Perspectives
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Jandor’s delusions of grandeur, By Funke Cole
The Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, aka Jandor, for want of a better character portraiture is one man who is afraid of his own shadows. For only a man afraid of his own shadows will forcefully deny that Lagos State under Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is not just steadily working but is at the…
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Kenimani complex, By Sam Omatseye
He was a PHD before he had a PHD. The first is an attitude while the second PHD is a certificate. The first played out as student, soldier, politician, head of state and ex-head of state. The second PHD was bestowed as ex-president. The first came on the street, office, family lounge and war room, battlefield and on the street.…
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The sociology of social network revolution, By Omoniyi Ibietan
Recently, in giving expression to my community duties as a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), and as a trustee of the Nigeria Institute of Social Media Analysts (NISMA), I was part of the faculty at the 2022 annual conference of the Public Affairs Division of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Thematised on the fate of…
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Robbing our children of their childhood, By Adedamola Adetayo
I live in Abeokuta. I love the peace here, na money remain. When I first moved into my current apartment the place in December 2020, I tried to practice my old school, village upbringing. My current accomodation is a three-bedroom flat in a block of four flats. I took my wife and children and went KNOCKING on my neighbours doors…
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Christmas musings in Cotonou and the “Japa” syndrome, By Babafemi A. Badejo
Mr. Rufus & Mrs. Esther Sami are/were our treasured neighbours until the cold hands of death snatched the kind and supportive Mrs. Sami on October 9, 2022. I could not but have attended Mrs. Sami’s funeral at Imaka, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria, on November 25-26, 2022. Imaka is next door to Imagbon, where the Ijebu people gallantly fought the British in 1892.…
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Politics is for the humble, the rugged and the faithful, By Tope Fasua
So, a few weeks back my darling wife informed me that her colleague at UNIBEN, an ex-GTBank exec who now works in Kogi State Govt will call me about an APC event. The Youth campaign of APC had an event and they will like me to speak. I had no hesitation. I believe in the project, no matter what anyone…
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This thing called structure, By Mahmud Jega
Eighteen candidates on the ballot in February’s presidential election became less visible during this holiday period. They held no mass rallies, town hall meetings, Million Man Marches or even major newspaper and television interviews. It is a costly lull since there are only seven short weeks left to the election, that is, unless you have a solid “structure.” A candidate…
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The obsessive security chap called Yusuf Bichi, By Yemi Adebowale
I thought the story was fake when it first emerged early in December last year that the Department of State Service (DSS) was surreptitiously working to obtain an ex-parte order from a court in Abuja to arrest and detain the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. I could not imagine the Director General of the DSS, Yusuf…
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Why no state can catch up with Lagos economically, By Gbenga Adeoye
I read a book in 2022 with the title, “Success is not an accident.” Indeed, the author has a clear understanding of the impact of deliberate decisions. One of the reasons I like one young man I am providing mentorship for is that his words of prayer read every time as follows, “God will intentionally bless you sir.” The word…
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Buba Marwa shows we can do it, By Femi Adesina
It was raging debate at a time in the country, when the land was beleaguered and almost totally asphyxiated by insurgency. Should we procure the services of foreign mercenaries or not? There were strident arguments for and against. At the security council meeting, the issue came up, and there were points for and against. President Muhammadu Buhari, as Chairman of…
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