Perspectives
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Mourn the Queen, not her empire, By Maya Jasanoff
The end of an era” will become a refrain as commentators assess the record-setting reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Like all monarchs, she was both an individual and an institution. She had a different birthday for each role — the actual anniversary of her birth in April plus an official one in June — and, though she retained her personal…
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Security updates: I see hope
Have you keenly followed updates on the security situation in the country, particularly with regards to insurgency and banditry? You should, because security is everything. At least, when the evildoers seemed to predominate, people didn’t keep quiet. The singsong was about ‘worsening insecurity,’ in the land. Now that the tables appear to be turning, we shouldn’t keep quiet. No, you…
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The Queen and I, By Odi Ikpeazu
Despite being a sworn Pan African – in fact exactly because I am a sworn Pan African – I reserve a lot of respect for the tyrannies, monarchies and oligarchies that forged Western man into civic obedience, ultimately equipping them with the single-mindedness and unity of purpose, which enabled them colonise Africa and hold world hegemony till this day. I…
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Olanrenwaju, the failed coupist, has come again! By Segun Alabi
I read, with delirious amusement, the attempt by Tajudeen Olarenwaju via a press statement today (September 7) to rewrite the history of the land on which the popular Oriental Hotels, Lekki presently stands. Ordinarily, one would not have bothered joining issue with a failed soldier who obviously is still suffering from the trauma of being publicly shamed over involvement in…
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Our lack of sobriety will kill us, By Bamidele Johnson
Before the interview, his last ever as he was killed a week or so after, Chief Bola Ige, a man of high-voltage charisma and no little arrogance, was in fine fettle. He joked with the five people with him in the room-myself, Goodluck Ilajufi Ebelo, who were to interview him for the now rested TEMPO Magazine; Messrs. Odia Ofeimum, Kunle…
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Nonsense in PDP, By Chidi Amuta
The race for the 2023 presidency is looking more like a tripartite sprint among unequal parties. In that race, the PDP’s advantage should ordinarily have been defined by two factors: age and a minus sign. It is the oldest of the three major contenders. Most importantly, It is NOT the incumbent APC which is mired in a swamp of its…
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Even with pensions, it’s all politics, By Simon Kolawole
In my upcoming debut book, ‘Fellow Nigerians, It’s All Politics’, which will go on sale in October 2022 (you heard it here first), you will find a familiar thread in my contributions to the debate on the Nigerian project over the past two decades: that the progress of the country is hardly at the heart of leadership. Although the most…
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ASUU president misleading public university teachers, By Yemi Adebowale
The statement issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on August 28, declaring a total and indefinite strike, clearly indicates that the union is as deceitful as the Buhari government it is fighting. After inflicting so much pain on students in Nigeria’s public universities and their parents, the union turns around to say it is pained by its…
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The illegality of raising campaign funds from abroad, By Okoi Obono Obla
The inauguration of a diaspora committee by the Labour Party to raise funds from Nigerians living abroad to prosecute its presidential campaign is illegal. The Nigeria electoral law forbids political parties from raising funds from abroad to use to finance their electioneering campaigns or elections. Section 85 of the Electoral Act is explicit. Section 85 (a) (b) provides thatany political…
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Differentiated fees and way forward for our university system, By Jide Osuntokun
Is there anybody who does not know that there is trouble in Nigeria? As an elder, I cannot pretend I do not know what is happening to higher education in our country. As a retired professor, I am a stakeholder in higher education in Nigeria. Having studied at the University of Ibadan, and for higher degrees studied in Canada, Britain,…
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