Perspectives
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Two years of President Tinubu: a business perspective, by Abdul Samad Rabiu
As Nigeria marks two years under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I believe it is important to reflect, not from the lens of politics, but from the perspective of business, of industry, and of the economy. I speak not only as the Chairman of BUA Group – one of Africa’s largest conglomerates, but also as someone who has…
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From Nigeria to the UK: A father’s journey through two education systems, by Kayode Adebiyi
I am sometimes torn between my experience of growing up in Nigeria—where I raised children who are now adults and have all graduated from university—and my current life abroad, where I am raising my two youngest children. One is currently writing the GCSEs exam, and the other is still in primary school. My personal experience, from primary to secondary school…
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To Ngugi Wa Thiongo, who died at 87: A tribute, by Segun Ajayi
I was a primary school pupil when I first came across the name James Ngugi. I had followed my late dad to see a stage adaptation of “Weep Not Child” performed by students of Ekiti Parapo College, Ido Ekiti, and also my alma mater. As a little child with no exposure to African writings of Ngugi’s rating at the time,…
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FINANCIAL TIMES: How Tinubu’s ‘shock therapy’ is resetting Nigeria
For years, Nigeria has been not so much a sleeping giant as a comatose one. Home to nearly one in five sub-Saharan Africans, its market of 230mn people should be an engine of continental growth. Instead it has been a drag, stuck in an oil-dependent rut, plagued by banditry and run by a political elite bent on self-enrichment. It is…
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Chimamanda Adichie’s Dream Count and dismissive western reviewers, by Ikhide Ikheloa
None of the western reviews of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Dream Count I have read addresses the substance of the army of issues raised in the book. We need our own reviewers. They are mostly dismissive swipes at Adichie for daring to depart from the path of liberal orthodoxy. That’s a shame, the book is weighty, groaning with issues, mostly unresolved…
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Tribute to Mr Kunle Ajibade at 67, by Ademola Adegbamigbe
Mr Kunle Ajibade, Executive Editor/Director of TheNEWS and PMNEWS, who turns 67 today, is one of the most organised human beings on this side of the Atlantic. He is meticulous about everything, from the way he combs his hair, his dressing, and choice of Obafemi Awolowo’s cap (a symbol of his admiration for the man and his ideals) and the…
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Tuface Idibia — or Innocent Ujah Idibia — is the best, by Ediale Kingsley
What he lacks today is the arrogance of Burna Boy, the clout-chasing capacity of Davido, and the calculated aloofness of Wizkid. Without these attributes, he was king in his time — crowned solely by talent, not controversy or social media antics. These three, though dominant today, aren’t more talented than 2Baba. Not even close. Since his emergence, no one has…
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Aregbesola: Omoluabi or E’eyan-k’eyan? By Olawale Olaleye
First was the inner struggle on whether or not to undertake this intervention. How to do this as honestly as possible without being seen as making a case for the current “owner of Nigeria” was a concern – a huge one – given one’s long-standing ideology and principles. But then, what has to be done has to be done. Immediately,…
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Ibadan-Oyo war Of supremacy over Obas Council, by Lasisi Olagunju
At the Alaafin’s Garden Hall in Oyo on 6 November, 1934, Alaafin Siyanbola Ladigbolu held a storming meeting with the Resident of Oyo Province, the Honourable Mr. H. L. Ward-Price. The Resident was the equivalent of today’s governor; the Province equated today’s state. That meeting was called to discuss the news filtering out that the white man was moving the…
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Nigerians and scarcity mentality, by Aderemi Ogunpitan
Many Nigerians grow up surrounded by scarcity, where there is lack, opportunities are rare and basic needs are a daily struggle. This type of upbringing can breed a mindset rooted in the fear of not having enough, of falling back into poverty, of being forgotten, and hungry again. So when someone rises to power or comes into sudden wealth, the…
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