Perspectives
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Imperatives of being firm, swift, decisive against terrorists, By Yemi Adebowale
Fourteen days after the heinous murder of pregnant Harira Jibril and her four children by terrorists strongly believed to be IPOB in Isulo, Anambra State, their killers are yet to be apprehended. Daily, the lamentations of the devastated husband of Harira, reverberate in my head. “I’m now left with nobody; they have wiped out my entire family. I am so…
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Shettima: Tribute to a rising northern star, By Ismail Omipidan
He is known by the acronym KSM, Kashim Shettima. I have known him for 21 years now. He has consistently proved to be a detribalised, compassionate and rare leader. Shettima is one of the few very brilliant, intelligent, easy-going, witty and friendly leaders we have in the north. I am, therefore, not surprised at the performance he put up yesterday…
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Tinubu and the Yoruba philosophy of Olóore, By Temitope Ajayi
In Yoruba cosmology, Oloore (benefactor) is specially venerated and honoured. Oloore, in Yoruba culture is never joked with. It is believed in Yoruba culture that we owe eternal debt of gratitude to our Oloore. In fact, ingratitude is a cardinal sin to the Yoruba people. When Yoruba people say someone is Alaimoore, they are simply saying the person is sub-human.…
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Visit to Spain: Let’s buga for Mr President
I’m sure you know the song by Kizz Daniel and Tekno, which is now a rave of the moment: Let me see you dey buga o (go low-low-low) Let me see you (go low-low-low) buga won. And you see people huffing and puffing as they dance to it, with their shoulders raised in pride, bordering on arrogance. That sent me…
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The road before Atiku, By Dare Babarinsa
The victory of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the last presidential primary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has brought him tantalisingly close to the epicenter of power. This, he sought, as a young man, when he lost the ticket of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in 1993, to my old boss, Chief Moshood Abiola, publisher of the Concord Group…
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Igbo delegates and the future of zoning, By Osita Chidoka
No other group did more damage to the idea of zoning than the 80 out of 95 Igbo delegates to the last Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention who cast their votes against Igbo aspirants. The 80 delegates and their sponsors, in a tragic display of lack of group consciousness and primacy of personal interest, sent the country a clear and…
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Open letter to APC national convention delagates, By Opeyemi Olayinka
OPEN LETTER TO ALL THE DELEGATES OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS BILLED FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES/SPECIAL CONVENTION Dear Delegates, There is no better way to put the fact that loyalty to one’s political party is a gainful adventure than the fact that you, our adhoc delegates hitherto seen as the “junior” delegates will be voting to the exclusion of all…
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ANALYSIS: Is Buhari leading APC on the right track?
Before jetting out to Spain on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari threw a bombshell; he wants to be the sole person to pick the candidate of his All Progressives Congress (APC) to slug it out with the opposition parties in the 2023 presidential race. However, the president put it in a more arrogant way, when he addressed the Progressive Governors Forum…
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Presidential primaries: The true lies about delegates, Bamidele Johnson
Back when he was lucid, the late Majek Fashek sang-to no public disapproval-“Religion na politics”. I do not remember the theme or lyrics of the song well enough to be certain if it also contains a claim that both are eminently capable of scrambling the heads and minds of people involved in either or both. No matter. I am of…
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The bazaar, By Sam Omatseye
It is the way of the race. Just as Apostle Paul says, all run but only one receives the prize. But what prize? At what price? The view is now rife that the PDP ticket, in the words of Paul again, was a corruptible prize. For Paul, only the prize of heaven is without blemish. Even the UEFA Champions final…
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