Perspectives
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Clarification on coalition of political leaders-By Salihu Lukman
While responding to a question during the Press Conference on the Declaration of Emergency Rule in Rivers State on Thursday, March 20, 2025, Alh. Atiku Abubakar confirmed that the formation of a Coalition ahead of 2027 general election is going on. This has generated wide interests and national debates with varied interpretations. In order to set the records straight, it…
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Back from the dead! By Gbemiga Ogunleye
If, like me, you have this bad habit of reading every inscription on buses or walls, you probably would have seen this inscription on hospital walls: WE CARE; GOD HEALS! That was what I remembered that Saturday morning in Kaduna as I lay on the surgeon’s operating table. I silently prayed to God to take control. Before entering the theatre,…
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Festus Adedayo’s attack on Adewole Adebayo: When bias masquerades as critique- By Stephen Adewale
This rejoinder is a response to a column that graced the pages of the Nigerian Tribune on March 16, 2025, titled “Nasir El-Rufai and the Philosophy of Nothing.” The piece was penned by none other than Festus Adedayo, one of my cherished wordsmiths, a maestro of prose whose pen drips with both wit and wisdom. Adedayo has long held a…
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No flowers for Obaseki’s afterlife, by John Mayaki
I stumbled upon several posts by a few disgruntled apostles of Godwin Obaseki saying the unpopular ex-governor deserves his “flowers”. Some even said months after leaving office, Obaseki is still governing Edo state. They also declared, “You can never steal Ematon’s glory,” boasting that “Obaseki, Triple A, InfraCorp, and APP, as equity partners, signed the N228bn agreement for the reconstruction…
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Beyond rhetoric: Lagos State’s bold steps towards a cleaner, sustainable future, by Babajide Fadoju
The recent wave of criticism targeting Lagos State’s environmental efforts is not only misleading but dismissive of the substantial work being done to transform the city. It is one thing to critique; it is another to acknowledge real progress. A recent statement from Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour portrays Lagos as an environmental disaster, suggesting that the state has failed in waste…
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Imagine Rivers State without a state of emergency, by Bayo Onanuga
Imagine a Rivers State where President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hesitated to declare a state of emergency. The political standoff between the State Assembly and Governor Siminalayi Fubara could have continued and degenerated into violence. Impeachment threats might have spurred attacks on lawmakers by the governor’s supporters, while militants in the creeks—primed to sabotage critical oil infrastructure—could have plunged Nigeria’s oil…
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On the origin of blacks’ underdevelopment, by Baba El-Yakubu
By any reasonable standard, black race is at the bottom of human development pyramid. In any field of human endeavor – material possessions, literature, culture or ability to organize into purposeful society – today, the race is at the lowest level of any scale. It is part of human nature to crave for more and better. All sensible humans aspire…
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Abandoned by wives, how men become bachelors in old age, by Tinuade Ogunlesi
I visited a friend somewhere in Ibadan and in the course of driving me round on a sight-seeing spree, we got to an area with stretches of modest buildings. It was a typical civil servant arena: the houses were beautifully designed bungalows built in the British architectural patterns interspersed with occasional storey buildings. Notably, most of the buildings had attached…
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Natasha and lessons of history, by Omoniyi Ibietan
Natasha is about to be recalled because there’s no organised counterpoise from her side or on behalf of the idea she represents (not on her behalf). Let me clarify right now, that I used the word ‘Natasha’ for convenience and not in solidarity with the uncivil movement that thinks she should be stripped of the title ‘Senator’ because she has…
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Why I am the way I am: Acknowledging Nigeria’s progress, by Kayode Adebiyi
I never meant to write about this, but I decided to after reading a post Olajide Abiola shared, written by Eketti about how you can become a sponge soaking in everything you expose or surround yourself with. Without realizing it, you lose yourself to the extent that you begin to act like what you continually gaze upon. After reading many…
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