Perspectives
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I miss the South East we used to know
Each time I read of killings by gunmen in the South East, I go into the doldrums. I get mortified by the sheer waste of precious lives, the wantonness, malevolence and viciousness of it all. And I mean killings on both sides. The innocent law enforcement agents, mowed down in cold blood, and the misguided, brainwashed gunmen, who more often…
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As campaign ‘23 begins… By Mazi Abe Idris
Without doubt, Obidient is a movement, a force that is currently rocking the political landscape of Nigeria. Sowore’s “Take it Back” also started out as a revolution movement, that finally petered out to a meager 33,353 votes, out of a collated 28,614,190 million votes. The much touted “third force” could only muster less than 1% of votes cast in 2019.…
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Ogun: That PDP/APM power-sharing deal
By Seyi Bakare Long before the fall of Nigeria’s First Republic, the inimitable poet Christopher Okigbo deplored the rapacity, chicanery and primitive acquisitiveness widespread among Nigerian politicians. In A man of the People, a novel that proved quite prophetic, Chinua Achebe had equally signposted the implications of the politicians’ massive corruption and betrayal of the people and their quest for…
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The Igbo dilemma in Nigeria’s current political dispensation, By Chimaroke Nnamani
When faced with times like these. Proverbial Fish bone in the throat. Do you regurgitate? Or use a morsel of foo foo to push it down. The tragedy of a Grandma with a broken waist. How do you lift her? 16 years straight Northern rule of Multi Ethnic Nigeria.There are 250 ethnic groups and double that, 500 language groups in…
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Why I am supporting Peter Obi, By Ayo Adebanjo
Before the political parties conducted their primaries, a journalist asked what is my view about the 2023 general election? I answered and said the country should be restructured before the general election, and he followed up by asking if there should be an election, which zone should the Presidency come from? And I unhesitatingly said, of course, the South East.…
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Toward achieving a cleaner Lagos, By Folashade Kadiri
Driving through the city of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, one cannot help but observe the practical steps taken by the administration of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to establish environmental sustainability in the state. Following the blueprint of the T.H.E.M.E.S. agenda introduced by Mr. Governor as soon as he assumed office in 2019, the state has prioritised cleanliness and environmental sustainability. Spearheading…
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Shettima: Much ado about religion, By Temitope Ajayi
The hullabaloo over the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is becoming more jaded and hollow every passing day. Without a doubt, it is becoming clearer that some leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in cahoot with some politicians, who had…
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Need to revisit Lagos traffic law on vehicle seizure, By Rotimi Fashakin
It is doubtless that Governor Babajide Sanwoolu and his team are trying very hard to improve Lagos state. As a Lagosian, I can attest to the impressive road infrastructure that had come to the service of the last two years. It is cheering news that the Blue line of the railway infrastructure shall also be at the service of the…
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Brother John the hustler! By Wale Bakare
Several years ago, I used to live in a relatively quiet Close, just off Allen Avenue in Ikeja, Lagos. While it wasn’t GRA, it was a pretty decent place to be living in for a young family just making their way in life. There were no face-me-I-face-you tenements on the street and several of the single storey buildings were owner-occupied.…
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Wike vs Atiku: The return leg, By Simon Kolawole
Before the 1999 presidential primaries, crisis engulfed the All Peoples Party (now part of the All Progressives Congress, APC) over the ambition of the late Dr Olusola Saraki. He was bent on running even though the slot had been zoned to the south. The late Chief Arthur Nzeribe, who played a major role in the annulment of June 12, was…
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