Perspectives
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ASUU, paradigm shift and Mr. Keynes, By Taiwo Owoeye
Mr. Keynes smashes conventional wisdom When the First World War ended, the Allied Forces decided to hold a post war conference to discuss the terms of a Peace Treaty in what would become The Versailles Peace Conference of 1919. The objective of the conference was clear: How the vanquished Germany will pay heavy reparations for losing the war to the…
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Osun Guber: YIAGA’s revelations vindicate my position, By Ismail Omipidan
Let me state from the outset that this is not a media trial of the case before the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal. Far from it. This is just an attempt to “synchronise” what I said recently with respect to the outcome of the July 16 election with the revelations from The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement, YIAGA. YIAGA…
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In awe of hero Hussein of LASU, By Tunde Akanni PhD
Such is the depth and spread across all the campuses of the Lagos State University, LASU, where Prof Lateef Akanni Hussein, held sway as the sixth Vice-Chancellor from 2005 to 2011, that this tribute was to be authored jointly by two of us, colleagues at LASU, Dr Noheem Thanny and yours sincerely. Both of us and several others across the…
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Headies in Atlanta, NMA in Abuja, By Simbo Olorunfemi
When the news broke, months back, that Headies was headed for Atlanta, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. Looking back at the little I know of the journey of Ayo Animasaun from the days of his ‘Hip-Hop News’ excited by what he has made of his media ventures, glad that Headies has grown that much to take…
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Leaders and the acts of Igbinedion, By Dare Babarinsa
Recently, Professor Akinjide Osuntokun, the eminent historian and former ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, sent me a quotation of Nelson Mandela, the Wise One of South Africa. Said Mandela: “The world would never respect Africa until Nigeria earns that respect. The black people of the world are looking up to Nigeria to be a source of pride and…
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Mourn the Queen, not her empire, By Maya Jasanoff
The end of an era” will become a refrain as commentators assess the record-setting reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Like all monarchs, she was both an individual and an institution. She had a different birthday for each role — the actual anniversary of her birth in April plus an official one in June — and, though she retained her personal…
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Security updates: I see hope
Have you keenly followed updates on the security situation in the country, particularly with regards to insurgency and banditry? You should, because security is everything. At least, when the evildoers seemed to predominate, people didn’t keep quiet. The singsong was about ‘worsening insecurity,’ in the land. Now that the tables appear to be turning, we shouldn’t keep quiet. No, you…
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The Queen and I, By Odi Ikpeazu
Despite being a sworn Pan African – in fact exactly because I am a sworn Pan African – I reserve a lot of respect for the tyrannies, monarchies and oligarchies that forged Western man into civic obedience, ultimately equipping them with the single-mindedness and unity of purpose, which enabled them colonise Africa and hold world hegemony till this day. I…
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Olanrenwaju, the failed coupist, has come again! By Segun Alabi
I read, with delirious amusement, the attempt by Tajudeen Olarenwaju via a press statement today (September 7) to rewrite the history of the land on which the popular Oriental Hotels, Lekki presently stands. Ordinarily, one would not have bothered joining issue with a failed soldier who obviously is still suffering from the trauma of being publicly shamed over involvement in…
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Our lack of sobriety will kill us, By Bamidele Johnson
Before the interview, his last ever as he was killed a week or so after, Chief Bola Ige, a man of high-voltage charisma and no little arrogance, was in fine fettle. He joked with the five people with him in the room-myself, Goodluck Ilajufi Ebelo, who were to interview him for the now rested TEMPO Magazine; Messrs. Odia Ofeimum, Kunle…
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