Perspectives
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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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Osun 2022: Not the time for a dancing mascot, By Peter Adeshina
The main challenger in the Osun Governorship election, PDP’s Ademola Adeleke, parades himself as the harbinger of light, his campaign slogan being “imole de”, a Yoruba phrase that translates to the light is here. But his plans and vision for the state lack clarity and illumination. At campaign stumps and during media rounds, he has stuttered and floundered, failing to…
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Living with insecurity is the only security, by Jimoh Ibrahim
The human condition is precarious even in the most hospitable of circumstances because we are all unavoidably exposed − at least to some degree − to others who are at best careless and unreliable and at worst mean and malevolent. It is precise because human nature is flawed that perfect security cannot exist in any human society. Moreover, like Hobbes’…
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Wole Soyinka: Àgbà Ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n, Ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n Àgbà, By Simbo Olorunfemi
Having secured approval on the protocols from official quarters for my books presentation that was to have been held in March 2020, but for Covid-19, work commenced in a more defined manner with respect to planning for the event. I thought to reach out to Prof out of courtesy more than anything else. I thought it the proper thing to…
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You underestimate ‘party structure’ at your own peril, By Tope Fasua
If you are big on social media, you could already call the 2023 presidential elections for Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Indeed, he is making some impact, whether we agree with his politics or not. Many young and vocal people I know, and many who would not want to have anything to do with politics (who would usually…
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In Osun, it is Clown vs Crown, By Sam Omatseye
He spins, he rolls, he turns his head, his fingers flick around his face as though fanning his sweaty brow. But he is at once unwieldy and agile, a bulky frame gasping for exercise. He is not a great dancer. The exertion is more impresario than a quest for physical wellbeing. But a dancer he is. His fame, like his…
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Daily Trust, listen to us to know what we are doing, By Garba Shehu
The ill-informed editorial in yesterday’s Daily Trust newspaper warrants a response. The authors are correct that Nigeria like every other country in the world is undergoing a period of hardship. But all and any suggestion that the Buhari administration is not leaving Nigeria in a better place than we found it – especially on the key pillars of the economy,…
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