Perspectives
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A Tortoise story for labour, By Kayode Komolafe
“Alo ni ti ijapa, abo ni ti ana e” (While the public opinion favoured tortoise’s in-law at dawn; the popular view shifted in favour of tortoise at dusk). The Yoruba have an allegory about the pendulum of public opinion from which the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) should learn some lessons. Tortoise is, of…
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What has Yahaya Bello done in Kogi? By Jesutega Onokpasa
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, having already debunked the myth of the electoral invincibility of Kogi East by uniting a critical mass of Kogi Central and Kogi West behind him, the only hope for the opposition of defeating the Ododo/Joel ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was for Kogi East to have conceded the governorship slot to Kogi West…
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How Ademola Adeleke firmly governs Osun, By Olawale Rasheed
The superlative performance of Governor Ademola Adeleke has necessitated a change of strategy within the opposition. As the Governor cannot be faulted on performance rating, the focus is then shifted to how state decisions are taken, how appointments are made and how the wheel of state is piloted. As an insider, let me assert that the man in control of…
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When performance operates governance, By Fredrick Nwabufo
There is a pristine approach to governance: It’s either performance-operated or result oriented. The Tinubu administration’s perspective to governance is one that is people-focused and prioritises service delivery above notional niceties and officialese. It is an approach that demands clinical methodism in addressing institutional ills, rigour, discipline, efficiency, and most importantly, results. The recent Cabinet Retreat was a utility-mine. It…
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Alake rouses Nigeria’s mining sector back to life, By Segun Tomori
When President Bola Tinubu appointed Dr. Dele Alake as Minister of Solid Minerals Development, it was akin to the fifth wonder of the world as Nigerians wondered in hushed tones what a renowned journalist and communications strategist would be doing at the helm of managing the nation’s mineral resources. Many would have placed a bet that he would be assigned…
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BAORESS @53: A journey full of testimonies, By Raheem Akingbolu
Peter, NOT Peter the Apostle; but Peter, the hero of Hugh Walpole’s novel, FORTITUDE, said: ‘It isn’t life that matters; but the courage you bring to it.’ This, perhaps, summarizes the events that have consistently shaped the life of today’s birthday ‘girl’ and the wife of Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji. Two weeks ago, precisely on Thursday, 19th October,…
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Ajaero and his pursuit of personal political agenda in Imo State, By Bayo Onanuga
At the prompting of NLC leader Joe Ajaero, supporters of the Labour Party masquerading as workers on Wednesday blocked the major highway to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. For more than four hours early morning travellers were held in the traffic as Ajaero’s party men turned the highway into a bedlam, claiming they were avenging the attack on Ajaero…
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NLC/TUC cannot be a law unto themselves, By Nelson Ekujumi
Following from the hazy events sorrounding the NLC protest or is it labour party campaign rally of November 1 2023 in Owerri the Imo state capital, the Nigeria Labour Congress raised an alarm that it’s president Joe Ajaero had been abducted by operatives of the Nigeria police force and issued an ultimatum for his release within 24 hours, failure which…
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INEC, security agencies, politicians and the forthcoming polls, By Bolaji Adebiyi
The future of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States must be determined by their citizens, writes Bolaji Adebiyi After the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission did an introspection, reviewing with stakeholders in the month of July, the conduct and the outcome of the poll. Although there had been a widespread critique of the outcome of the election, particularly by…
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Jews, Gentiles and the road to Jerusalem, By Dare Babarinsa
The current Palestinian-Israeli conflict is what the late Kingsley Mbadiwe would have called the ‘battle of bicycle versus caterpillar’. Mbadiwe was a master of the superlative metaphor, and he used that expression to describe the closing days of the Nigerian Civil War. There is nothing civil about the ongoing conflict in the ancient land of Palestine, which the Jews call…
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