Perspectives
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What kind of leader should succeed Buhari? By Folabi Ogunleye
ALTHOUGH it may seem like the case given my recent expressions, I truly do not begrudge others of their alternate preferences for a successor to Nigeria’s President Buhari. On the contrary, I truly believe that everybody has a right to his preferences, good or bad as such preference may be. In fact, on a good day, on any day, I…
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Dapo Thomas, the civil war and Nigeria’s perceived Igbo problem, By Segun Ayobolu
Is there an ‘Igbo problem’ that has persisted and increasingly grown more complex, compounded and nation-threatening in post-colonial Nigeria? In chapter 9 of his slim classic, ‘The Trouble with Nigeria’, titled ‘The Igbo Problem’, the late Professor Chinua Achebe dilated on this issue. According to him, “Nigerians of all other ethnic groups will probably achieve consensus on no other matter…
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Death, trauma and roaches’ paradise, By Bamidele Johnson
Osita Nwajah, currently the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s communications unit, calls me “The Man” up till today. Once in a while, Niran Adedokun also inserts The Man into our conversations. The name originated from a robbery experience Goodluck Ilajufi Ebelo and I had in May 2000, during which two lives were lost. It was at a…
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Iṣẹ́, Ìṣe, Ìṣẹ́, By Simbo Olorunfemi
For different related and unrelated reasons, I often find myself interrogating our concept or understanding of work (iṣẹ́), specifically from the Yoruba worldview, which I take the liberty to assume is, in part, representative of the contiguous cultural configurations around the Yorubas, especially in Nigeria. How do we see work? What, for us, is the essence of work? Why work?…
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Atiku eyes southern votes with commitment to power devolution, By Bolaji Adebiyi
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president of Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election was at the Nigerian Guild of Editors’ Forum in Lagos on Wednesday where he laid bare his plans, which he called his covenant with Nigerians. He spoke to a 74-page document that articulates his vision and mission for the country he had…
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Buhari: I feel freer when I have nothing
During his recent trip to London for routine medical checkup, President Muhammadu Buhari had time to meet and greet newly crowned King Charles 111 at Buckingham Palace. The President recounted the encounter thus later: “He asked me whether I have a house here. I said ‘no’. Even in Nigeria, the only houses I have are those I had before I…
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Anniversary of brutality, By Babafemi Ojudu
Today is the anniversary of the coup that brought General Sani Abacha to power. For those who may not know who he was, Abacha was Nigeria’s maximum ruler who killed many and detained several. I am not celebrating him . Rather today also marked the anniversary of my arrest and detention for eight months 25 years ago by this brutal…
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Obasanjo and his search for the Ethiopian twins, By Dare Babarinsa
If the November 2, 2022 peace deal in Ethiopia holds, it would be the biggest prize ever won by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo since he retired from the Presidency in 2007. For the past 15 years, Obasanjo has become Africa’s most dedicated troubleshooter, dashing from one trouble spot to another in the frequent African bushfire wars. But Ethiopia has a bigger…
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In defeat, Vladimir Putin is becoming desperate, By Michael Fallon
Over nine terrible months, Ukraine has certainly learnt who its friends are. Britain has been steadfast, supplying training, weapons and strong political support. The United States, as always, has done the heaviest lifting of all, spending over $18 billion on munitions and other military equipment. But Ukraine’s truest friend is Poland. It’s Poland that has taken the bulk of Ukrainian refugees;…
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Leaders without titles and their impacts on our lives, By Babatunde Raji Fashola
For those who may not know, Professor Azinge was my lecturer in the University of Benin, and he lectured me in the subject of Jurisprudence. Permit me to express my sincere gratitude to my lecturer, Professor Epiphany Azinge, SAN for the great honour he does me by asking me to be the speaker at this year’s foundation lecture. It would…
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