Perspectives
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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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Opinion: Rallying round Sanwo-Olu for second term in office, By Kola Amzat
Rallying Round Sanwo-Olu For Second Term In Office, By Kola Amzat Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu emergence as helmsman of Lagos State about three years ago was as sudden and as dramatic. Just like his immediate past two predecessors, he appeared from obscurity to be superintending the affairs of the Nigerian most prosperous state, as well as the state with fifth largest…
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Re-imagining the future of the church: Lessons from the past, By Osita Chidoka
In May 1942, my grandfather Thomas Chidoka attended the Synod of the Diocese on The Niger at Port Harcourt. One of the books and papers I ‘inherited’ from him is a copy of the report of the Synod. I use the word inherited advisedly as there was no formal bequest, my early inquisitiveness and love of reading made me the…
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As it was in the beginning
By Dapo Thomas Let me just raise two issues on most of the stories being circulated in the social media against Tinubu. One, why do these stories always come up during election time? Some of these stories came up between 1999 and 2007 when the man was the governor of Lagos State. But nothing was established against him in both…
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Buhari in Portugal: A prophet has no honor only in his country
When Jesus was on earth, people from different walks of life embraced his message, got saved, healed, delivered from demon possession. But most of his fellow Jews took everything with a pinch of salt. They considered him one of themselves, and therefore said he lacked authority to preach to them. Jesus then said: “Only in his hometown, among his relatives,…
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Here I am, buy me! By Dare Babarinsa
During our one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), between 1981 and ‘82 in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, our monthly stipend was N200: 00. Yes N200: 00, which today, cannot buy a standard loaf of bread. At that time, it was a princely sum as the national minimum wage was N100: 00. After collecting a one-month salary, I approached my…
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Bola Tinubu and 2023 presidential ambition, By Adémólá Òrúnbon
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been one of the prominent names since the soldiers returned to the barracks and handed over power to democratically elected leaders in 1999, he was first and foremost elected a senator to represent Lagos West in 1992 under the banner of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, was among the activists who campaigned for the return…
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Who am I voting for? By Babatunde Fashola
I welcome old and new participants to our 6th edition of the Gabfest. There are many other things you could be all doing instead of being here. So, I am grateful for your participation and I do not take it for granted. An unquantifiable amount of gratitude must go to all those who expend their valuable time and resources to…
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Building future generations: the three black professors making us proud, By Strive Masiyiwa
Today I wanted to say congratulations to three esteemed Black African intellectuals: my friend Prof Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, and Prof Kwame Anthony Appiah. Last week they each received honorary degrees from University of Cambridge in the UK (one of the highest that the University can bestow) for outstanding achievement in their fields. Both Professor Appiah…
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The cottage industry ‘bring Tinubu down’ is becoming comical, Wale Alonge
It is so comical to see how much energy and bandwidth are being dissipated on social media on the most trivial and most inconsequential issue that has zero impact on the crushing problems that confront common everyday Nigerian. Rather than focus on the existential structural problem of a center-heavy unitary system that is crushing our country’s future, and working out…
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