Perspectives
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2023: Who are the Yoruba leaders? By Adewale Adeoye
I dont know if there is division in Afenifere But I watched Pa Fasoranti this evening on TV He said “Tinubu, O maa wo le” which means “Tinubu, you will win.” Chief Olu Falae spoke in the same vein. I guess Baba Fasoranti acted based on his conscience either rightly or wrongful. At the fullness of time in the coming…
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The Igbo insularity and it’s Yoruba wàhálà, By Chimaroke Nnamani
How did the Igbo get to this? Who sold this massive con job? Who are the snake oil salesmen? Why the perceived mistrust of the Yoruba? We never fought? Our properties were never seized? Our businesses thriving in their Homelands? Blossoming intermarriages with multiple offsprings? Common language etymology. They stayed out of Nigeria/Biafra war until the Benin expedition.Fajuyi died for…
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AbdulRazaq breaks jinx of water crisis in Kwara, 55 years after
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Water is life because no human being and even non-human being could survive without it. It’s so critical to every minute of human existence and has no alternative. Since Kwara State was created on 27th May 1967, efforts by every successive administration to provide portable water for the people came to naught Investigations revealed that the…
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Log in thine eyes, By Mahmud Jega
If the US government’s security agencies are so good at spotting terrorist attacks before they happen, how come they did not issue a terror alert in San Francisco last Friday when a man entered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home, shouting “Where is Nancy?” and then attacked her 82-year-old husband, Paul, with a hammer? Was the US State Department actually trying…
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Plight of Ekiti State pensioners, By Yemi Adebowale
The new Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, has promised to correct the ills and bad governance by past administrations in the state, while at the same time talking about continuity. Continuity of garbage? Oyebanji is obviously a confused person. The Ekiti State Chairman of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Joel Akinola, rightly noted that the governor must be selective in…
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A Passage north, By Sam Omatseye
NO word or concept captures a political season like love. Yet, no word is more ignored. We brandish such nuggets as “connect,” “grassroots,” “network,” “structure,” “empower,” et al. But they all disguise what the Bible levitates as the queen of all virtues. Apostle Paul describes it as the fulfilling of the law. Jesus says it is the one quality by…
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Can Japa land Nigeria in Japan? By Simon Kolawole
If you spend too much time on social media, you would swear that emigration, also known as “japa”, is new and peculiar to Nigeria. No, it isn’t. “Japa”, a Yoruba slang that roughly means “to cut loose”. For four decades, Nigerians have been “cutting loose” for economic reasons. The current wave is reminiscent of the exodus of medical personnel to…
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2023: Asíwájú Tinubu and the North, By Tunde Rahman
Could there have been a better and more appropriate platform to interact with and relate to the North than the one provided by the North itself? Certainly no! This is because sensing the need to come together and present a charter of demands to top presidential candidates in the country in order to procure a better deal for the North…
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Squandering Nigeria’s dwindling forex, By Yemi Adebowale
Officials of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) were again at the National Assembly last Monday to make a case for the release of foreign airlines’ “trapped” $700 million, at a forum organised by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika were also at the…
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Where the parties stand in a month of campaigning, By Chris Adetayo
So its exactly one month into the official campaign season. One month of free for all. So far, what do we know? What patterns are there? What projections can we make? The patented Politic-o-meter returns with some thoughts. Generally, the Parties were not ready!! Yes, that’s the first thing that hit when campaign season started. None of the major parties…
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