Perspectives
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Tinubu’s useful northern idiots, By Nasir Aminu
To be clear, the term useful idiot is not an insult. It is the term used to describe political puppets. It is regarded as a Machiavellian technique, a calculated move to use others as tools for personal or political advantage without regard for their autonomy or awareness. The notion that Tinubu is a master political strategist can be confirmed by…
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Ministers: Surpassing the momentum, By Kola Amzat
Since his inauguration into Nigeria topmost office on May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu has never left anyone in doubt that governance has transmuted into a new realm of urgency, purposefulness, resourcefulness, selflessness, probity, and accountability. Reminiscent of Jesus Christ in Matthew 15:29-30 who came nigh unto the Sea of Galilee and went up into a mountain where the great…
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Book review: Cyber politics – Social media, social demography and voting behaviour in Nigeria, By Azu Ishiekwene
My job today is to review the book, and not the man. But since the man made the book, I would, to slightly paraphrase Oscar Wilde, overcome by yielding to the temptation of reviewing the man. In case you didn’t know the meaning of the “P” as it appears in the middle of the author’s name on the cover of…
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Why you must not change your values, By Tony Elumelu
Yesterday, I spoke to a group of brilliant teens at the THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD TEAP Zone Teens Career Conference 2023. I told my story as Tony Elumelu, the business man and the father. I have learnt a lot of life lessons on this journey, and I shared with the teens – hoping to inspire them as they…
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A Biblical perspective on marine and blue economy, By Temitope Ajayi
“They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.” Psalm 107:23-24 KJV “Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee.” Isaiah 60:5 The…
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Niger: ECOWAS’ war and peace options, By Tunde Rahman
Are war and peace mutually exclusive? This is one important question that has dominated the attention of scholars and students in the area of conflict resolution across time and space. The answer, however, varies with different schools of scholarship. For instance, one academic contends that both war and peace are mutually exclusive, as a nation cannot engage in war and…
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The small difference between developed and developing countries, By Eniola Ajayi
I found that just like the difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary is the little extra; so the difference between developed and developing, is in small things. The other day, Folake and I were doing our morning walk as we have done for a couple of days now, then it hit me from the road signs. I noticed that…
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Ọmọkọmọ! By Toyin Falola
Do you remember the wedding party I attended the other day? The one I saw Bẹ́kùnBẹ́kùn at? Yes, that one. I called it Ayamatanga! Google it!! I saw something else too. The bridesmaids’ dresses looked like they had a mission to seduce. Indeed, two of them were looking at me, and it reminded me that my father married my mother…
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The Nigerian billionaires and Tinubu’s Tax reform, By Temitope Ajayi
It has been a refreshing experience, in the last one week, to read very strong endorsements of President Tinubu’s tax reform by at least five major national newspapers via their editorials. I align with the view of Professor Niyi Akinnaso who wrote, yesterday, in his Nation Newspaper column, that the media should assist the government in achieving its development goals…
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Opinion: Niger republic dilemma, by Kola Amzat
There is no doubt that the present political developments in the neighboring Niger Republic has presented President Bola Tinubu the biggest diplomatic battle of his two and half old months regime. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as the Chairman of ECOWAS is sandwiched on one side between the dominant America, Great Britain, rapacious French,, their allies, and…
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