Perspectives
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Opinion: Tinubu’s historic speech at UNGA, by Kola Amzat
In the past, African leaders have always seized the platform of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to inundate the world of endemic poverty, conflicts, wanton destruction, political instability, strife, wars, economic degradation, insurgence etc pervading their continent. They, in essence magnified the enormity of the aforementioned challenges with a view to attracting undue sympathy & pity, as well as making…
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Ebora Owu is at it again, By Bolaji Adebiyi
After what appears to be an interlude, former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, returned to the news wave again. A few days ago, a video of the former president, also generally referred to as Ebora Owu, went viral. He was seen dressing down some Yoruba traditional rulers over what he regarded as their imprudence. He ordered them to stand up!…
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Atiku and his great but illegitimate expectations! By Jesutega Onokpasa
In what is being touted as the latest twist to what is really nothing but his pathological fixation on appropriating Nigeria’s presidency to himself, former Vice President and People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubarkar, has come up with a supposedly novel ground in his appeal of the decision of the Presidential Election Petition Court…
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MohBad’s mum: my light is dead, By Gbenga Omotoso
She isn’t that old, but she has aged. Suddenly. That is the picture you get when you see the grieving mother of music star Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba(aka MohBad). The agony of a distraught mum was vividly demonstrated today when Deputy Governor Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat shunned the revelries of a birthday and chose to visit MohBad’s Lekki home. “My light…
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Sonala needs to get his facts right, By Garba Shehu
Never before have attacks on any Nigerian Head of State been so continuous or chillingly violent than in the weekly syndicated column wired from America by Sonala Olumhense. As a student, I read his weekly column in the Guardian newspaper with relish, this was until he migrated (Japa) to America with its gleaming malls and opulent high-rises and since then, things…
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Obasanjo, Obadide and Obajoko: A tale of tradition, attrition and perdition, By Toyin Falola
This is a new danceCalled open and closeWe’re going to sing and tell youAbout open and closeI want to tell you a storyNo be story oI begI want to tell you a storyNo be story oI want to tell you a storyE no be story?At all, very very at allVery very at allDey say e no be story oThe tin…
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Inside Buhari’s cattle farm, By Femi Adesina
I spent three days in Daura, Katsina State, about a fortnight ago, visiting with our former President and my principal, Muhammadu Buhari. I got more than an inkling into how he spends his days in retirement in that modest abode and verdant community. Even out of power and office, Buhari is in so much demand. So many people just want…
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Opinion: Fayemi’s hypocrisy, by Kola Amzat
Very recently, during a book launch in FCT, Abuja, the immediate past Minister of Solid Minerals and ex-Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi was at his hypocritical best with his outburst that the widely celebrated “Occupy Nigeria Project” organized by the progressive groups across the country during Goodluck Jonathan regime was politically motivated and indeed, aimed at attracting public condemnation, ridicule…
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The Cape Town re-entry, By Wole Soyinka
The mistake we all continue to make is our insistence on regarding the recent Nigerian elections as an adversarial thriller. The contrary is the truth. The ballot tally accurately reflected what happens when a political party splits itself in two, especially so critically close to an election. What promised to be a spectacular contest is transformed into a Feast of…
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100 Days: The untold stories of President Tinubu’s leadership acts, By Tunde Rahman
In the last one-week since President Bola Tinubu clocked 100 days in office, commentators and analysts, political observers and politicians have busied themselves, dissecting the President’s performance in office, particularly his major decisions and policy options. Many have also commented on the achievements recorded and the areas that require improvements. The newspapers and electronic media have been awash with many…
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