Perspectives
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Wole Soyinka: Àgbà Ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n, Ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n Àgbà, By Simbo Olorunfemi
Having secured approval on the protocols from official quarters for my books presentation that was to have been held in March 2020, but for Covid-19, work commenced in a more defined manner with respect to planning for the event. I thought to reach out to Prof out of courtesy more than anything else. I thought it the proper thing to…
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You underestimate ‘party structure’ at your own peril, By Tope Fasua
If you are big on social media, you could already call the 2023 presidential elections for Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Indeed, he is making some impact, whether we agree with his politics or not. Many young and vocal people I know, and many who would not want to have anything to do with politics (who would usually…
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In Osun, it is Clown vs Crown, By Sam Omatseye
He spins, he rolls, he turns his head, his fingers flick around his face as though fanning his sweaty brow. But he is at once unwieldy and agile, a bulky frame gasping for exercise. He is not a great dancer. The exertion is more impresario than a quest for physical wellbeing. But a dancer he is. His fame, like his…
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Daily Trust, listen to us to know what we are doing, By Garba Shehu
The ill-informed editorial in yesterday’s Daily Trust newspaper warrants a response. The authors are correct that Nigeria like every other country in the world is undergoing a period of hardship. But all and any suggestion that the Buhari administration is not leaving Nigeria in a better place than we found it – especially on the key pillars of the economy,…
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My President, By Odi Ikpeazu
“Leadership is not making speeches or being liked. It is defined by results, not attributes.”Peter Drucker Personally I couldn’t give two jots about the religion of the one who intends to lead me, much less subscribing to the antagonisms of the two Abrahamic sects who permeate our national space. As far as I know, they are birds of the same…
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With Shettima, Tinubu has made the wisest choice, By Babagana Zulum
Earlier today, I received with the greatest joy, the announcement of my mentor, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of our party, the APC and insha’Allah, the next Vice President of the Federal Republic under His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our incoming President, Bi’iznillah. It has been my greatest wish that HE Kashim Shettima gets…
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Why Shettima is my choice to re-envision, reshape Nigeria, By Bola Tinubu
Statement by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential Flag Bearer of the All Progressives Congress on his Choice of the Vice Presidential Candidate, July 10, 2022. Fellow Nigerians, we enter a moment of renewed hope. We hold the chance to move the nation and our collective cause forward as never before. Let us seize this moment so that history may write…
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Towards reforming the civil service reforms in Nigeria, By Tunji Olaopa
In my recent commentaries, I have been worried about the state of public administration in Nigeria, and how this rebounds on the reform of the public service as a tool for development. And my worry derives from the near absence of a gatekeeping mechanism that ought to undergird the professionalism behind the public-spiritedness of a public servant. For instance, it…
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Tinubu: The old tales are back, By Olatunji Oke
With his emergence as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is back on the front-burner of national discourse. It is the same old tales carefully contrived to taint the former governor of Lagos State. The sweetest part is that there is NOTHING new that anybody wants to tell us…
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The Wike problem in the PDP, By Bolaji Adebiyi
The Rivers State governor should quit wailing, rid himself of the entitlement mentality and toe his party line, writes Bolaji Adebiyi In his brilliant analysis of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, bitter response to both his defeat in the Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries and the refusal of the winner, Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president of Nigeria, to pick him…
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