Perspectives
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ACF: Time for work, not distractions, by Ismaila Mohammed
The recent declaration by the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to back a Northern presidential candidate in the upcoming 2027 general elections due to dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies did not surprise many Nigerians. The ACF, once a respected voice for the North, has become a shadow of its former self, mere mouthpiece for a select few, rather than…
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Sanwo-Olu enriches festival spectacles as Afropolis keeps Lagos dancing, by Akeem Lasisi
Beyond being the commercial and entertainment capital of Nigeria, Lagos can rightly be saluted as the No. 1 home of festivals too. Or, is there any other Nigerian city or state that hosts as many as the big festivals that happen in the aquatic city annually?Just consider what it witnessed in the past few weeks: the African Movies Academy Awards…
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Tinubu tax reforms explained in layman’s language, by Dada Olusegun
Since President Bola Tinubu transmitted four executive bills tagged #TaxReformBills to the national assembly last month, many needless controversies have engulfed the debate around the bill. Most of these controversies are simply borne out of inability of those flaming the controversies to carefully go through the contents of the bills currently before the parliament. As a result of, a lot…
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Tracking President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Cities and housing initiatives, by Fredrick Nwabufo
Housing is a human, psychological, and social need. It is a rudimentary component of existence and human dignity. It is as essential as life. Nigeria does have a challenge of affordable housing. The enormity of the challenge is even more perturbing when our steadily rising population is thrown into the dialectics of demography and poverty. According to the World Bank,…
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Presidency’s Multi-Spokesperson Model risks message fragmentation – By Tony Onyima, Ph.D.
The recent restructuring of President Ahmed Tinubu’s media and communications team introduces an unconventional approach. It dispenses with the traditional singular spokesperson for the Presidency and instead delegates this role to a team of three special advisers. While the stated objective is to enhance efficiency and ensure consistent messaging, this strategy raises critical questions about its practicality and potential pitfalls.The…
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The lucky man of Ondo state, by Reuben Abati
The battle of the Ondo state Gubernatorial election 2024 has been won and lost, with Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa emerging as the new Governor-elect: 1. 757 million eligible voters, 85.6% PVC collection, 22, 239 security officers deployed to enforce security, low voter turn-out, 17 candidates slugging it out in 18 Local Government areas, 3, 933 polling units, with over 1,000 election…
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What else do Nigerians expect from the President?, by Kola Amzat
Of all Nigerian successive leaders, President Bola Tinubu would go down in history as the most maligned, largely for daring to implement very tough policies-fuel subsidy removal and floating of the currency. Not even Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who serially frustrated and deceived the political class on his grandiose desire to return the country to democratic rule, a despicable reign climaxed…
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The President needs a Chief Media Adviser, by Simbo Olorunfemi
There appears to be some confusion among some on the communications and media structure in the Presidency, and on who exactly is at the top of the ladder. Rightly so too, given the overlap in the designations of the Special Advisers and (Senior) Special Assistants tasked with managing the media, communications and orientation function(s) for and on behalf of the…
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Lagbaja: When Generals, the Olúóde, die – By Festus Adedayo
The Yoruba believe in the law of causation, a principle of philosophy which says that, every change in nature is produced by some cause. To buttress this, they posit authoritatively that a tree will never fall in the forest and kill peasants at home. Following this causative trail, they also say that rafters will never sink and kill a passerby…
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Tax reform bill: Ali Ndume as “spokesman” of northern senators, by Kola Amzat
Suddenly, Ali Ndume, a senator representing Bornu South Senatorial Districts has emerged as mouthpiece of senators of northern extraction at the national assembly. Covertly or overtly, he has become their rallying point. At least, this was the deduction made by the generality of Nigerians when the Bornu senator appeared for an interview session in a Channel TV’s political program a…
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