Perspectives
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NASENI’s promising talent: Physicist Jamilu Tanko and his groundbreaking Cyclone Furnace innovation
Nigerian physicist Jamilu Tanko is making headlines with a groundbreaking invention that promises to revolutionize small and medium-scale industries. His innovation, the Cyclone Furnace, presents a cost-effective and energy-efficient solution for drying processes, with far-reaching applications in sectors like baking, pharmaceuticals, rice mills, papermills, brickmaking, and local communities. As a Principal Scientist at the Hydraulic Equipment Development Institute (HEDI) in…
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Jola Ogunlusi at 90, doyen of NUJ-By Bolaji Kareem
On September 25, Former National Secretary of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) , Comrade Jola Ogunlusi will be 90 years old. His friends and associates have planned a thanksgiving service for Saturday September 28, at church of Pentecost, 21, road, FESTAC Village, to give praise to God for preserving the life of the man who crossed many turbulent waves, along…
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Ball already in the court of local government authority(s), by Kola Amzat
A couple of months ago, the Supreme Court in a landmark judgment ruled in favour of Local Government Council Fiscal Autonomy. This was consequent upon the suit instituted at the Court to do so, by the Federal Authority. The initiative of the federal government was necessitated by the decades of impunity, mindlessness and cheating visited upon the 3rd Tier authority…
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Joe Ajaero, DSS and fuel price hike, by Tunde Rahman
By the time the Department of State Services released Nigeria Labour Congress President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, last Monday evening September 9, he had become contrite, remorseful and perhaps ashamed of his uninformed action. The labour leader was invited twice by the secret police and twice he failed to honour the invitation. As I learnt, during the second invitation, Ajaero even…
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NNPC, Dangote, marketers and the price of petrol, by Simbo Olorunfemi
I am not sure what to make of the news that there is finally an agreement in place which will see NNPCL starting to load petrol from the Dangote Refinery from September 15th, which it will then push on to marketers for onward distribution to service points around the country. There is no doubt that it is good news, as…
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Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu: A unique Yorùbá intellectual, cultural icon and elder statesman, by Tunji Olaopa
The Yorùbá culture has always been blessed with the attention of intellectuals, scholars and academics who considered it a worthwhile subject of discourse. Without any doubt, the Yorùbá culture is one of the most studied cultural forms of life in the world. This is apart from the many scholars, cultural enthusiasts and intellectuals that the culture itself has produced, from…
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President Tinubu’s decisive leadership on security, by Fredrick Nwabufo
It takes decisive leadership to roll back the forays of terror. Terror understands the language of terror. The recent successful operations of Nigeria’s security forces across the country bear a defining mark of resolute leadership. On Thursday, troops of Operation Hadarin Daji made a quick delivery. They dispatched terrorist leader, Halilu Sububu, and his gang of death-dealers in a five-star…
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Shared fate and friendship: The journey of two foremost Yoruba kings
By Pius Ade Babaleye The Yoruba proverb “Anjọọ́rin, a kò mọ orí Aládé,” meaning “we don’t know who will wear the crown,” perfectly encapsulates the remarkable story of Oba Adedokun Omoniyi Abolarin, the Orangun of Oke-Ila, and Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, the Soun of Ogbomosho. These two prominent monarchs, whose destinies have been intertwined for over five decades, share a…
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Portable’s mouth is apparently bigger than his future, by Abiodun Awolaja
Like many of the ethnic groups in Black Africa, the Yoruba are very clinical in their proverbs. Enjoy one: “Alagemo to n y’ole rin, iku pa, belentase opolo to n jan ara e mole.” Gloss: Death kills the chameleon that treads with caution, let alone the toad that continually slams itself on the floor. That is the case with the…
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Banire’s wrong assumptions, NNPC and challenges in the oil sector, by Olufemi Soneye
In the face of the challenges in the oil sector, particularly the current tightness in the supply of petrol, it has become fashionable to blame the national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd), for everything. Last week, it was Prof. Pat Utomi who railed and fumed at the NNPC Ltd calling it one of the most…
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