Perspectives

I hope I have not gone gaga! By Seth Akintoye

I don’t know if I have entered into any stage of dementia or just going gaga! But at the end of this article readers should be able to help seek appropriate treatment if you think so. I woke up early on the morning of Sunday, June 12, 2022, musing seriously upon life and my country, Nigeria. A popular American preacher,…

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How far can Atiku go without Obi? By Kunle Awosiyan

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, former vice president Atiku Abubakar cannot win the 2023 election without the eastern bloc behind him. And by extension he will need somebody like the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi to go far. But for pride sake, I do not see Obi jettisoning his presidential ambition since he left PDP…

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June 12: Lessons I learnt have guided my path in public service, By Bola Tinubu

On this day, June 12, we celebrate democracy and commemorate those who have sacrificed so much to establish this most benign and noble form of governance in our land. Let us never treat this day as one devoid of special meaning, as just another holiday on the yearly calendar.  We must keep in special and important remembrance why June 12…

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We need leaders not a Christian or Muslim, By Kunle Awosiyan

I always find it irritating to start a debate along religious line when it comes to leadership. For me, bringing religious sentiment into politics is like reducing leadership to a sort of entitlement. For instance, Pastor E.A Adeboye is a Christian Cleric but I see him more as a man of immense leadership quality rather than a great pastor. The…

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ADC, Kingsley Moghalu and Pat Utomi, By Simbo Olorunfemi

I am not one of those shocked at the loss by Mr Kingsley Moghalu at the ADC Presidential primaries. Not because I have always seen him as a Featherwieght insisting on boxing in the Heavyweight category. Not that. I had the hunch such could happen, having had the opportunity to watch a programme by the Party last week (I think).…

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Aisha Yesufu: Old age, leadership and my America experience, By Mariam Jimoh

The video of this lady Aisha Yesufu talking about old men leading the youth that is making the rounds prompted this story. See a few years ago, I had the opportunity to work with this Soil Engineering firm considering my background in Architecture and then I had also badged a degree in Landscape Architecture. I know those who know me…

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Hats off to Jagaban! By Olawale Olaleye

One of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s agelong political ideologies, is that power isn’t served a la carte. It’s a philosophy that encourages power seekers to go after it as much as they want it and like the kingdom of God, which suffers violence, take it by force and own it. But I’d never shared this idea with him. Reason for this…

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Knock, knock! Who’s there? By Femi Adesina

If you are of my generation, and you have some literary inclination, you would have read the novel by James Hadley Chase, with the above title. Knock, Knock! Who’s There? It was the dream of Johnny Bianda to own a boat off the coast of Florida. And he filched money for the boat from his firm, knowing full well that…

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Tinubu : A journey to complete break from military rule, By Tanko Yakasai

The election of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the APC official candidate is indeed an important political development in our transition to full fledged democracy, a milestone attained by an acclaimed figure and politician juggernaut of the APC, National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinunbu. Paramount and if elected as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju will signify the…

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TV surrogacy and celebration of absurdities! By Temitope Ajayi

I think many Nigerians have been so used to abnormalities such that they now see the normal as absurd. Since yesterday afternoon, many of our so-called analysts and surrogates have been on TV and Radio stations doing post APC presidential convention review. One of the prominent faces, Dr. Sam Amadi was on Arise TV yesterday and, in his usual triumphalism,…

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