Perspectives
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Asíwájú Bola Tinubu: Glory to Nigeria! By Femi Fani-Kayode
After the swearing in of our President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it will be a time for healing our land, building bridges between our people, showing love to our adversaries, re-building our nation, establishing eternal peace with all men of goodwill and putting an end to the hostility and acrimony that exists between us all. The new dispensation will usher in…
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Now that the dust is settling, By Ahmed Sule
The dust raised by the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the 25 February 2023 presidential election by the Independent Electoral Commission appears to be settling as the dispute is gradually moving from the noisy protestations on the streets and social media to the serene atmosphere of the courtroom for judicial review. About…
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The final gallop home
There’s a saying in Yoruba language that the horse does not spurn the final gallop home. True. Home is that place you go to rest, after the labour and toil of the day. It is that place you find succor and respite, after the vagaries and vicissitudes that go with your daily exertions. No wonder they say, home, sweet home.…
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Opinion: Implications Of A South East Senator As Chairman Of National Assembly, By Kola AMZAT
Nigeria is a diverse country of over 300 ethnic groups with Hausa-Fulanis, Yorubas and Igbos dominant with 25%, 21% and 18% of the population respectively. There are other fringe groups like Ijaws, Ibibios, Tivs, Idomas, Kanuris, Urhobos, Itsekiris etc that combine together to make up the most populous nation in the entire Africa. Even though, the ethnic multiplicity supposed to…
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Stears and the selective amnesia of Obidients, By Kingsley Okafor
Before the February 25, 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, supporters of Mr. Peter Obi, one-third of what had become a three-horse race, took to social media to validate, hail, and celebrate the Stears Predictive Poll, one that presented Mr. Obi as possible winner. Obi’s supporters – self styled Obidients – described the poll as “robust”, “the best”, among other glowing…
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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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