Perspectives
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The Tale of Nigeria’s Dangote and India’s Ambani, by Yushau A Shuaib
The politics of monopoly and oligarchy are familiar phenomena in Nigeria and beyond. During General Sani Abacha’s military rule in the 1990s, while working at the Federal Ministry of Finance, I witnessed the plight of a retired military officer turned entrepreneur. His product was threatened by a competitor who crashed the price of his goods to make that of the…
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Open Letter to the President
July 29. 2024 His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TINUBU (GCFR), President, Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Aso Villa, FCT, Abuja. Your Excellency, Nationwide Protest: where are the Federal Ministry Of Information and National Orientation Agency? Following the determination of the sworn enemies of democratic order and agents of darkness to unleash violence, pandemonium and chaos on the…
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Protest: Head or tail, we may all end up losers, by Tunde Rahman
All hell has broken loose in Kenya over the tax revolt that has been ravaging the country since June. In the wake of the crisis, part of the parliament building was set on fire by arsonists, and several public buildings were damaged while numerous companies and shops were looted. Emboldened by their relative success in forcing the government to cancel…
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Defense of the indefensible, by Salihu Moh. Lukman
There is a saying in Hausa – shure shure bai hana mutuwa, which literally means ‘struggling to survive does not stop one from dying’. This, perhaps, is the reality facing the government of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. With a protest scheduled to take place on August 1 – 10, 2024, the government is desperately mobilising opposition to the protest.…
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Burning down the Barn, by Lanre Issa-Onilu
The proponents of violent protests are not relenting. They have fixed August 1 to August 10 as the days of rage. They insist that the house must be burned down in anger. As W. B. Yeats wrote in his poem “The Second Coming,” “the falcon no longer hears the falconer.” In this case, the champions of violence are not willing…
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The threatened protests and the search for paradise, by Tope Fasua
I wrote a few weeks back about the broken global economic system, the increasing skew of global wealth in a tiny, few hands (a tinier few of them are Nigerians), and why countries in Sub-Saharan Africa – leaders and led – must be extremely careful lest we devolve into an unending cycle of value destruction. It bears repeating that the…
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Stephen Lawani at 80: Mysticism and the intellectual search for meaning in Christianity, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa
The title of this piece should not be strange to those who avidly follow my reflections on religion, African theology and its role in my spiritual maturation. In my estimation, Dr Stephen Lawani plays a significant role—as one of the many critical interlocutors on matters religious and spiritual in Nigeria and beyond. I am very pleased to be able to…
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My Encounters with Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, By Emeka Oparah
As a youngster back in the village, I became attracted to the name Iwuanyanwu, greatly popularized by the exploits of Iwuanyanwu Nationale FC, formerly Spartans FC. As time went on, I learned that the same Iwuanyanwu owned the then-famous Hardel & Enic construction company, which was a dominant player in the road construction industry. Across Imo State, many pieces of…
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National protest: deliberate attempt to embarrass government, by Kola Amzat
No other topic dominates public discourse today other than the impending national protest. It has suddenly becomes a behemoth that is unnecessarily creating undue fear in the hearts of the citizenry, stalling planning in millions of households across the nation, temporarily halting the direction of economy and of course, creating doubts in the minds of numerous foreign investors desirous of…
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The table is better than the street, by Bolaji Adebiyi
The planners of the impending protest should engage the government, writes Bolaji Adebiyi Except for the spat between Bayo Onanuga, presidential adviser on Information and Strategy, and the OBIdients, followers of the failed Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, there have been measured and tempered responses to the protest planned for 1-10 August 2024 by yet-to-be-identified persons. Perhaps, to prove…
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