Perspectives
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When F.R.A Williams asked Supreme Court to overrule itself — by Richard Akinnola
His intellectual endowment aside, his presentational style and manner of articulating his views in clear, lucid format which made it easy to comprehend his arguments, added up to the substance of an enigmatic profile of Nigeria’s first SAN.It was this drive and resourcefulness that often prodded this legal icon to seek new frontiers in our law, trudging new terrains of…
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Nigeria’s greatest obstacle may be its opinion of itself — by Folabi Ogunleye
_”A nation’s future is shaped not only by the quality of its institutions or the wisdom of its leaders, but also by the stories its people tell themselves about who they are and what they can become.” AMONG THE MOST DAMAGING OBSTACLES to Nigeria’s development is a peculiar psychological contradiction: the coexistence of misplaced arrogance and a deep-seated inferiority complex.…
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Land abandonment and the security crisis in Yorubaland — by Gbenga Daramola
The growing incidence of banditry and kidnapping across Yoruba land has become one of the most disturbing security challenges of our time. While many analyses focus on the immediate criminal activities and the ethnic dimensions often associated with them, a deeper and more structural examination reveals that rural-urban migration, land abandonment, and the neglect of agricultural settlements have significantly contributed…
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Call for resignation: Peter Obi cuts a pitiable figure, needs schooling — by Sunday Dare
His latest call for President Bola Tinubu to resign is not the intervention of a statesman. It is the outburst of a politician who appears increasingly unable to distinguish between political opposition and constitutional reality. For months, Nigerians have watched Obi drift steadily from the measured and restrained image that once earned him admiration across sections of the country. What…
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The courage to reform: A prayer for President Tinubu — by Segun Showunmi
It is difficult not to recognize the enormity of the work being undertaken at this moment in our nation’s history. The reforms may not always be immediately visible to those focused on present discomforts, but some of us can appreciate the scale of the structural changes required to secure Nigeria’s future. Many of these are the kinds of difficult decisions…
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The burden of reform and the reward of perseverance — by Dare Ojepe
There are moments in the life of a nation when history demands a choice between comfort and courage. Comfort whispers that difficult decisions can be postponed. Courage insists that problems deferred only become more expensive for future generations. Comfort seeks temporary relief. Courage seeks lasting solutions. In May 2023, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office, Nigeria stood at precisely…
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Ekiti 2026: When the PVC defeated social media hype — by Seye Oladejo
The outcome of the Ekiti State governorship election has once again reinforced a timeless lesson in democratic politics: elections are won at the polling units by voters armed with their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), not on social media timelines dominated by hashtags and viral sentiments. The election serves as a fitting reminder that while social media remains an important platform…
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Any embattled Prime Minister has dark nights of the soul — by Rishi Sunak
You lie awake in the Downing Street flat wondering whether you are the problem, or whether the job is just impossible in the current circumstances. When the military bands start practising on Horse Guards at 5am, it is a relief. You now have an excuse to get up. The truth is that the struggles of a premiership are nearly always…
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A response to Mr Peter Obi’s manufactured resignation demand — by O’tega Ogra
Peter Gregory Obi has once again demonstrated his most consistent talent: the selective editing of public records to manufacture grievances he can then ‘nobly’ respond to. Mr Obi wants President Tinubu to resign, and his evidence is a quote he had to edit to support his ‘half-truth’ argument. Here is what Mr Obi told Nigerians the President said: that he…
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Gratitude in an era of ingratitude — by Kelechi Deca
Our elders said that “The fowl does not forget the person who plucked its tail feathers in the rainy season”. Her Excellency President Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia visited the house where she once lived in Magomeni Tanzania during Namibia’s liberation struggle for independence against the apartheid regime in South Africa. Many activists especially those of the South West Africa People’s Organisation…
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