Perspectives
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Death of workplace religion: The Polaris Bank mis-example, By Festus Adedayo
A letter was found in 2006 in the room of a Nigerian drug leader after his apprehension in Thailand. The note had read: “Almighty God in Heaven, I have the right to be rich. I have the right to be a millionaire and no country has the right to pass laws that interfere with my reaching my goal of being…
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Atiku: The peril of inordinate ambition, By Louis Odion
Atiku is a conflicted bigot, consumed by inordinate ambition. He remains a bare-foot slave to an empire the Nigeria of the twenty-first century has outgrown. In 2011, he battled Jonathan for PDP ticket, on the argument that the ‘North has not used up its two term slots’, following Yar’Adua death in office on May 5, 2010. (Forget that he stubbornly…
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Before we get carried away again, By Simon Kolawole
In 1999, as President Olusegun Obasanjo was getting set to assume office, Channels TV sampled the opinions of everyday Nigerians on their expectations from the new government. One woman memorably said: “I want Obasanjo to bring the economy down!” You can laugh all you want, but her message was very clear: the economy was fundamentally about the prices of goods…
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Chibok parents still waiting for their girls, By Yemi Adebowale
Parents in Chibok, Borno State are still waiting for their abducted daughters, eight years after the gory incident. Last Wednesday, the Kibaku Area Development Association, also known as Chibok Community, said over 110 girls were still with their abductors. The community raised the alarm over the neglect of the schoolgirls abducted in their school by Boko Haram in 2014. No…
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Are we drinking the Petrol? By Simbo Olorunfemi
Always a delight listening to the Khalifa, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano. He keeps you spellbound by the force and smoothness of his delivery, It was no doubt a delight listening to him deliver the keynote speech in Kaduna yesterday at this year’s KadInvest, an annual investment forum organised by the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency, in…
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Obajana Cement and Gov Bello’s fairy tales, By Yemi Adebowale
Anybody listening to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on the Obajana Cement Plant’s dispute with Dangote Cement PLC would think there was a cement production company owned by the Kogi State Government and sold to Dangote Industries Limited in 2002. NO! There was never anything like that. The Kogi State Governor has been dishing out fairy tales about Obajana…
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Beyond the ASUU strike, By Segun Ayobolu
So the protracted 8-month strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) could be brought to an end with constructive engagement between the union and government and with both sides making comprises so that the crisis could be amicably resolved at last? If so, why the grandstanding on both sides all this while with the elephants engaged in a…
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A different model for funding of Nigerian universities, By Oyedeji Kayode
Free education at tertiary level is not realistic. Education may be free at lower level. At the tertiary level, it must be of high quality and must be paid for. It will be important to compare the cost of managing a student per head in either Covenant or ABUAD with that of a top, government funded University to see if…
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OON award: Come and see me dey buga…
The news came like a bolt from the blue. I had been slated to receive National Honours Award in the rank of Officer of the Order of the Niger, OON. Who, me? I almost couldn’t believe it. Astounded is the word. But the person telling me was neither flippant nor frivolous. And a short while after, I had the letter…
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Voting right to keep Kwara on path of steady growth, By Rafiu Ajakaye
‘Vote right to keep what’s left’ is a political slogan adopted by British longest serving Prime Minister of 20th century Margaret Thatcher in her first attempt at parliamentary representation in 1950. It was a sound bite that captured her imagination of the 1950s British society and her belief that the country would be better served with the Conservatives. I found…
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