Perspectives
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4-1-9! By Toyin Falola
Today, the nation is fast growing a despicable identity and reputation because of the level of fraudulent activities allowed to foster in society. My wish for you is that you never fall victim to a 419 scheme. I implore the government and citizens to take this growing tumour seriously, or else we all will lose the fruits of our honest…
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My ancestors and forebears in the media office
All things are now ready. Last week, I wrote about the cleaning and clearing of my office in State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The job is now done, and as a bride waits for her groom, the office now expects its next occupant, the Adviser on Media to the incoming President. That event is now about 38 days away. William…
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My real intercourse with pentecostalism, By Bamidele Johnson
Aside from an Oyakhilome video and a few others featuring epic swindle artists, I think the modern Nigerian church has cured itself of the ailment symptomised by the belief that falling down when hands are laid is a genuine spiritual experience. I’m not sure, but it seems less common these days to find full-grown adults falling like they were hit…
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Decentralizing Nigeria’s power sector, By Oladayo Orolu
When President Muhammadu Buhari announced constitutional amendments that aim to decentralize the country’s power sector, it sent shock waves throughout the country as it brought up a rare opportunity to transform this long-suffering sector and make it fit for Africa’s largest and most populous country. Nigeria’s power sector has been struggling for decades with electricity policy enforcement, uncertainty in gas…
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Tinubu’s traducers should be tired by now, By Fredrick Nwabufo
The lies are getting deeper; the propaganda steeper, and the curses and insults sicker. There should be limits to crudity. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is Nigeria’s president-elect and will be sworn in as president in a few weeks. So, naturally, he should be accorded the dignity and regard his station demands. In the build-up to the 2023 presidential election, tale…
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Opinion: In Tinubu Presidency, By Kola Amzat
Without a shadow of doubt, no other event dominates the discussions of the generality of Nigerians both at home and in Diaspora today, besides the impending constitutionally arranged inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the new President of Federal Republic of Nigeria, scheduled for May 29, 2023. Even, the entire globe remains glued to that historic day when the iconic…
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Chidi Amuta, Peter Obi and the ‘Obidient’s’ thriving tyranny, By Dele Alake
Nothing captures and portrays the crisis of credibility and integrity of the vast majority of a sectional intelligentsia than a recent piece by Dr Chidi Amuta titled ‘Peter Obi and the looming tyranny’. To some who thought Chidi was supposedly more cosmopolitan, liberal, less parochial and less paranoid, his vituperation is more revealing than concealing.In the absurd and falsely alarmist…
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Multi-tracking Nigeria has become a compelling project, By Tunde Akanni
For the first time in the history of the country, and also acutely contrasting with simple logic and commonsense, a second runner up in the presidential election February 25, 2023, is making a most laughable claim of having won the election. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of All Peoples Congress, APC, had won the election with no fewer than two million…
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Competitiveness, credibility of 2023 polls, By Segun Ayobolu
It would appear from all indications that one of the key participants in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections, the Labour Party (LP), and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, had a clear-cut and straightforward agenda to dictate the dominant narrative on the polls before and after the exercise. Before the elections, a number of sponsored and obviously flawed opinion polls had…
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The Benue State killing field, By Yemi Adebowale
Several communities in Guma and Otukpo local government areas of Benue State are still mourning, days after spiteful attacks by terrorists. No fewer than 87 people were killed in the separate attacks by Fulani militias within 48 hours in these LGAs. Kids and pregnant women were not spared by the rampaging terrorists. Clearly, the tears of many of the affected…
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