Perspectives
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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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Wike: A Quintessential loose Canon, By Olawale Olaleye
You can’t but snicker reading people, who still think Nyesom Wike, has any harm to do to the PDP, having gone completely rogue. The fact of the matter is that, he’s sinking already and simply clutching at straws. He already could see a devastating end from his current standpoint and has therefore left no room for genuine rapprochement. For a…
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Tears for Birnin Yauri schoolgirls, By Yemi Adebowale
Heart-wrenching! This aptly describes the story of the 13 schoolgirls still with notorious terror leader, Dogo Gide, who roams confidently in the forests of Kebbi, Niger, Zamfara and Sokoto states. These hapless girls were among the 90 pupils abducted by Dogo and his boys at Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State on June 17, 2021. So sad to note…
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Beyond lamentations, By Segun Ayobolu
The sheer splendor and grandeur that characterized activities marking her burial ceremonies reflected the opulence and effortless glamour of her life as royalty for over seven decades. I speak of no other than the just departed Queen Elizabeth 11 of England. She was born great by luck of birth although she magnified the prestige and fame conferred by her royal…
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Playing the ostrich with ASUU, By Bolaji Adebiyi
Unable to reach an agreement on its industrial dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the federal government has pulled out its old trick of seeking judicial palliative. A couple of weeks ago, it approached the National Industrial Court to challenge the strike by the university teachers who had shunned work for seven months. On Wednesday, the court in…
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The last dance at UNGA
“This is the last that we shall dance together,” Wole Soyinka wrote in Kongi’s Harvest. And that was what President Muhammadu Buhari did Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America. The President had his last dance, and how dainty and dignified were the steps. He didn’t do the one Lagbaja described as ‘hands…
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Olojo and why we need to take care of our mother, By Dare Babarinsa
On Saturday, September 24, Kabiyesi Oba Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife, will play host to thousands of people joining him to celebrate this year’s Olojo Festival. The Festival is set aside in Ile-Ife to commemorate the day of creation. It is the most important festival in Ife calendar when the Ooni wears the sacred Aare crown…
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Mahdi’s story get as e be, By Mahmud Jega
The elaborately sensational story that Kaduna-based businessman and activist Mahdi Shehu told in an Arise TV interview last week raised many questions that are begging for answers. The first problem had to do with Mahdi’s credibility after the elaborate medical scam he perpetrated last year in order to deceive a court. He had been arraigned in a Katsina court for…
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Musicians as historians, By Folorunso Fatai Adisa
A good musician may double as a good historian. Like Ayinla’s “National Census” 1973 and the 1974 Challenge Cup Final (now known as the FA cup) between Mighty Jets and Enugu Rangers remain a masterclass and documentation of history, I first learned about the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970, from one of Haruna Ishola’s numerous tracks. Interestingly, two names out of…
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