Perspectives
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Our indifference to railway crossings, traffic safety rules, By Bamidele Johnson
Awful day in Lagos. A train slicing through a BRT bus, reportedly leaving many injured and a few confirmed dead, is a tragedy that may get worse for us, collectively and individually, if the death toll rises and/or permanent disabilities ensue. I do not have the details of how the accident happened, but I strongly suspect that the bus driver…
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The incidence of Babar Mai Fura, Hausa women and International Women’s Day, By Abdallah Adamu
His name was Sadik. Perhaps about 11 years old. He walked into my newly allocated office in the old Mass Communications building of Bayero University Kano (Nigeria) in 2013. I was startled. He was a tiny boy, deep dark skin, beautiful face with intense eyes and dolphin smile. He asked if I wanted to buy Fura (steamed millet balls blended…
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The Lagos-New York-London Echo Chamber, By Ebenezer Obadare
Across the Western media, the outcome of Nigeria’s just concluded general election has been both shocking and disappointing. While the shock owes to the triumph of candidate Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC)—a contender the Western press had given next to no chance of winning—disillusionment at the outcome is attributable to the conviction that, being an icon of…
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A closing argument for Sanwo-Olu, By Temitope Ajayi
The choice before Lagosians this weekend will be very simple to make, as they go out to vote in the governorship and House of Assembly elections. Before the residents of the 5th largest economy in Africa are one major candidate, the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is seeking re-election; and two otherwise fringe candidates who seem to have gained sudden…
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President-elect Apamaku! By Eniola Bello
Sometime in May 2002, the City Colleges of Chicago presented the distinguished alumnus award to the then Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the nomination of his alma mater, the Richard J. Daley College, one of the seven institutions that make up the city colleges in that American city. Reading Tinubu’s citation at a side event of the institutions’…
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Advantage of disadvantage, By Ray Ekpu
Any person who is a lover of books must endeavour to read a book titled: “David and Goliath” authored by Malcolm Gladwell, the famous author of Tipping Point. David and Goliath is a practical yet philosophical exploration of the Advantage of Disadvantage as well as the Disadvantage of Advantage. I want to contextualise the recent presidential election bearing this philosophy…
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The week after, By Olatunji Dare
The last installment of this column appeared on this page the day before the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the definitive outcome of the presidential election. In the week leading to the poll, the internet bristled with rumours, the content of which ranged from the apocalyptic to the farcical. You could dismiss more than 95 percent of them with a…
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Rigging claims don’t add up, By Mahmud Jega
A member of the British House of Lords, when told that money is difficult to come by these days, said he is nearly 90 years old but cannot remember any time in the past when money was easy to get. I have been watching Nigerian elections since 1979 and I cannot remember a time when those who lost the election…
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Beyond Nwelue: An enabling environment, By Wole Soyinka
I feel compelled to intervene without further delay in this affair, having come across the following in Onyeka Nwelue’s efforts to “set the record straight” over his entanglement with the British university establishment, Nwelue revealed in his response that: The first message I received, when the article was published, was from my Canadian publisher…. telling me, they will remove my…
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Tinubu: Surmounting the odds and healing the wounds, By Abdulaziz Abdulaziz
For a hurdler who laboriously surmounted many hurdles on his way to the finish line, there could be the temptation for chest-beating and gloating. The victory was well earned. He worked for it and it came as a vindication that through acts of providence and hard work destiny could be fulfilled in spite of mountainous challenges. But for Asiwaju Bola…
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