Perspectives

Religion, the Nigerian Demon, By Dele Alake

Physically remote but fully involved in the processes leading up to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory at the APC primaries and also in the power play that led to the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, it was with quixotic astonishment and predictable derision that the mere suggestion of a controversy…

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Finding a path of growth through your grief, By Oprah Winfrey

My father, Vernon Winfrey, has been the bridge over troubled water for me since the beginning of my life. He gladly played the same role for many of those who attended his homegoing celebration in Nashville this past Thursday, and for many more who could not be with us. The influence of his strength, compassion, and wisdom on the entire…

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The limits of influencer marketing, By Akin Olaniyan

The appearance of Habeeb Okikiola otherwise known as Portable at campaign rally as guests of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Davido for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osogbo, Osun State, has elicited comments from many Nigerians. While most of the comments I have read question the morality of popular musicians throwing their star power behind political campaigns; the…

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Muslim-Muslim ticket: A race to Aso Rock not a race to heaven, By Toba Alabi

Every candidate’s choice of running mate is targeted on winning the election not how to go to heaven. This is Aso Rock race not Heavenly Race. Good morning. There’s no fairness in politics. Power is never served to you, you take it.Anyone criticizing the APC for their choice of VP candidate does not understand politics. Politicians are in politics to…

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The battle of the second fiddles, By Dare Babarinsa

No one really worries too much about who the Vice-President is until there is trouble with Number One. The Vice-President is often not the second most powerful person in the government of his principal. He gets his position because it is convenient, and politically expedient that he be given the job. After the election and the winner settles into office,…

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The green and yellow flag, By Odi Ikpeazu

“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even if there are no rivers.”– Nikita Khrushchev Honestly, 2023 can’t come quickly enough for me, for the election to fly by and respite be had from these noxious fumes of partisan hostilities that foul the breathing space. Nothing is more welcome by our people obviously, than any opportunity…

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Tinubu: Hundeyin’s rehash of old wives’ tale, By Temitope Ajayi

The only set of people who think there is any kind of smoking gun with which to nail Tinubu in the rehash of old wives’ tale David Hundeyin concocted are the same people who never see anything good in Tinubu. It needs to be asked how anyone could think FBI and DEA will allow a drug dealer or a man…

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Jandor’s comical ignorance on Lagos floods, By Ayodele Olu Peters

From 8th Friday to Sunday 10th July, Lagos was hit by heavy and perennial rainfall that fell continuously for no less than 8- 10 hours over the weekend. One of the natural and inevitable consequences of such heavy down power was the flooding in many areas of the state and damage of property as well as loss of lives in…

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Not a funky time for Funke Akindele, By Bamidele Johnson

There is a big chance that I do not know what I am talking about here and it happens fairly often. I am not ashamed to say I talk a lot of BS. But I think that even when plied with a potent liquor cocktail, there is no chance of me saying that Funke Akindele has anything resembling political capital.…

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Kashim Shettima as I know him, By Ish’aq Moddibo Kawu

My friendship with Kashim Shettima dates back to his time, as Manager of Zenith Bank, in Maiduguri. It’s an interesting story, with deep family issues involved. No one could have predicted then, that he was going to become a politician, not to talk of emerging as a two-term Governor of Borno; a Senator, and today, the running mate to the…

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