Perspectives
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Gods, Greats and Goats, By Simbo Olorunfemi
If you have followed football long enough, chances are that you would have seen some of the gods in their element, you would have being in awe, seeing greats at work. If you have followed the game long enough, you must have seen masters who danced with football at their feet, soldiers who stood as barricades before the goals and…
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Sadism towards the rich and famous is all the rage, By Bamidele Johnson
Safe to say, at this point, that Basketmouth, accomplished giver of laughter, is unlikely to find laughter easy to come by. The announcement, made today, of the collapse of his 12-year marriage, grim for him, wife and their children, is already sparking laughter on the social media. Running alongside that is the reboot of the regular howls of derision at…
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Selimat and the Train, By Wale Bakare
As Selimat approached the makeshift level crossing, her mind was a whirlpool of thoughts. The events that had played out with her Supervisor as she was rounding up her shift the day before were still very fresh in her mind. She wasn’t looking forward to going to work and had almost called in sick. But it wasn’t in her nature…
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Re: Dr. Doyin Okupe – setting the records straight! By Tolu Babaleye
A lot of misgivings and distortions have been given about Dr. Doyin Okupe and his conviction today by the Federal High Court Abuja as everyone and every authority was just writing whatever pleases them. The facts are as follows: In January 2018, Dr. Okupe was charged along with 2 other companies, Value Trust Investments Ltd and Abraham Telecoms Ltd. The…
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Messi’s Emilokan, By Sam Omatseye
Lionel Messi always inflicted me with a binary disease. I love him, but not his country. Any time I saw him play, he revived the maestro of my boyhood fancy: Haruna Ilerika. He is small, just like Haruna. He is a leftie, just like Nigeria’s former number nine who clutched Africa player of the year honours twice. He enjoys the…
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Journalism is now cash and carry, By Tunde Akande
What is the story of Nigeria’s failure as a nation? It is the story of the failure of journalism which refused to watch over the power players but rather watch over the pockets of the journalists. My friend and workmate, Professor Jimi Kayode, now of Lagos State University, teaching mass communication but formerly director of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism…
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Seven key takeaways from President Buhari’s visit to the United States, By Garba Shehu
In the first in-person meeting with the American President Joe Biden, President Buhari established a personal equation with his US counterpart and got an important recognition for his democratic credentials and activism at home in particular, and Africa in general: “your legacy is a model,” says President Biden. There was a perfect meeting of minds.This, coming from the remaining superpower…
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Opinion: Obaigbena’s travails in the light of truths, by Kola Amzat
Even though, it’s been widely reported that eminent Nigerians have pleaded for a truce in the media war of words between the duo of Messrs Dele and Bayo Onanuga and ThisDay/Arise Publishers/Owner, nonetheless, it’s germane to put the issues in proper perspective for the purpose of history. The responses of the media mogul to mindboggling revelations/expositions by his media contemporaries…
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Pelé : A citizen of the world, By Simbo Olorunfemi
September 27th, 1977. The United Nations gave Pelé a certificate declaring him ‘A Citizen of the World’. That was just before he was to officially retire on October 1st, 1977, even though he would play in 8 exhibition matches between 1978 and 1990, with 2 of the matches played in Nigeria. For a professional career which started in 1956, it…
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Ademola Osinubi: a lifetime of commitment to best practices, By Lanre Idowu
At Ijebu Ode Grammar School, Ademola Osinubi was an all-round Arts student, who dreaded figures and translated his dislike for his Mathematics teacher to the subject. He loved the sight of uniforms, his school uniform, his parents’ uniforms as health professionals, and military uniforms. When he left school in 1972, his love for uniform endeared the military to him. He…
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