Perspectives
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Stories that Dokpesi told, By Mahmud Jega
When I heard the news last Monday of the passing of Dr. Raymond Dokpesi, I remembered an occasion in 1996 when he paid a courtesy call at the New Nigerian Newspapers’ head office in Kaduna. I was Deputy Editor of New Nigerian then and our managing director, Dr. Abubakar Rasheed, received him. Dokpesi was then best known as the proprietor…
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TB Joshua: Remembering exit of a world changer
By Dare Adejumo The month of June is a significant month in the anal of Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN). It is the birth and passing of its founder, Prophet TB Joshua that great world changer. Its fifth day makes the second year of his glorious exit from earth and on the twelfth, the great man of God who…
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OPINION: Fuel subsidy removal; key success factor for Tinubu administration, by Kola Amzat
Contained in the 2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) of the immediate past administration of President Buhari is N3.3 trillion proposed to be committed on petroleum subsidy between January and June 2023. Meanwhile, it’s already in the public domain that the immediate past regime expended a whopping N11 trillion on subsidy from 2015 to May 2023 when it exited. Instructively,…
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Learning from our failed prophecies, By Victor Adeyemi
I am very curious about the future and so are most human beings. My first expression of this interest was to read daily horoscope columns in newspapers as a child. I remember our dad taking it further by occasionally buying whole published books covering his star for the year. I later got to understand he had patronized a UK based…
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Disobedient by nature? By Odi Ikpeazu
I think some of us probably have a natural aversion to running with the crowd. One reason is that you will not be able to see your way clear for the stampede. And man, how noisy they can get. Plus, I am sympathetic to the theory that the larger a crowd, the lesser its collective IQ. That being the case,…
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Fuel subsidy: Time to decide whether to empower tiny few or all Nigerians, By Ismail Omipidan
Over the years, one thing has been very clear about Nigeria and its leaders: we do not lack good ideas and initiatives. What is lacking is courage and political will to do the right thing at the right time. This is why I commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for having the courage to confront this fuel subsidy palaver headlong. Courage…
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Fuel subsidy removal: Between economy of choice and economy of no choice, By Kunle Awosiyan
My worst subject in secondary school is Economics. It had no meaning to me at all, perhaps because the idea of my teacher was too advanced for me. I got F9. However, my involvement in practical economics as an adult and a few lessons from experts in the field give me the basic knowledge of the subject. Let us talk…
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May 29 and Onward: Towards Nigeria’s Rebirth and Transformation, By Tunji Olaopa
Preface Six concerns will constitute the focus of my discussion today. First, I will like to place May 29 within the context of Nigeria’s political history, and why it is crucial at this juncture. Second, I will be situating this 2023 transition within the context of the critical crises the new administration will be inheriting. Third, I will be highlighting…
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Adebutu: A frank diagnosis of political neurosis
By Olufemi Ezekiel Let me start by congratulating the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on his successful swearing-in ceremony for his second term. It’s a well-deserved victory. And it calls for celebration because since the outcome of the March 18, 2023 governorship election, the opposition especially the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oladipupo Adebutu and his cohorts,…
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FULL TEXT: Inaugural Address By President Bola Tinubu
THE NIGERIAN IDEAL My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances when we…
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