Perspectives

How Tinubu designed 7 rail lines for Lagos, By Tunji Bello

Oga Tony, I don’t dabble into various political duels going on on this platform as everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. But we must learn to seperate political hatred or propangada from facts. Your response to Gov Sanwoolu’s interview was totally inaccurate and out of point particularly as relates to Tinubu. Asiwaju Tinubu designed 7 rail lines…

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Gen Irabor’s absurd disdain for mercenaries, By Yemi Adebowale

One of the reasons terrorists are having a free rein across Nigeria is because many, whose opinions would have helped this country, have become merchants of lies, rolling out imaginary security achievements. They are unwilling to speak truth to power. As a result, killings and kidnappings by terrorists have persisted in beloved Nigeria. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General…

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The unsung heroes of Birmingham, By Simbo Olorunfemi

Tomorrow, it will be a week since that night of glory in Birmingham when Nigeria capped what had become her best performance at the Commonwealth Games, even before the night with a befitting finale that had us singing to the moon and bugaing into the night. On the track, the scintillating win in 100 metres hurdles by Tóbi to silence…

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The Igbo, Peter Obi and 2023, By Segun Ayobolu

Given the strong feelings evoked in the South-East by the perceived imperative of a President of Igbo extraction succeeding President Muhmmadu Buhari in 2023, it is understandable that the presidential aspiration of Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has gained considerable traction particularly among youths in the region.But then, the demand in some quarters that the…

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What is Kashim Shettima even bringing to the table? By Jesutega Onokpasa

Former Borno Governor, sitting senator and Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Kashim Shettima, came into politics from the private sector. While Governor of Borno, Senator Shettima was one of the most talked about politicians in Nigeria. In the still unfolding run-up to the 2023 elections, he has not disappointed and is easily the most newsworthy…

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Towards 2023 with new ideas, By Kayode Komolafe

One of the positive things in the ferment about the 2023 elections is the increasing advocacy that the elections should be a contest of ideas. In other words, candidates contesting on the platforms of the various political parties should be identified by the ideas underlying their programmes beyond their ethnic, regional and religious labels. The corollary to that, of course,…

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‘I still believe in Buhari’

*Lesson from Hassan Usman, freed train abductee To be troubled in trouble is to have your trouble doubled, so goes a saying. And for Hassan Usman, a lawyer, it didn’t just rain on March 28, this year, it poured. He was not only onboard the Kaduna-bound train attacked by terrorists, his wife, Amina, was also there. They both got abducted.…

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Between grievance and organisational indiscipline

Some reactions to a political disappointment could amount to anti-party activities, writes Bolaji Adebiyi It is becoming increasingly difficult to understand the ways of politicians straddling the political firmament of Nigeria. Largely unprincipled and inconsistent, they flow with the tide and seldom play by the rules except when it suits their purpose. They say one thing and do the exact…

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Celebrating Bruce Onobrakpeya at 90, By Délé Jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́

Wa Do (I greet you All) When I turned 70 in 2015, there was quite a sizeable coterie of friends, colleagues, and elders who gathered at the campuses of the University of Lagos and the Yaba College of Technology to felicitate with me. The three-day event was organized by Kunle Filani, with the Society of Nigerian Artists as a co-sponsor.…

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Nigeria is sweet, Sade, come back home! By Richard Emmanuel

Few days ago, I shared the attached photograph. But I did not tell the story behind it. I only said “things are happening in Nigeria”. I feel the need to tell the story today and the lessons I have learnt from it. Sometimes in July, Dr. Sade Akiode opened her second dental clinic in Ikeja G.R.A. Journalists were invited including…

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