Perspectives
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The excellent nation Nigeria can be, By Bola Ahmed Tinubu
As we mark and celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, may we keep in remembrance the true meaning of this holiday. More importantly, let us always strive to conduct our daily lives in accordance with the clear and beneficial message of this occasion. May I use this moment of gratitude to extend my sincere greetings to Muslims in Nigeria and around the world as…
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Above all, democracy, By Segun Ayobolu
The only way for democracy to thrive, flourish and be constantly deepened in any society is for a critical mass of the population to have inculcated in them attitudes, values, beliefs and orientations that are indispensable to sustaining Abraham Lincoln’s fabled ‘government of the people, by the people and for the people’. At the heart of this representative form of…
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Ekwremandu’s UK case: It is not just about donor’s age, By Bukola Hassan
I have no idea why Nigerians think this case is about the age of the potential donor. We need to understand that the UK courts are not interested in whether the donor is a minor or is an adult. The case is about ‘organ harvesting’. Aka trying to purchase a kidney or body part from a donor. That is against…
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Barkindo’s final words to me
Here today, gone tomorrow is a common saying. But with the then outgoing Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Alhaji Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, it was here in the morning, gone at night. On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari had a schedule by 10 am to receive Barkindo, the OPEC scribe who was rounding off his…
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Kuje Prison attack and shame of a nation, By Abubakar Sidiq Usman
Just returned from a visit to Kuje correctional centre and I am really ashamed at what I saw and what I heard. To think that this is a medium facility located in the FCT, one can only imagine what correctional facilities in other parts of the country looks like. To start with, the facility is located within a residential neighborhood…
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2023 election: Obi will lose by landslide, By Kunle Awosiyan
For now the loudest supporters of any presidential candidate are that of Peter Obi of Labour Party but the 2023 election will shock them because the party will lose by landslide. There is one thing about them; they are very loud but they know nothing or very little about politics and how politicians win election in this country. They are…
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Wike and the PDP, By Reuben Abati
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State is the biggest issue in the politics of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the moment. To put it differently, Nigeria’s major opposition party, the PDP, has a Wike problem. The extent of that has now been formally acknowledged by the party, when the chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT), Walid Jibrin, announced…
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Osun needs serious person as Governor, not jester, By Ismail Omipidan
The above statement did not come from me. It emanated from an Economic Historian, Lawyer and a Public Affairs Analyst, Dr. Tunji Ogunyemi, who just got off from a current affairs discussion on radio, Frank Talk, on the popular Rave 91.7 FM, Tuesday, July 5. The programme ran from 9am to 10 am. He was asked to set an agenda…
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Atiku’s missteps, Wike’s righteous indignation, By Erasmus Ikhide
Hate or like Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike’s (NEW) style of politics; his objective stance on what he believes in, his refusal to call a spade by other names, or his failure for pretext to become another person in order to acquire power. Politics would have been described differently if it’s devoid of intrigues and intricacies. Those are the attributes that…
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Ten takeaways from state visit to Portugal, By Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari’s State Visit to Lisbon, Portugal, Wednesday 28th June to 2nd July was a first class success story and this is measurable by outcomes, not least, the real determination of the two nations to engender a close relationship. Many in Nigeria remember that historically, Portuguese sailors were the first in Europe (ahead of British) to have contact with…
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