Perspectives
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Bamise of the Urban Jungle, By Dare Babarinsa
Lagos is an urban jungle of concrete and skyscrapers, of the dirty drainages and dirtier minds. Like in most jungles, there are always unseeing beasts crawling silently in the undergrowths. In the night, the urban jungle is alive with beasts of prey and beautiful reptiles with shining colours and deadly fangs. In the dark recesses of this jungle, there are…
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Professor Adeyeye and many contradictions, By Yekini Olugbenro
Professor Sola Adeyeye one of the American returnees rehabilitated by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and helped into political office – first as a Member of House of Representatives and later as a Senator – was on Politics Today, last Sunday, on Channels TV where he spoke from both sides of the mouth. For the life of me, I can’t imagine a…
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Bamise won’t die in vain, I believe, By Olawale Olaleye
The mindless killing of Miss Bamise Ayanwole on a major means of public transportation in Lagos State, is a cause for concern. I can’t recall, even as an adult, if any cagey murder had been cracked by any of Nigeria’s security agencies, lately. Even when suspects initially confessed to certain crimes, the narrative often changed, no doubt with the help…
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How compromised regulations is killing the Lagos BRT system, By Kunle Awosiyan
A boss once told me, “most reporters miss good stories nowadays because they now ride cars and feel too big to come down when a big story suddenly breaks out around them”. Believe me, nowhere is safe again. There are evil men everywhere whose ultimate goal is to become rich quickly no matter what it will take them. Must we…
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Mc Oluomo desperation will bring calamity and security challenge to Lagos, By Tunde Akanni
When a man is too desperate for power, self-centred, cruel, jealous, he would always think this world is a permanent place for him forever. When National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made MC Oluomo an ambassador for its campaign against drugs abuse, we all closed out mouths as usual while some praise singers saw it as their season to do…
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Even Jesus is called by his first name, By Gbenga X-adebija
The multi-national company I previously worked for in my career once organized a staff-focused initiative called Sharpening The Culture. As the name implied, it was about the impact of culture on an organization and the session was going very well until the issue of calling each other by first names came up. It was as if the oyinbo facilitator had…
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Dele Farotimi’s anarchism on Arise TV Morning Show, by Ayo Oladele Peters
There is no doubt that Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ is the programme to beat on the morning belt of Nigeria’s competitive television business today. Of particular delight on the show is the deep erudition, fascinating elocution and sheer oratorical mastery of one of the presenters, Dr Reuben Abati. It is, however, unfortunate that the handlers of the show sometimes…
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Africa: Arikair, Air Peace, the economic importance of aviation and the bedeviling Nigerian factor
By Ikechi Uko The CEO of United Nigeria Airlines, Dr. Obiora Okonkwo was quoted as saying that the Nigerian Economy will suffer if Air Peace goes under. A lot of people “dragged” him on social media. A family member in America then asked me about that “What do you think is the value of Air Peace to Nigeria and its…
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Sandwiched between two former Presidents, by Olusegun Patrick Odegbami
Olusegun Obasanjo – probably, the fittest 85 year-old former President in the world. A friend who knows my relationship with Baba Olusegun Obasanjo observed, on social media, that I was not a part of the two teams that played a novelty football match in Abeokuta to mark his 85th birthday yesterday. Well, I was there. The challenge was that I…
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Wike should respond to traumatised pensioners, by Yemi Adebowale
Governor Nyesom Wike has been building flyovers at the expense of human beings. This aptly sums up his almost seven years tenure in Rivers State. This governor has spent about N80 billion on flyovers amid suffering in the state. This morning, I am drawing attention to the plight of those devastated Rivers State pensioners who have not been paid gratuities…
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