Perspectives
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Bridging the digital divide to help overcome Africa’s learning crisis, By Emeka Oparah and Mohamed Fall
Today (16th June) we commemorate thousands of young activists in Soweto, South Africa, who marched to protest the quality of their education in 1976. Hundreds of them were shot dead for demanding their right to learn. Does today’s generation of children have a reason to feel similar anger at the state of their education? Certainly, young people have been taking…
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Tinubu’s heroic; Nigerians didn’t believe me, by Kola Amzat
Some six (6) and half years ago, precisely in the very early part of ex-President Buhari’s first term in office, I started churning out a series of publications and write-ups in the Nigerian tabloid and social media platforms, essentially to provide justifications why Asiwaju Tinubu should succeed the immediate past president. Even though, against all odds of insults being hurled…
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Ribadu, security chiefs and their customers, By Dare Babarinsa
After barely four weeks in power, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shown Nigerians that he means business. On Monday, Tinubu retired the old military chiefs and the Inspector General of Police. He finally sent home the durable Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali, who was the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (CGC), for the past eight years and brought in Bashir…
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The imperatives of fuel subsidy removal, By Babajide Fadoju
During his inauguration speech, the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced that the subsidy regime has come to an end. It got the whole nation fired up – queues returned to filling stations across the country, public affairs analysts and economists went on tirades about whether it was the right or wrong thing to…
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Bites and Kisses: The day Bayo Onanuga summoned me, By Adeola Agoro
I was young.I was energetic.I was bad with the computer (the pen wasn’t it for me. My speed on the computer has always been wow!). And when I was handling the Bites and Kisses column of Tempo Magazine (a sister company of The News and P.M News) as a Reporter/Researcher, I was as “deadly’ as I was sweet. Ohhhh… Those…
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Tinubu and the audacity of courage, By Tunde Oladunjoye
“If we aren’t willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren’t willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize them, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.” Barrack Obama The above title and quote will probably be the most appropriate to describe the less than a month old administration of…
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My unbroken 21 years work experience at Airtel, By Emeka Oparah
Last Saturday, I clocked 21 years in the telecommunications industry! I was delighted to receive a notification, early on Saturday morning, from the great Airtel Africa HR team reminding me of and congratulating me for my dedicated service to the organization! Yes, I have spent all of the 21 years in the same organization with neither shame nor regret but…
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Between Sanwo-Olu and Ambode, By Simbo Olorunfemi
High point of this eventful week, for me, was the visit by Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the home of his predecessor in office, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, to be a part of his 60th birthday celebration. It was so beautiful seeing Mr Ambode leading Mr Sanwo-Olu into his home, both beaming with smiles. The symbolism of the visit was obviously…
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Retracing Steps and Embracing Dignity: The Imperative for Otunba Segun Sowunmi, By Adisa Folorunso
Deception and opportunism have become synonymous with the political career of Otunba Segun Sowunmi. His actions and words expose a man driven solely by personal gain, disregarding any sense of loyalty or integrity. It is time for him to retrace his steps and embrace dignity, lest history forever remembers him as a political charlatan. Sowunmi’s track record of political flip-flopping…
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Senegal’s democracy imperiled by unfreedoms, By Omoniyi Ibietan
Senegal has been on fire because President Macky Sall’s regime is taking democracy for granted. Now the Internet is shutdown, largely because Mr. Sall wants to stop the young people’s access to the social media as a measure to stop the current violence led by young people and women. It is crazy that a government at this age would contemplate…
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