Perspectives
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A “chanced meeting” with Prof Patricia Manko Lar, by Ben Adam Shamang
On Monday the 5th of May, 2025, just three days ago, I had what I can call a “chance meeting” with the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof Patricia Manko Lar. I’d gone to the university, now named Yakubu Gowon University, to see a childhood friend I had not met for close to 40 years. I entered…
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Lagos APC’s crisis of democracy: Internal strife and the risk to President Tinubu’s stronghold- By Fouad Oki
Nigeria’s ruling APC is teetering on the edge of self-inflicted damage in Lagos State. As the July 12, 2025 local government and LCDA elections approach, bitter infighting has replaced unity. Party stakeholders warn that internal divisions and the imposition of candidates by powerful insiders threaten both the party’s credibility and its electoral prospects. In community after community, aspirants and their…
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Centurions in Cairo: Flying Eagles chase milestone victory against Kenya
By Olaolu Joseph Seven-time champions and two-time runners-up, Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are determined to mark their 100th match of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations with a win when they face Kenya in downtown Cairo on Wednesday evening. The encounter, which is one of the final games of Group B in the ongoing CAF U-20 Championship and is scheduled to…
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Adesina’s selective memory and the reality of Tinubu’s Nigeria, by Joy Omorogbe
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, a former Minister of Agriculture, now lectures Nigeria from abroad, claiming that Nigerians are worse off than sixty-four years ago. This is rich coming from the architect of the much-derided Phones for Farmers project, a sixty billion naira scheme that quickly collapsed under its own absurdity. The National Assembly once invited him to explain allegations of fraud…
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The cult of Traoré, by Ebenezer Obadare
Against all odds, ardor for a certain kind of authoritarianism is having a moment in Africa. Among a cross section of its intelligentsia and general public, the idea of a lawgiver appears suddenly to be back in good odor. The reason behind this infatuation is not difficult to divine. There is, for one thing, understandable frustration with the slow progress…
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Nigeria: A tapestry of joy, culture, and timeless beauty, by ‘Dayo Adedayo
In the quiet hours of going through my digital archives, memories etched through a lens since 2002. I found myself overwhelmed by a single truth: Nigeria is breathtaking. Not just in its sprawling landscapes or iconic monuments, but in the spirit of its people. As I lingered over the images from 2008, I was reminded of the unfiltered joy I’ve…
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Olorunyomi, Nigeria’s most decorated journalist, takes another award, by Omoniyi Ibietan
For the umpteenth time, Oyekunle Oyedapo Olorunyomi, publisher of Premium Times, possibly contemporary Nigeria’s most honoured journalist, was garlanded earlier today, with the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation (HLF) Award. Olorunyomi, popularly called Dapsy, famous for his public spiritedness, brilliance, grit and vision, and particularly renowned for his pragmatism and love for investigative and interpretive reporting, media independence, accountability as well…
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Imo and the proliferation of kings, by Ugo Egbujo
In Imo state, every family can become an autonomous community. It wasn’t always so. Perhaps at some point, somebody saw atomisation as development. Every square foot is now an ancient kingdom. So the state is now a conglomeration of fragments of communities called autonomous communities. As a result, every neighbourhood has an Eze. Some of them govern from the United…
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From headwinds to tailwinds – under President Tinubu, Nigeria propels forward, by Sunday Dare
Abuja, Nigeria — Two years into President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, Nigeria is undergoing a bold recalibration. A country once caught in the inertia of subsidy politics and policy hesitancy is now charting a new course, marked by structural reforms, fiscal reengineering, and renewed international engagement. From the outset, President Tinubu signalled an intent to stabilize Nigeria’s economy and fundamentally…
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A place for Babalawo in Journalism, by Simbo Olorunfemi
Lere Olayinka obviously, even if inadvertently, stirred the hornets’ nest with his remark yesterday dismissing the credentials of Basorun Dele Momodu and Rufai Oseni as ‘Journalists’, because both men are not known to him to have received formal training in Journalism, one having studied Yoruba, and the other, Animal Science. But beyond his tongue-in-cheek jive that Chief Dele Momodu should…
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