Perspectives
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Awoyinfa and the parade of giants
July is a special month in Nigeria. It is when the heavens open up to release the rain in torrents and expose the hidden shame of our cities. About 60 years ago, a young graduate of the University of Ibadan, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, wrote a poem to celebrate the city. We were made to read the poem by our teachers…
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Be patient, Buhari is going back to Daura soon
Presidency’s customary flippant response to senators’ ultimatum to the president shows the administration’s misreading of the political situation, writes Bolaji Adebiyi It is significant that the presidency dismissed the ultimatum given to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday to tackle the worsening security situation in the country within two weeks or prepare to be removed from office. It showed clearly how…
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Leadership in troubled times, By Temitope Ajayi
So, I was in a meeting presided over by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday with other leaders such as Senator Kashim Shettima, the APC Vice Presidential Candidate, Chief Bisi Akande, Adams Oshiomhole and others. At the meeting, the discussion veered towards the state of insecurity in the country and how his campaign should address the issue since it’s a no-brainer that…
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Crying with Tobi Amusan. Nigeria shall win las las
The week began on a dolorous note. Gloomy, sepulchral. Early Sunday morning, a ghoulish video began to make the rounds, in which abductors of the train passengers held since March 28 were being brutally beaten up, with their captors threatening fire and brimstone against everyone in the country. It was a very sad spectacle. A cocktail of other negative stories…
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PDP Senators’ headline grabbing stunt, By Garba Shehu
The performative and babyish antics of those senators staging a walk out notwithstanding, Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s refusal on Wednesday to entertain the ridiculous motion to impeach our President was quite appropriate and correct. Rather than making a mockery out of voters by trying to imitate what they see in America, the opposition would be well advised that their time…
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The BBC in Nigeria – Between reporting and propagating terror, By Kadaria Ahmed
It has simply gotten out of hand. Journalists and now a global media organisation of repute, the BBC, which should know better, are becoming a tool for terrorists, even if unwittingly, by amplifying the faces, voices and stories of killers and marauders who are still operating with impunity across Nigeria. The public interest argument seems to have been misunderstood, some…
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Renovating half-truths: A reply to Reno Omokri, By Kehinde Bamigbetan
Reno Omokri hates the All Progressives Congress for aborting his dream job as a Special Assistant when it defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 elections. That hatred also related to his colossal failure as a political consultant hired by the president from his base abroad on the grandiose claim of having superb skills in using social media to mobilise…
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Eating our Dinner as Breakfast? By Simbo Olorunfemi
Walking into the major Supermarket at the Estate last Saturday, I noticed that the Shelf for Bread was empty. Sighed. That was the primary reason for my visit. I remembered having heard something about a strike by MasterBakers. My mind travelled to Ukraine and Russia. War. I thought about possible alternatives to Bread. Sighed again. A quick check for the…
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Five takeaways from Tobi Amusan’s record-breaking feat, By Tosin Oluwalowo
It’s no gainsaying that I am – like almost all Nigerians – over the moon over Tobi Amusan’s eye-catching feat of winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold medal at the just concluded World Athletics Championships in Eugene, USA, becoming the first Nigerian to do so since the competition started in 1983. She did not only win a gold medal, she…
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Luxuries, indulgences and expectations, By Simbo Olorunfemi
As the plane made its way into the Abuja skies, weeks back, I made a quick count of the luxury birds sunbathing to the right of the runway. This was a Saturday, the private jets were there in the tens, waiting to ferry Nigeria’s luxury class to the next stop in their ever-busy schedules. I wondered about the cost of…
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