Perspectives
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Atiku’s strategy, By Segun Ayobolu
(Does the ‘average northerner’ need a kind of President different from that of the Igbo, Yoruba, Ijaw or from any part of Southern Nigeria? That was the fallacy that presidential flag bearer of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, tried to sell when ata forum of the Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna, last weekend, he brazenly implored his audience to vote…
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The Zamfara State killing field, By Yemi Adebowale
When Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last July for the All Progressives Congress (APC), he declared that the issue of insecurity in his state would be effectively tackled with his membership of the party running the show at the federal level. While announcing his defection, Matawalle expressed confidence that Zamfara State would experience…
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Tinubu’s Action Plan envisions a better economy powered by youths, farmers, and workers, By Kehinde Bamigbetan
Today, the race to Aso Rock gains new momentum as the All Progressives Congress launches a manifesto that seeks to rejig the economy by unleashing the energy of the youths, the farmers, and the workers. The 80-page document titled ” Hope Renewed” consolidates the achievements of Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in agriculture, infrastructure and security and plans new ways of running…
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Tinubu: From an empty well to a green garden, By Uche Nnadozie
Nigeria needs a creative doer at this point. A man who is not afraid to engineer progress and deliver prosperity to the people. At the rate, we need a sort of shock therapy. This will juggle our minds so that we can begin to think up fresh innovative ideas rather than remain in slumber in the false assumption that we…
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A day with Ade Adefeko, By Simbo Olorunfemi
It is easy to get drenched in the flood of negativity that has taken over the space, especially with all that is going on, both home and abroad. It is as if that push to have the roof irretrievably cave in is one that we will never get over. From covid-19, to covid-induced disruptions, surge in terror and crime within,…
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Security: Counting our blessings
If you spend your life expecting a storm, then you may never enjoy showers of blessings. Each time it rains, you expect your roof to be blown off, and anytime the sky is overcast, it sends you into trepidation. Apprehension. Nervousness. That is the mindset of those who continue to talk of ‘worsening insecurity’ in the land, even when things…
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In Kogi, it is raining wahala, By Dare Babarinsa
It is good and commendable that after many weeks of hesitation, the Federal Government decided to intervene in the dispute between the Kogi State Government and Dangote Industries Plc over the ownership of the Dangote Cement Factory in Obajana, Kogi State. Since Dangote opened the cement industry in Obajana in 2002, that town has never slept until Governor Yahaya Bello…
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In defence of Ghana’s ‘Assertive Curriculum’ and Nigeria’s Startup Act 2022, By Omoniyi Ibietan
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwun earned PhD in educational policy from the University of Southern California, in the United States. He represents Ashanti Region in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana. He is the Minister of Education in Ghana. Like Nigeria, Ghana is operating its Fourth Republic and by my reckoning, Ghana has made quantifiable and remarkable progress in its…
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Nigeria’s out-of-school children: Whose report shall we believe? By Dapo Okubanjo
The title of this article is straight from the scriptures but I dare say that it is quite appropriate at a period that a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Nigeria’s out-of-school children indicate that the number has jumped to 20 million from a previous figure of 10m while the Nigerian authorities insisted that…
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2023 Oyo Guber: knowledge of the State, political experience stands Folarin out, By Kola Amzat
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has signaled the commencement of electioneering campaign across the nation. Consequent upon this, political momentum has been gathering in all the nooks and crannies in the last couple of weeks. The major stakeholders have taken to the political turf connecting, canvassing and mobilizing the electorates for their aspirations in the forthcoming general elections. It’s no…
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