Perspectives
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Opinion: Adelabu’s glorious re-emergence, by Kola Amzat
It’s an unusual and very rare occurrence in the highly sophisticated Oyo political sphere where there is always long queue of aspirants lurking for political offices in each election cycle, for a political chieftain to miss golden opportunity to occupy a topmost office in the past, more-so, a governor’s office and still stage a big come back. But a golden…
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There is no good road to Niger, By Dare Babarinsa
Niger Republic has nothing to offer Nigeria, but trouble. It is one of the largest countries in the world and one of the poorest. Recently, an ambitious commander of the presidential guard seized power, imprisoned the President and incited the population to riot against their own elected leaders. Good drama to enliven the lives of the ordinary people in Niamey…
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The Owambe therapy, By Eniola Ajayi
OWAMBE is the name given to celebratory parties, especially large parties where a band or sometimes more than one band is engaged to entertain the guests, particularly the Yoruba’s in the South Western region of Nigeria. Owambe translated is, “it is happening here”. You could also say “we full ground and na we dey here” in pidgin English. The music…
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Niger Republic is an extension of Northern Nigeria, By Joseph Daudu
I don’t believe that Tinubu does not know the implications of his warmongering stance against Niger Republic. If he does not know, at least the Realists in his team must have worked out the implications by now. It has grave religious and ethnic downside. There is a school of thought encouraging him to go on this warmongering stance. These people…
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Tinubu, Nigeria and the fuel subsidy albatross, By Temitope Ajayi
The removal of fuel subsidy and the convergence of the foreign exchange markets, the two major policy objectives President Bola Tinubu has committed himself to since assuming office, inevitably came with economic cost to the people who have had to bear the pains of higher cost of living. The jump in pump price of fuel and devaluation of naira in…
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Tinubu’s broadcast left critics crestfallen, By Kola Amzat
There seems to be a pall of darkness over the entire nation following the president’s declaration of zero-subsidy regime for petroleum products during his inauguration, and coupled with the recent commencement of the implementation of unified exchange rate, both key policy initiatives with far-reaching capacity to determine the survival of our country, both in the short and medium-long term runs.…
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What is government doing about fixing refineries? By Temitope Ajayi
A pattern has emerged in the arguments many of the partisan and ideological critics routinely make on television stations. There is this tendency to always muddle up facts and mislead the public, notably through willful ignorance. One point that has been erroneously made is the view that the Federal Government is not doing anything about fixing the four refineries it…
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Between the minister and the senator, By Simbo Olorunfemi
On the list of nominees for the office of Minister that was released last week are some members of the National Assembly, including former Ebonyi State Governor, Senator Dave Umahi, prompting some to query the propriety/wisdom in a Senator giving up his seat to take office as a Minister. The argument was that he was better off being a Senator…
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Isinkan Kingdom and Akintide’s crocodile tributes to Osolo to further Akure’s hegemony, By Kunle Ariyo
Wumi Akintide is a grandson of Oba Adesida Olofinlade (Afunbiowo) who reigned in Akure between 1897 and 1957. Akintide fancies himself as a historian with fidelity to impartial documentation for posterity even when the average reader can easily see through his veiled mission to entrench a contrived imperial significance upon his grandfather’s throne and portray that fabrication as a fact…
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The coup in Niger and the Moncada Barracks attack, By Owei Lakemfa
EXACTLY 70 years separate the July 26, 1953 suicidal attack on Moncada Barracks by Cuban youths who wanted to remove the military from power, and this Wednesday’s coup in Niger Republic which removed elected President Mohamed Bazoum and restored military rule. The coup plotters, styling themselves as the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, said in a speech…
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