Perspectives
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Beyond Matthew Adeyemi: Tinubu’s test of institutional integrity — by Folorunso Adisa
Every democracy answers to two courts. One is the court of law, where judges weigh evidence, uphold due process and pronounce verdicts. The other is the court of public opinion, where reputations are often convicted long before evidence is tested. Prince Matthew Adeniyi Adeyemi currently stands at the intersection of both. His criminal trial is scheduled to begin on July…
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The supplicant: Russia now begs Turkey to protect its last pipeline — by Lim Tean
Twenty years ago, Russia turned off the gas to Europe in the dead of winter and called it diplomacy. This week, the Kremlin issued a press statement pleading with Turkey to persuade Ukraine to stop attacking its pipelines. Read that sentence again. It contains the entire trajectory of Russian power in this war. On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed…
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Russia-Ukraine war: Everything has changed — by Carrick Ryan
On 16 March 2022, less than a month after Putin ordered his tanks over the Ukrainian border, a defiant yet visibly exhausted Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a gathering of NATO leaders via video link. His speech spoke of the heroic resistance that had already shattered the predictions of military analysts around the world. But even then, many felt as though the…
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Local content must create value for Nigerians — by Olu Verheijen
For twenty-five years, NOG Energy Week has been one of the rooms where Nigeria tells the truth about energy: what we have promised, what we have postponed, what we have delivered, and what we must now become.This year’s theme speaks of ambition, competitiveness and resilience. I want to add a fourth word: proof. Because in this season — when records…
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Ten years without my leader, Umaru Shinkafi — by Femi Fani-Kayode
10 years ago, on July 6th 2016, you left us Baba. I remember the last time I saw you and the words of comfort and encouragement you offered me even at my darkest moment. From 1984 when I was just 24 years old and I first had the honor and privilege of being close to you, you never judged me…
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Ramat is coming, make way for the director — by Steve Babaeko
I studied Drama at the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and majored in Directing. Then advertising happened. Thirty-something years and still counting, hundreds of TVC productions, countless scripts written for other directors to bring to life. The director in me watched patiently from the wings. One of the remarkable things about life is that full circle has a way of…
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Rising cases of abuse of house-helps among Igbo women — by Kelechi Deca
Thousands of years ago, our ancestors were bogged by an intellectual dilemma where certain things seem to have a constant repetition of outcomes with accurately targeted recurring certainty. Worried about such effects, they asked the now famous yet answered rhetoric question: “Agbaa akụ nke mbu, ọ daa n’ogwe, agbaa nke abụọ ọ daa n’ogwe, emere ogwe na akụ!” Nothing seems…
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Leadership is a contact game — by Adedokun Abolarin
President Bill Clinton wrote in his autobiography, _My Life: “Politics is a contact game.” I believe leadership is, too.This timeless principle was taught to me by my Leader, Chief Ajibola Ige SAN — Cicero. He never joked with his friends and supporters. He showed up. He stayed present. He made people feel seen. So it was for me yesterday.As a…
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On the Yoruba concept of Dalemosu — by Olubunmi Ajai
Dear my fellow Yoruba people, Please come around for some Omoluabi talk. One thing we should remember is that traditional Yoruba society was, and still is, in many respects, more of a gerontocracy than a patriarchy. Age, seniority, lineage, and achievement often carried as much weight as gender. In my view, ours has historically been one of the more woman-friendly…
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Adeyemi: Fake agency, outrage and presidential statesmanship — by Olabode Opeseitan
“A politician thinks about the next election. A statesman thinks about the next generation.” — James Freeman Clarke The Adeyemi fake agency scandal and the public outcry are a grim reminder of the significance of statesmanship in statecraft. What happened is not simply the audacity of one man. It is the exposure of a system so porous that a phantom…
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