Perspectives
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Samoa Agreement and journalistic red herring, by Bolaji Adebiyi
Insinuations that the partnership agreement protects LGBTQ rights are unfounded, writes Bolaji Adebiyi Because of the press’s persuasive power to shape public opinion, one of its tenets demands accuracy as a core professional value. Accuracy is important because the press is a medium for the dissemination of information that many people use to make decisions or form opinions on critical…
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Islam, death, burial and vanities of life, by Mutalubi Ojo Adebayo, SAN
May Allah accept the homecoming of Hon. Akinremi, forgive his shortcomings and admit him into aljannah fridaus. Amin. May Allah also comfort and uphold all those he left behind. Amin. I learnt that his burial (janazat) was not done yesterday but would take place today. The Islamic way of conducting burial remains the best and one of the finest beauties…
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Despite odds, Tinubu remains the best man for turn-around, by Kola Amzat
I’m oblivious of the fact that this Piece could attract barrage of attacks, but, I already developed thick skin to withstand whatever comes, as I continue to hold on to my deep conviction that with Nigeria present circumstance, the incumbent president remains the best figure to rescue the country from the pit she’s plunged by successive administrations. I’m very confident…
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Happy 90th birthday WS, my Dad’s true friend, by Funso Adegbola
I have known the Nobel Laureate, Prof Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka, who we fondly call Uncle Wole, Kongi, Prof and WS, for almost as long as I have known myself. He and my dad, Bola Ige were very close friends. They must have met at University College Ibadan, UCI- now University of Ibadan. They acted plays together in UCI and later…
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Wole Soyinka at 90: Truth, Literature and Nation building, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa
Wole Soyinka has been hoary since I came to the knowledge of his works and his activism many years ago. Hoariness, for me, is not a feature of age or greying hair. On the contrary, I attach a certain level of exceptional venerableness to the very figure of WS. He possesses a dateless significance for me that surpasses the depth…
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Echoes of Ogun: Celebrating Wole Soyinka, by Babafemi Ojudu
Please join us on July 13 at The Farm to celebrate WS, our own Wole Soyinka, in Ado Ekiti. There will be plenty of wine, sourced either from my grandfather’s aletu in Omioloye Farm or the vineyards of South Africa. Bacchus himself must make an appearance to honour Eni Ogun. There is no better place to celebrate and honour Wole…
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Kongi at 90, by Louis Odion, FNGE
Yes, take a glimpse at this photograph. You would probably imagine, momentarily, a model among the bevy paraded by, say, the popular ritzy GQ magazine. If so, well, you just fell for a disguise. Now, take a closer look. Strip that bucket hat and you will behold, in its luxuriant bloom, that familiar hoary mane complemented by no less immaculate…
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Understanding the Tinubu Tax Reforms, by Dapo Okubanjo
It is slightly more than one year into President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and like many other countries across the world, Nigeria is experiencing a cost-of-living crisis. This has, for some time, led to hues and cries over some of the reforms introduced by the administration, chief among which are the fuel subsidy removal and the unification of multiple exchange rates.…
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My fascination with the UK election and related matters, by Omoniyi Ibietan
Labour’s Sam Carling, 22, Commons’ youngest legislator, heads to Westminster to represent North West Cambridgeshire. Dubbed, “Baby of the House”, Mr. Carling, a graduate student of science at Cambridge University, defeated a veteran Conservative Parliamentarian, Shailesh Vara by 39 votes. Yet, Carling called his election a ‘political earthquake’. I think this is quite revolutionary. Indeed, election results do not have…
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LGBTQ Storm in $150 Billion Samoa Deal Teacup, by Farooq A. Kperogi
In the last two days, my social media feed has been suffused with impassioned expressions of grief and outrage from Nigerians over a putative June 28 agreement that the Nigerian government has signed with the European Union to legalize LGBTQ+ rights in the country in exchange for a $150 economic package. It turned out that a July 4 Daily Trust…
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