Perspectives

Retrieving the philosophy in the PhD degree in Nigeria, By Prof Tunji Olaopa

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported in the second quarter of 2020 that there were 76, 526 PhD holders in Nigeria. Indeed, in the absence of current and useful data, we can conservatively approximate the 2022 figure to be somewhere around 85,000. And there are approximately more than 20,000 PhD students in Nigerian universities. This ought to be beautiful…

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Nigerian workers used their zeal and sweat to build our nation, By Prof Yemi Osinbajo

“The Nigerian worker in every real sense laid the foundations of our sovereignty and freedom with their blood and tears, and nurture it till this day with their sweat and zeal.” SPEECH DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE 2022 WORKERS’ DAY RALLY THEMED: ‘LABOUR, POLITICS, AND THE…

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Why I left Osinbajo support groups, By Funke Cole

“In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn’t matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did.”Cassandra Clare Tongues have been wagging on why I abandoned the campaign train of the Vice-president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and jumped on the train of another aspirant in their bid to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as…

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Why it is worth listening to Bola Ahmed Tinubu on sovereign economics, By Tope Fasua

Or I should title this; “Why Does APC Never Listen to Bola Tinubu (BAT)?” Well, there is surely something that the followers of Bola Ahmed Tinubu see in him, which some of us don’t. What we see more often is the bad news, the purported greed and alleged ownership of half of Lagos, and so on. But some years back,…

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Awujale, tradition and good governance, By Segun Ayobolu

On April 2nd, 2022, the paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Awujale Sikiru Kayode Adetona, Ogbagba 11, clocked 62 years on the throne of his forefathers. Preceding Oba Adetona’s ascension to the ancient stool of Ijebu, there had been 57 Awujales starting from Awujale Olu-Iwa to the incumbent’s immediate predecessor, Awujale Daniel Adesanya, Gbelegbuwa 11, who was the traditional ruler of the…

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Iran ramps up oil exports as China pulls back on Russian crude, By Benoit Faucon

Iran is ramping up oil exports and benefiting from a rise in oil prices as its main buyer, China, pulls back on its purchases of Russian oil due to the war with Ukraine. Iran oil exports—which go almost exclusively to China apart from rare deliveries to Syria and Venezuela—rose to 870,000 barrels a day in the first three months of…

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Akinwumi Adesina strikes again!

Anytime he traverses the land, air or sea like a troubadour, he must bring good tidings. Each time the Nigerian President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) comes to see President Muhammadu Buhari, he never comes empty handed. He must bring goodies and goodies for his home country. Tuesday this week was not different. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, former Minister of…

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2023 Presidency: The fairness I know, By Orji Uzor Kalu

It is my desire and intention to run for the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I am committed to this pursuit, but I can’t make an official declaration to this regard without the full support of other regions. Everywhere in the world, politics is situational and that of Nigeria is exceptionally situational. The situation in Nigeria is that…

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We can make the Commonwealth a real global power, By Muhammadu Buhari

What becomes of the Commonwealth should one of its 15 members that is not a republic join those 39 others which are? With Jamaica considering such a move, this question is being asked. But it is misplaced: the modern Commonwealth was constituted in 1949 specifically to accommodate a republic – newly independent India – precisely after such constitutional change. Still,…

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Interrogating interim government proposal, By Segun Ayobolu

It is instructive that reactions to eminent senior lawyer and elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola’s call for the suspension of next year’s polls and the institution of an interim national government to replace the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for a period of six months at the expiration of its tenure, have been virtually unanimous in opposing and denouncing the strange…

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