Perspectives
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Tribute to Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju (1845-2023), By Willie Obiano
I am saddened to learn of the passage, on April 11, 2023, of the first Anambra State governor in Fourth Republic, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju, in Abuja. Mbadinuju’s reign as Anambra governor from 1999 to 2003 was a challenging period. He did his best to grapple with insecurity, perpetrated mostly by ruthless, unconscionable robbers armed to the teeth. He curbed the…
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Chimamanda Adichie: wishes are never horses, By Oluwole Coker
As a literary scholar, I have great admiration for Chimamanda Adichie’s gift as a writer. I have devoted considerable energy to study her work and that of other third-generation Nigerian fiction writers. This was the focus of my Ph.D thesis defended at the University of Ibadan over a decade ago. I also contributed a chapter to a major study on…
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Wole Soyinka, his Igbo-centricism and economy of language, By Onyeka Nwelue
In 2019, Professor Wole Soyinka had a fascinating conversation with Christiane Amanpour of CNN. When he was asked about the right to give and take offence in a democracy, he said, “We’ve got to learn to give offence if we believe that we are on the right side of history.” I recreated his relationship with Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in my…
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Nigeria’s post election blues, By Dapo Okubanjo
When I first heard the words post- election blues, I never thought it was a big deal until the winner of the 2023 Presidential election in Nigeria was announced. Yes, everyone who is old enough remembers the 2011 election and how some folks in Northern Nigeria could not process how the then candidate Muhammadu Buhari was not declared President-elect inspite…
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Is BVAS a game-changer? By Simbo Olorunfemi
It is quite strange that many, including Lawyers and those who directly participated in the last election, were (are) confused about the role of BVAS and IReV in the electoral process. It is shocking. Unfortunately, some of these people, with little or no knowledge about how something as basic as BVAS works have been at the vanguard of claims that…
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Labour Party and the frivolities before presidential election tribunal, By Ghani Rotimi
The frivolities put together as Petitions have been laid bare. We are still within time to respond to PDP and will do the needful. The other 3 Petitions did not seek a return. Only LP did, albeit, on shaky grounds. Aside from the fact that the LP Petition is thin on facts, it is a carryon of the propaganda that…
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Nigeria’s presidential election outcome and the foreign observer missions, By Temitope Ajayi
The outcome of Nigeria’s presidential election won by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown up all kinds of analysis on social and mainstream media. A review of the post-election reportage of a section of the media with a patently nattering anti-Tinubu stance continuously project the election as “rigged” and “manipulated” in favour of the…
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Will NERC bite this time? By Yemi Adebowale
Early this week, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) launched its service charter in conjunction with Service Compact with All Nigerians (SERVICOM), mandating electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) to fix certain faults within 24 hours of notification by customers. In the deed, when notified of a fault leading to loss of electricity, Discos must visit the premises within 24 hours to…
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Send that letter to Mar-a-Lago, By Mahmud Jega
The novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s letter of last week, pleading with US President Joseph Biden not to recognize February’s presidential election in Nigeria because the candidate she supported did not win, was sent to the wrong address. Instead of addressing it to Mr. Joseph Biden at the White House in Washington D.C, she should have addressed it to Mr. Donald…
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2023 elections: Tinubu, BVAS, IReV and other matters, By Temitope Ajayi
A lot have been said and written about the conduct of the 2023 Presidential Election and the March 1 final declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President-elect by Professor Mahmud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Rather sadly, some of the arguments against the conduct of the election have been outrightly ridiculous, while others tilt…
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