Perspectives
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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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On Senator Bulkachuwa’s ‘confession’, By Olusegun Adeniyi
At the valedictory session of the 9th Senate last Saturday, a ‘Most distinguished’ (as they address themselves) told his colleagues that many owe their stay in the green chambers to the ‘benevolence’ of his wife, a retired judicial officer. Despite the best efforts of the (now former) Senate President Ahmad Lawan to apply the ‘off the mic’ principle to gag…
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We need to expand the meaning of leadership, By Dare Babarinsa
Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire tries to appeal to a global audience in her seminal book, Pillars of Statecraft, which would be presented to the reading public tomorrow in Lagos. This is a book of towering ambition, examining the deeds, and also the misdeeds of men whose actions have had consequences on the fortunes of their nation and also on mankind. A country…
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Tinubu’s steady and assured moves so far, By Kola Amzat
It’s an established norm and tradition in contemporary democratic governance that leaders of government are subject of assessment of their stewardship for 100 days of their assumption of office. But, what President Bola Tinubu has done just within 14 days of assumption of office as President, Commander in Chief of Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria has made nonsense…
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Patigi waterways and tragic harvests of death, By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
First of all, we must condole the people of the various communities of the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State; the Etsu Patigi, and all our compatriots in Kwara State, on the death of 110 individuals, as a result of the tragic accident on the waterways of that part of our state. May the Almighty Allah reward them with…
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Ambode: A visionary And Audacious Leader At 60
By Habib Aruna To Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the former governor of Lagos State, former Auditor General and Accountant General, the ideal way to celebrate his three score in mother earth would not be to organize an elaborate feast, spread a red carpet to bring friends and well-wishers together or even pomp champagne. Doing so is absolutely not in his character.…
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Kashim Shettima and the weaponisation of political language, By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
With the election of the presiding officials for the 10th National Assembly, it has become instructive to do an overview of the politics, and the related issues, on the eve of the elections. The first thing to note, is that the ruling APC eventually got what it wanted: party candidates as Senate President and Deputy; as well as Speaker and…
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Three slaps in Aso Rock, By Mahmud Jega
In his eight years as Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was not known for making controversial, not to mention incendiary, remarks. That was understandable because he was a mainstream civil servant who rose to become a director in Federal service, before he ventured into politics. Imagine the surprise and uproar he caused last Friday when he said…
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Kashim: Speaking our national language and the challenges from religious languages, By Tahir Ibrahim Tahir
The densely populated North West has held sway over the North’s hold on power for decades and it is by a mighty miracle of God that our Vice President Kashim Shettima, who comes from the North East, made it through the quarter finals, semi finals and finals of the 2023 electoral season to become the nation’s number two citizen. Merit,…
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