Perspectives
-
The media and creation of state police in Nigeria, by Kunle Osisanya
In response to the challenges of insecurity across parts of Nigeria, there is an emerging consensus towards the creation of state police in the country. It would appear however, that in trying to play the devil’s advocate, some sections of the mass media seem to have turned themselves into an opposition force against the creation of state police in Nigeria.…
Read More » -
Illusive Politics: What is to be done, by Salihu Moh. Lukman
In the next few days, the Fourth Republic will be 25 years. In the same vein, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be one year in office and APC will mark its nine years as a ruling party in Nigeria. The indisputable reality is that it is difficult for any rational thinking Nigerian to celebrate where we are today as…
Read More » -
2027: Decimated politicians regrouping to hijack power, by Kola Amzat
In many parts of the globe particularly in the saner political climes of United States of America, European countries and some North American countries, political leadership is been deployed to achieve developmental strides in economy, scientific and technological inventions, large scale agricultural and educational accomplishments, innovations in ICT and strengthening security architecture and more importantly, socio-cultural developments. In those political…
Read More » -
Getting Nigeria’s elephants to the dancing floor, By Tim Akano
“Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?” This is the title of Louis V. Gerstner memoir. The “miracle-manager with a magic wand” who midwifed IBM’s historic turnaround that begot IBM 2.0 in the 1990s. By 1993, before Louis’s appointment as the new CEO, IBM, the company that revolutionized the technology world, was on its way to extinction. It was projected to lose…
Read More » -
Gbenga Daniel and hallucination of serial failure, by Tunde Oladunjoye
“It is fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure”. The above postulation was an indelible thoughts of one of the most celebrated wealthiest personalities in the world, Bill Gates, in his evaluation of success in leadership and business. This submission clearly defines the ongoing conversation in the political space of Ogun State,…
Read More » -
Tinubu’s big bets on gas, by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz
Three distinct events in the course of last week all point to the unmistakable direction of the Tinubu administration in putting Nigeria on a firm and sustainable energy path. First was the order that government ministries and agencies must prioritise vehicles powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in their procurement. The second was the commissioning by the President of three…
Read More » -
Political positioning & somersaults, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, by Femi Oke
Prior to the 2023 General Elections, I defined then Governor Wike as the Niger Delta Militant, Warlord Lawyer Governor to castigations from LPDPians who hailed him then as their champion for his most vociferous stance against PMB’s APC Government. Wike was also hailed in the South for being the vanguard of the PDP hierarchy who opposed the Forever Candidate Atiku…
Read More » -
Dapo Abiodun: After five phenomenal years, three glorious years beckon, by Kayode Akinmade
He came into office amid ceaseless assaults by a violent Establishment. He had no handover notes. But he had an agenda, a steely resolve, and a burning passion to transform the Ogun environment. Today, five years on, even the most cynical observer would admit that the Iperu-born prince and boardroom genius has turned the Gateway State around, infused a climate…
Read More » -
Tinubu, the opposition and the Nigerian honey pot, by Kayode Soremekun
As the Tinubu administration approaches the one year mark,it is important to effect a review of what has transpired in the last twelve months. At the level of sheer policy postures and pronouncements,much has been done and so much is also being done, such that it is almost impossible to keep pace . In this narrative however,I have decided to…
Read More » -
Oyetola’s ambitious fish production initiative and other matters, by Ismail Omipidan
“The comprehensive Strategic Plan for the Enhancement of Fish Production, the minister noted, aims at transforming the marine and freshwater fish production in Nigeria with the aim of reducing the country’s dependency on imports, increase domestic production, and establish Nigeria as a net exporter of fish.” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not mince words when he declared upon assumption of…
Read More »
Follow our WhatsApp Channel