Perspectives
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Rewriting the fate of public schools in Nigeria: Old Students Associations to the rescue
By Tunji Olaopa In my earlier musing about my alma mater, titled “Olivet Heights and Wale Okediran: Rewriting the Fate of Public Schools in Nigeria,” I had challenged the Wale Okediran-led Olivet Baptist High School National Old Student Association (OBHS-NOSA) on the herculean task before it. Apart from the critical commitment to raising the bar of the school that gave…
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The return of Stalin, By Chris Adetayo
Old heads will remember the tv series, “Return of the Saint”. Well, it turns out that even in international politics, we do have “returns” and reincarnations. There’s the desire or campaign to return to or reclaim old territories, known as irredentism. One can situate some of the arguments around Russia and it’s neighbours on this. But the interest here is…
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For 2023, Tinubu is a worthy person to support, By ‘Tope Fasua
Dear reader, as you may know, I don’t like doing easy things. I also don’t believe things easily. Tinubu looks like the unlikely president. Yes, he looks frail. He looks old. He has all sorts of allegations around him. But. But. Sometimes, the best gems are hidden in the rough. That he has survived so far in politics must mean…
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Emefiele for President?
By Segun Ayobolu Does Mr. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since 2014, desire to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as elected leader of the country in 2023? This is from all indications the case. As has become an all too familiar story in Nigeria, all kinds of faceless groups are urging on Emefiele to run, printing…
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Buhari’s kind of kindness
By Femi Adesina A man with empathy for the poor, the weak and the vulnerable. He loves them deeply, and they also love him to bits. That is President Muhammadu Buhari for you. It is often said that the man already has at least 12 million votes waiting for him in different parts of the country before the first ballot…
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SME strategy cannot save this country — Think again
By Tope Fasua How else is one going to say this so that the mass hypnosis that we almost collectively suffer will clear, so that our brains may function well? The idea that the continuous encouragement of micro, small, and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) is a sure bet approach to economic development is false, foolish, unscientific, fraudulent, wasteful, mediocre, lazy,…
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Aregbesola’s anti-Omoluabi ethos
By Ray Ekpu ThisDay newspaper of Sunday February 20, 2022 delivered a front page screamer that read “Tinubu floors Aregbesola as Oyetola wins Osun APC primary.” This is what is known as interpretative reporting in journalistic lingo. ThisDay was simply interpreting the feud between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola that predated the election primary for the selection of…
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Loud whispers: Please stop!
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Please stop! I just saw a five-year-old girl dancing at her birthday party on a thick carpet of dollars and Naira Please stop! That was after seeing the little boy of no more than four, wearing a ‘Billion Dollar Gang’ neck chain, swigging from what looked like a bottle of beer while his mother twerked and did her…
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How Sanwoolu is buying the future forward with education
By Victor Ganzallo Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today-Malcolm X. The above quote by one of the greatest human rights activists that ever walked the face of the earth succinctly captures the commitments and vision of the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu in the area of…
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The great pilgrimage of Peter
By Dare Babarinsa When the angelic delegates came to summon Peter Awelewa Adebiyi home, he was fully ready. Throughout his years as an active priest of the Anglican Church, he always maintained that this world is a market place and heaven is the home for all true believers. His children and other members of his family were thinking he would…
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