Perspectives
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The BBC in Nigeria – Between reporting and propagating terror, By Kadaria Ahmed
It has simply gotten out of hand. Journalists and now a global media organisation of repute, the BBC, which should know better, are becoming a tool for terrorists, even if unwittingly, by amplifying the faces, voices and stories of killers and marauders who are still operating with impunity across Nigeria. The public interest argument seems to have been misunderstood, some…
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Renovating half-truths: A reply to Reno Omokri, By Kehinde Bamigbetan
Reno Omokri hates the All Progressives Congress for aborting his dream job as a Special Assistant when it defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 elections. That hatred also related to his colossal failure as a political consultant hired by the president from his base abroad on the grandiose claim of having superb skills in using social media to mobilise…
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Eating our Dinner as Breakfast? By Simbo Olorunfemi
Walking into the major Supermarket at the Estate last Saturday, I noticed that the Shelf for Bread was empty. Sighed. That was the primary reason for my visit. I remembered having heard something about a strike by MasterBakers. My mind travelled to Ukraine and Russia. War. I thought about possible alternatives to Bread. Sighed again. A quick check for the…
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Five takeaways from Tobi Amusan’s record-breaking feat, By Tosin Oluwalowo
It’s no gainsaying that I am – like almost all Nigerians – over the moon over Tobi Amusan’s eye-catching feat of winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold medal at the just concluded World Athletics Championships in Eugene, USA, becoming the first Nigerian to do so since the competition started in 1983. She did not only win a gold medal, she…
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Luxuries, indulgences and expectations, By Simbo Olorunfemi
As the plane made its way into the Abuja skies, weeks back, I made a quick count of the luxury birds sunbathing to the right of the runway. This was a Saturday, the private jets were there in the tens, waiting to ferry Nigeria’s luxury class to the next stop in their ever-busy schedules. I wondered about the cost of…
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From CAN to can’t, By Sam Omatseye
From the effusions of the Christian Association of Nigeria, you would think we are living in a theocracy. They want to subvert Nigeria into God’s Own Country, a spoof of the United States’ self-congratulatory appropriation of the term. These self-styled Christian soldiers want to make this country a Bible belt without following the Bible scent. Nobody sent them from heaven.…
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The peculiarities of the presidential poll, By Simon Kolawole
A friend, who is a pastor, chatted me up on WhatsApp recently. We often discuss Nigerian politics. When he buzzed, I knew it was time for another session in view of the prevailing circumstances. “Who are we voting for o… been looking forward to your analysis,” he asked. Of course, I do not endorse candidates. No matter the soft spot…
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Six takeaways from Atiku’s bungled ARISE Television interview, By Bayo Onanuga
Mr Presidential candidate: Lincoln did not contest US Presidency five or six times, Takeaways from Atiku Abubakar’s bungled interview on ARISE Television We have watched Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s interview on ARISE Television and were extremely shocked by the many lies and ignorance displayed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. In the interview, Alhaji Atiku exposed himself as a man…
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Courting electoral crime in the name of God, By Jiti Ogunye
“This is a clear instruction, when it is time to vote , vote only in the favour of the Church not for your party. Any believer that sells out his faith in the name of party is heading for hell”. The above quoted statement is contained in a video being circulated in the cyberspace. It was made allegedly by a…
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Can Tinubu, Atiku, Peter Obi unite Nigeria? By Frederick Nwabufo
We cannot play possum about it. Unity has remained a reverie, and an elusive expedition for Nigeria. We long for it, but we cannot reach it because we are not willing to work at it. We are not ready to tear down the iron curtains of ethnicity and religion. We are not ready. It is a sheer pursuit of a…
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