Perspectives
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Scorched-Earth politics on the prowl, Bolaji Adebiyi
As the electioneering for Umaru Yar’Adua’s presidential bid reached a crescendo in 2007, a sticky issue was his health status. It had trended during the Peoples Democratic Party primaries earlier in the year, but that didn’t stop him from clinching the ticket. His traducers didn’t stop too, persisting in playing it up during the hot presidential campaign. Led by the…
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Preliminary assessment of challenges facing the CBN, By Olayemi Cardoso
In his inaugural address, the President conveyed the urgent need to “clean up” the CBN and its Monetary Policies. As a first step to this task, Mr. President’s appointment of a special investigator into the affairs of the CBN is currently underway. Further to the clean-up exercise, the President deemed it necessary to bring in new leadership to the helm…
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Atiku Abubakar’s certificate forgery allegation: More posers for Dele Momodu, By Ismail Omipidan
I admire Chief Dele Momodu’s passion and unwavering support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the current Osun Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. However, the air he claims has been cleared over the lingering controversy surrounding Atiku Abubakar’s educational background is still hanging. I implore him to go back to our former Vice President after reading this piece for more…
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Let me tell you about Rev Chris Okotie, By Femi Adesina
In eight years of serving as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, I saw humanity in different dimensions: the good, the bad and the ugly. Some people were after us morning, noon and night. Implacable. We were at the mercy of supposedly Christian preachers who were full of bile, malice and malediction. They cursed, saw evil…
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FULL TEXT: Obi addresses press, asks Tinubu to clear identity
UPDATE: FULL TEXT OF PETER OBI’S PRESS CONFERENCE Having followed the prolonged identity crisis that recently played out in the American Court System and the controversy surrounding the authenticity of the Chicago State University credentials of Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I must confess that I am distressed as a Nigerian In addition to the barrage of media frenzy that the…
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Nigeria: Transcending the economic impasse, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
A flurry of activities has commenced since Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the presidential election and was sworn in, as president. Due to the poisoned chalice he inherited and the economic booby trap he walked into, he enjoyed no honeymoon whatsoever. From the pronouncement he made that “Subsidy is gone!”, it was clear from the onset that President Tinubu ascended the presidency without any illusion about the magnitude…
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Atiku Abubakar’s nunc dimittis, By Peter Claver Oparah
By every measure the parody Atiku Abubakar, the defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his cohorts put up yesterday, which they flattered with the hyperbole of ‘World Press Conference’ was an anti-climax that worsened the already battered image of Atiku and his sulking PDP fawners that are yet to live down their defeat in the hands…
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Opinion: Atiku’s wild goose chase, by Kola Amzat
Never in the history of Nigerian democratic governance has she experienced a very top political chieftain so drenched in vengeance and completely overwhelmed with pettiness and pedestrian political issues capable of tearing the country apart, as well as rocking the unity and togetherness of her territorial integrity to its foundation, like ex-V/president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Despite the unmistakable signs…
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The mess by Customs at the border, By Yemi Adebowale
I was left depressed after listening to the acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, speaking on the smuggling of petroleum products and revenue generation at a press briefing in Abuja last week, organised to mark his first 100 days in office. I heard the man that is supposed to be leading the team protecting our borders giving needless and childish…
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Atiku’s fishing expedition: much ado about nothing, By Kassim Afegbua
When the noise rented the air like a thunderbolt, one was tempted to conclude that there was substance in their agitations. Quite a few Atiku Abubakar’s media lapdogs appeared with leaked saliva all over their mouths, seemingly aroused by a false hope of catching President Tinubu pants down. Indeed they have been running from one media house to another, trying…
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