Perspectives
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Trump’s grave error, by Femi Fani-Kayode
President Donald Trump, I am constrained to ask you the following question. With respect, do you really believe there can be peace after you have dropped all those bombs? If so you are far less intelligent than I thought and power has blinded your better judgement. You have clearly lost your senses, your emotions have taken over and, like a…
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Benue’s killing field, by Bolanle Bolawole
“Any insurgency that lasts more than 24 hours, a government official has a hand in it” – the vile dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. “Finally, Mr. President has moved out of his comfort zone in the Presidential villa…” “That is not true! The president has moved on a countless number of occasions from the villa. He is not a recluse like…
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Alia, Tinubu, and the crisis in Yelwata, by Ugo Egbujo
Father Alia is at his wits’ end. Under his watch, Benue has become a human abattoir, a slaughter field where hope bleeds out. As the sore he inherited festers and turns gangrenous under his nose, he dithers and waffles, unruffled. Alia’s phlegmatic calm mocks the screams of his people. While Benue, slashed and fractured, writhes in agony, his slow and…
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Power for power’s sake: the pretenders behind ADA and 2027, by Kayode Adebiyi
I find it really sad that some of our politicians — despite the fact that a few of them, like Nasir El-Rufai, are actually very book-smart and can hold their own intellectually. Unfortunately, they lack political maturity and emotional intelligence. For the life of me, who told them that the solution to Nigeria’s nascent democratic journey is the registration of…
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Birthday tribute to Mr Bayo Onanuga, by Ademola Adegbamigbe
Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, who is marking his birthday this Friday, 20 June, has a rare gift. He can keep a straight face that is difficult to read by his enemies. He put this into use on one of those days when General Sani Abacha was Head of State, ruling Nigeria…
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APRA at 50: Kenya is magical but Nigeria will rule the world, by Omoniyi Ibietan
The other day at the ongoing 36th Annual Conference and 50th Anniversary Celebration of APRA taking place in Mombasa, Kenya, the women in PR rose to the occasion and took the space by storm. Two sessions held concurrently in two different venues under the same roof. One focused on women in PR, the other on men in PR. I was…
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Oko-Oba Abattoir and Tokunbo Wahab’s axe, by Bamidele Johnson
Really chuffed watching Tokunbo Wahab, the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, announce that the infamous Oko Oba Abattoir was finally getting the axe. Or the sledgehammer. Or whatever environmental closure tools commissioners carry these days. That place, in all its gory glory, has defied every known hygiene code. It is a place that should be preserved not as a…
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Corruption: A phenomenon that must never define Nigeria, by Tope Fasua
I jumped right into typing this midway through reading a long‑bookmarked article, which I thought could offer insights into the workings of Nigerian local governments, drawing from experiences from that level of government in other countries – especially the advanced ones. The article – written by a Nigerian and a Briton with some credential around Africa – simply regaled about…
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The saga of unbreakable Uncle Sam, by Dare Babarinsa
Sam Amuka-Pemu (Sad Sam) has staying power. He has remained a prominent Nigerian for more than half a century. In 1967, when he was appointed editor of the Sunday Times, he was just 32. Before then, he had been the editor of Spear magazine, also published by the Daily Times group. In 1973, he collaborated with Chief Olu Aboderin, a…
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Israel vs Iran: What is Nigeria’s foreign policy thrust? By Bola Bolawole
“Countries have no permanent friends or enemies but permanent interests” – Lord Palmerston, 19th century British Prime Minister. I was aghast when I read of Nigeria poking her nose into the scuffle between Israel and Iran. What is our own, as they say, in the long-standing enemity between Jews (Israelis) and Persians (Iranians)? Is our beef ethnic, economic, political, religious,…
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