeria’s democratic soul. I. DECONSTRUCTING THE DISTRACTION: POWER’S FRAGILE VENEER A. Anatomy…
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Nigeria’s BRICS partner status and initial gains, by Tunde Rahman
President Donald Trump never ceases to amaze with his haughty and self-aggrandising governance style, endless huffing and puffing, brinkmanship, and tendency to weaponise America’s often-stated exceptionalism and unilateralism. Last weekend, as member states of the fledgling association of the Global South and a growing economic bloc, otherwise called BRICS, were holding their 17th Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio…
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Wole Soyinka, Gulder Larger Beer, and quest to return as a Monk, by Bamidele Johnson
Late in June 2004, a team from The News starring Kunle Ajibade, our boss and a Soyinka devotee; co-starring myself, Adegbamigbe Ademola and Idowu Ogunleye met Professor Soyinka for a 70th birthday interview.The session took place at the Victoria Island home of Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi. Pleasantries were quickly swapped and we were asked what drink we wanted just as we…
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Kongi’s last decade before his centennial, by Omoniyi Ibietan
At 91, Kongi sets out to revel in the glories coming with his last decade before his centennial but the “drama of existence” continues to unfold in its purity and majesty and immersed in activism (literary, social, political and cultural) in a pure antiseptic fashion. Five years ago, when he turned 86, I wrote the quoted narrative below. “In July…
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Akeredolu’s cenotaph of controversy: a rejoinder, by Bolanle Bolawole
My phone rang on Thursday, 26 June, 2025 and a long-standing friend was on the line. “I know you are from Owo”, he began. “And I know you will want to comment on the ongoing controversy over Akeredolu’s Memorial cenotaph; except I don’t know you! But, be careful! What is involved is deeper than a cenotaph.” I thanked him and…
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