Perspectives
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Why holding another LG election in Osun will be illegal and unconstitutional, by Lateef Fagbemi
My attention has been drawn to the PUBLIC OUTCRY OF Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke concerning the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure division delivered on 10th day of February, 2025 in Appeal No CA/AK/272/2022 which nullified and set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State, delivered on 25th day of November, 2022. It has…
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Inside Nigeria’s bold plan to empower 10 million women – and protect its children, by Otega Ogra
Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, had been in office for just a few days when she cradled a terrified 4-year-old girl—shaking, traumatized—after surviving brutal abuse. That moment, she says, changed everything. “I looked into her eyes, and I knew—this cannot be business as usual,” Sulaiman-Ibrahim told reporters in Abuja during a briefing marking her first 100 days in…
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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida: hypocrisy, elite consolidation and collective amnesia, by Ademola Adewusi
I want to publicly thank Professor Isaac Albert for his wonderful tutelage on Elite Consolidation and Fragmentation during my second sojourn in the University of Ibadan. His course on the introduction to Peace and Conflict Theories was one of the high points of my MA in Peace and Conflict Studies. Today, his theory came to play. The launch of the…
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Osun LG: How PDP played into the hands of APC, by Ismail Omipidan
After reading the submission by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and other submissions, comments, including insults, following the first part of this piece, I am compelled to make this intervention, especially in the light of the legal opinion from the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi. Let me state clearly from the onset that, contrary to the view held…
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My journey in the service of Nigeria, by Ibrahim Babangida
LOOKING BACK WITH GRATITUDE Speech delivered at the Public Presentation of my Memoirs: A Journey in Service, at the Abuja Transcorp Hilton on Thursday, February 20, 2025. Mr President and Commander-in-Chief, Your Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, very distinguished General Yakubu Gowon, the Chairman of today’s event, General Olusegun Obasanjo, other past Nigerian Presidents present, my brothers, General Abdulsalami Abubakar…
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2025 Anambra guber election: How I see the contestants, by Azuh Arinze
Created on August 27, 1991, Anambra State will be 34 years old in the next few months. Endowed with a landmass of 4,844 km, and sandwiched by Delta State in the West; Imo and Rivers States in the South; Enugu in the East and Kogi in the North, the State has produced iconic figures like Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dim Chukwuemeka…
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Tribute to my beloved benefactor: Justice Nurudeen Adekola, by Islamiyat Abdukadir
This morning, I received the devastating news of the passing of Justice Nurudeen Adekola, a man I fondly called “Daddy.” As a retired Chief Judge in Ibadan, he was renowned for his fairness, impartiality, and commitment to upholding the truth. His exemplary behavior earned him a National Honour of the Order of the Federal Republic presented to him by former…
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Nigeria: Leading Africa’s digital trade revolution, by Jumoke Oduwole
Introduction Africa’s digital trade and trade in services landscape has witnessed significant growth in recent years. Digital trade is transforming the continent’s economic landscape, creating new opportunities for economic growth, productive job creation, and poverty reduction. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement and its Protocols have played a crucial role in increasing intra-African trade, driving economic growth across…
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All hail Lagos 38 legislative warriors, by Kola Amzat
Even though, political evolution especially since the turn of 4 th Republic in 1999 has significantly improved the quality and capacity of the key players in the political sphere, nonetheless, Nigerians, especially, Lagosians are stunned with the on-going development in Lagos State House of Assembly where the legislators have so far stood their ground that there is no going back…
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Azu at 60: The art of giving self, by Louis Odion
In conversation around African culture, the art of giving is often characterised as binary. The material and the immaterial. Whereas the former consists of gifting, say, gold and silver; the latter involves the intimacy of donating, say, time. Without denying the value of a material gift, there can, of course, be no disputing the nobility in devoting time to the…
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