Perspectives
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Akin Mabogunje: Nigerian urban geographer who mapped the origin and trends of African cities, By Basirat Oyalowo
I was introduced to Professor Akin Mabogunje’s work when I joined the Department of Estate Management at the University of Lagos in 2011. As a new junior lecturer, I had to read the key text being used by my course leader. It was here that I first encountered Mabogunje’s work on urbanisation in Nigeria. I never met Mabogunje, who died in Lagos…
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Oyetola, Election Petition Tribunal and the Estoppel Doctrine, By Adedeji Adebayo
It is no longer news that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued to PDP a Certified True Copy of BVAS Report which is diametrically at variance with the one it earlier issued to APC and Governor Oyetola. Labouring to prove their case at the Tribunal, APC and Oyetola have countered that INEC should be ESTOPPED from asserting a contrary…
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Why I went to Shetima, By Chukwuemeka Ezeife
Yes, I went, uninvited, to Shettima, I was accompanied by a Maiduguri-born and brought up businessman of south-east extraction. Why? More than a year ago a well built young man came to my office in Abuja crying desperately. He talked like someone considering suicide! He told me that he was finished, that the clothes on him were the only property…
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Tinubu and all the talk about press interviews, By Temitope Ajayi
I always find it quite amusing reading the typical self-conceited people on social media pick bone with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for not talking about his plans and vision for Nigerians. It must be the reason Reuben Abati betrayed every sense of professional etiquette and decorum on national television with his condescending open invitation to Tinubu to grant a live interview…
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Fool yourself some more: Igbo and the civil war memories, By Odi Ikpeazu
So, this professor of mixed Caribbean and Igbo origin has had her fifteen minutes under the lights. Good show! She has stood up to Queen Elizabeth and the British Empire, bringing them to their quivering knees, making them eat humble pie while she struts and frets her hour upon the stage, full of sound and fury, possibly signifying something, probably…
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The Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon for The State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Read the full text of Archbishop Justin Welby’s sermon for the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 53 – End Psalm 42:1-7 John 14:1-6 Come Holy Spirit, fill us with the balm of your healing love. Amen. The pattern for many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death. The pattern for…
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The world in London for Queen Elizabeth, By Temitope Ajayi
The event was the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Lecture in 2010. The Guest Speaker was Mahathir Mohammed, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, who said that the British are the best in the world in public administration and planning. As a state policy, Dr. Mahathir disclosed that during his tenure, he sent thousands of young Malaysians and senior government officials to British…
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Asiwaju Tinubu is the most media-friendly, By Tunde Oladunjoye
I wrote yesterday about the Tinubu-paranoia affecting the gleeful and gullible in the opposition: “The Tinubu-paranoia manifests in the anti-Tinubu obsession so unashamedly preoccupied with.” Today there is a trending peddled lie that Asiwaju said he “has no interest with the media”. This is certainly the handiwork of jittery and uninformed opponents. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the most media-friendly among…
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2023 election and the so-called Peter Obi youth supporters, By Sola Joshua
I have tried to stay away from this issue but honestly this is becoming really ridiculous. Truth is, all the three leading candidates have a fair number of youths supporting them. The people that have been advocating for Tinubu and Atiku on social media are mostly youths or has any of you been arguing with only grandpas and grandmas within…
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Ekiti is in good hands, By Simbo Olorunfemi
A few weeks from now, our friend and Schoolmate, Abiodun Oyebanji, will assume office as the Governor of Ekiti State. Months before the Governorship elections, a group of friends under the leadership and guidance of Dr Olusoji Ehinlanwo had come together in support and advancement of his aspiration. The thoughtfulness of that endeavour was quite touching for me, even if…
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