Perspectives
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Funmi Aragbaiye at 72: Her music, her voice & the next generation of gospel musicians — by Bimbo Esho
My first encounter with Evangelist (Dr.) Funmi Aragbaiye was sometime last year when I reached out to inform her about a prestigious recognition our company, Evergreen Musical Company, was organizing in partnership with the Lagos State Government. True to our philosophy of honouring excellence based solely on merit and genuine achievement, we unanimously chose to celebrate a woman whose life…
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Six Oyo aspirants rejection of Alli’s gubernatorial candidature stands abhorred, by Kola Amzat
Few days ago at a reconciliation meeting in Ibadan, six (6) Oyo gubernatorial aspirants firmly declared to Senator Femi Lanlehin’s led reconciliation committee that as far they are concerned, the party was yet to have a recognised governorship candidate for the forthcoming polls. To the discerning heart and the logically-minded, the implication of the aspirants’ declaration is that they probably…
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From rainbow to shame: How xenophobia betrayed the South African dream – by Seye Oladejo
South Africa today stands at a dangerous crossroads of its own making. Once celebrated as the Rainbow Nation and the undisputed economic powerhouse of Africa, it now finds itself grappling with the predictable consequences of years of populist politics, economic mismanagement, rising intolerance and self-inflicted diplomatic isolation. Nigeria, and indeed the rest of Africa, should watch events unfolding in South…
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The death of intellectual courage: OAU’s cowardly cancellation of Moyo Okediji — by Bukola Oyeniyi
According to Professor Moyo Okediji’s public account, Obafemi Awolowo University cancelled his lecture and book launch, and withdrew his book from the press. If that account is accurate—and OAU has a duty to tell the public, plainly and immediately, if it is not—then this is not a routine administrative adjustment. It is not prudence. It is not sensitivity. It is…
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Imo’s Digital City: A quiet revolution and true heartbeat of the Renewed Hope Agenda — by Babajide Fadoju
While roads, hospitals, convention centres and housing estates capture the headlines, it is the Imo Digital City, where 75,000 youths are being trained in digital skills, smartphones are being assembled locally, and drones are being deployed for security and logistics. Across Imo State, the signs of transformation are impossible to miss. The reconstructed Owerri Okigwe and Owerri-Mbaise-Umuahia highways now carry…
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Oriire, ordeal and the duty to defeat terror — by Folorunso Adisa
There is a quiet irony in the name Oriire. In Yoruba, the word loosely translates as “good fortune” or “blessings.” But for nearly two months, the people of Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State lived under the crushing weight of fear rather than fortune. Their community became synonymous with anguish after gunmen abducted 44 people, comprising 39 schoolchildren and…
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Seeking proper understanding of the biblical “writing on the wall” to avoid misleading Nigerians, by Kola Amzat
In desperation to impugn the character of the president and what he stands for, as well as cast doubts and aspersions on the government policies, agenda and programs, public analysts and commentators who have sympathy for the opposition groups should always exercise restraint with a view to seeking proper understanding and knowledge of the information around the issues they are…
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The verdict of capital: Global investors endorse Tinubu’s economic reforms — by Seye Oladejo
For close to two years, the opposition and their army of social media propagandists have spared no opportunity to predict the collapse of the Nigerian economy. Every reform of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration was greeted with apocalyptic forecasts. According to them, Nigeria was on an irreversible journey to economic ruin. Investors would flee. The naira would become worthless.…
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Magu’s travail and Malami’s forfeiture: The wheel of accountability turns — By Wahab Shittu
In July 2020, I watched the machinery of the Nigerian state turn upon its own chief corruption hunter. Ibrahim Magu, then acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was picked up, detained and suspended from office, and made to answer before a Presidential Investigation Panel chaired by Justice Ayo Salami, a retired President of the Court of Appeal.…
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Post-2027 reform advisory for reprofiling the civil service for next level performance — by Tunji Olaopa
It is the task of the institutional reformer not only to push for concrete reform steps and policies, or take stock of the steady achievements of reform articulation and implementation. It is also very cogent for the institutional reformer to always stay ahead of political and electoral dynamics. The civil service was founded on its capacity for administrative stability and…
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