Perspectives
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Casting stone, By Bolaji Adebiyi
Exchange of aspersions by leading presidential campaigns suggests deliberate avoidance of issues, writes Bolaji Adebiyi Following a strategic rebound by the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign last week, its Peoples Democratic Party counterpart would seem to have gasped for breath earlier this week. Yet the PDP drew first blood when last year it renovated virtually worn out alleged past misdeeds…
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They have eyes but cannot see. Pity!
It has been a hectic week. Frenetic. We set forth at dawn on Monday from Abuja to Bauchi, to attend the Presidential and gubernatorial campaign of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates. It was only Muhammadu Buhari, the Mai Gaskiya (honest man), that could have commanded the number of people that turned out. Without inducement. Endless sea of heads. He remains…
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What if Emefiele demands your money and your life? By Dare Babarinsa
Trouble is creeping on us like the coming of the twilight and we are too bewildered to do anything about it. It is this that make you wonder who is really on our side; we the people. There is fuel price increase, we take it. There is increase in insurance premium, we accept. There is kidnapping, we pay ransom. The…
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Pastor Paul, By Simbo Olorunfemi
Mama Hilda was the first we got to know. We met her in our study of current affairs back then. She had distinguished herself as a foremost Women rights Activist, personifying at that time the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), which she served for decades. She was as distinguished as one had imagined, seeing her in real life in…
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Ogun 2023: Adebutu’s sabre ranting
By Femi Ogbonnikan The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming general elections in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, is not the kind of candidate one would like to take seriously for whatever the motivation of his ambition to govern the state. Although he has cleared some of the legal hurdles before him, his campaign message to…
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The Chatham House traffic, By Olatunji Dare
The final details of Nigeria’s Independence Constitution were hammered out during 1957-1959 in the hallowed halls of Chatham House, London, in negotiations between Nigeria’s accredited political leaders and the British colonial authorities.More than six decades later, the major candidates in Nigeria’s presidential election scheduled for February 25 have been making a pilgrimage to Chatham House. It is as if the…
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2023 election: The church and another illogical position, By Okolo Oteri Eme
The “church” in Nigeria has boxed itself into another illogical position ahead of the 2023 elections just like they did in 2015 and 2019. They are praying that fully packed stadiums spilling into streets will beat scantily populated canopies erected within stadiums. They are hoping that structure, hard work, competence, diligence, and wisdom will over take a flash in the…
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Anyaoku fairer in the ninth, By Sam Omatseye
Enter BOS of Lagos. Enter Chief of Staff to the president. Enter Obj. Exit boredom. The boredom had to disappear as former president Olusegun Obasanjo walked into the Metropolitan Club where the old and retired men of industry meet to recall old exploits over tea, and dine. This time, they gathered to mark the 90th birthday of an illustrious citizen,…
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Five common errors about Nigeria (I), By Simon Kolawole
Nigeria is a rich country. You have heard this a million times, haven’t you? What exactly do people mean by “Nigeria is rich”? They believe we have enough money to build all the roads in every nook and cranny of the federation, provide piped water to every house, build world-class hospitals in every village, and provide free primary, secondary and…
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Dogara and the verdict of the Church, By Yakubu Dati
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara was at it again in the attempt to, for the umpteenth time, drag the church into his nefarious kind of politics until he was exposed and rebuffed at the highest level! Dogara, had few days ago, invaded the Extraordinary General Church Council (GCC) of the Evangelical Church Wining All…
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