Perspectives
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BBC Yoruba and the limits of media propaganda, By Ismail Omipidan
As a trained journalist, I hardly take on colleagues who genuinely make mistakes in the course of discharging their responsibilities. But when the mistake is repeated more than twice, it means a pattern is emerging and the earlier one deals with such a matter the better for the reading public. As a human being, and a member of the Nigerian…
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OPINION: Babachir Lawal’s gale of inflammatory pronouncements, By Kola Amzat
Babachir Lawal is relatively an unknown stock to the generality of Nigerian people before his ascendance to the office of Secretary to the Federation in 2015. Even after his emergence as the SGF, his visibility in the political sphere was still shrouded, until his involvement in that grass cutting scandal of about #258 million that dominated the public sphere like…
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CAN and its cassock, By Kunle Awosiyan
Some pastors visited my facebook wall yesterday to protest against my post on Christian Clerics who attended the unveiling of Senator Kashim Shettima, the running mate of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. What they saw was the clerics’ manner of dressing and straight away they condemned the men and women in the pictures. ‘They are fake, they are…
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Babachir Lawal’s baseless vituperations on Muslim-Muslim ticket, By Ayodele Olu Peters
When in the course of pursuing his aspiration for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited delegates in Abeokuta and addressed them in Yoruba, Mr Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary of Government of the Federation, was one of those who issued a statement brimming with vitriol and highly combustible against Tinubu. The former…
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Elections are not magic shows, By Kashim Shettima
My first duty, is to first of all acknowledge the position that His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari occupies, in the remarkable history of our great party, the APC; as well as the role he has played, in the history of our dear country, Nigeria. Secondly, I must also firmly underscore the remarkable political journey of our leader, His Excellency, Asiwaju…
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Why Eleyi of Ogun State should interest you, By Bamidele Johnson
“Eleyi a lo, lau/O gbe’na ka’ri, lau/O w’ewu eje, lau.” For non-Yoruba speakers, this short ditty is sung among my people for those who merit expulsion from their positions. It conveys utter rejection of the retention of an exalted position by people who have been sub-par in such positions or have desecrated them. It simply means such people must leave.…
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We’re all potential refugees, By Babatunde Fashola
When my friend and brother, Jimi Olusola, asked me to be the speaker at this event, I had no hesitation in accepting, because he indicated that it was Papa’s 10th memorial. Although I was unaware that it was World Refugee Day and neither was I aware at the time that a book was to be presented, my mind was already…
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Religion, the Nigerian Demon, By Dele Alake
Physically remote but fully involved in the processes leading up to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory at the APC primaries and also in the power play that led to the emergence of Senator Kashim Shettima as the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, it was with quixotic astonishment and predictable derision that the mere suggestion of a controversy…
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Finding a path of growth through your grief, By Oprah Winfrey
My father, Vernon Winfrey, has been the bridge over troubled water for me since the beginning of my life. He gladly played the same role for many of those who attended his homegoing celebration in Nashville this past Thursday, and for many more who could not be with us. The influence of his strength, compassion, and wisdom on the entire…
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The limits of influencer marketing, By Akin Olaniyan
The appearance of Habeeb Okikiola otherwise known as Portable at campaign rally as guests of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Davido for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osogbo, Osun State, has elicited comments from many Nigerians. While most of the comments I have read question the morality of popular musicians throwing their star power behind political campaigns; the…
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