Perspectives
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Sylvester Oromoni: Time to unleash the deities, by Innocent Raphael
Lord! Sometimes, I sit and wonder why Africa, particularly Nigeria, has so many unresolved murder and crime cases. In 2005, I watched a Nollywood movie about a young man who was beaten to death by a village clique jealous of his progress. His family, knowing he hadn’t died naturally, buried him with a machete and enlisted the help of a…
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Embracing Tax Reform: A Call to action for Nigeria’s Youth, by Dare Ojepe
At this significant crossroads, the future prosperity of Nigeria heavily relies on visionary reforms and active civic participation. One such critical reform, currently being pursued by President Bola Tinubu, involves the restructuring of our nation’s tax system—a move that promises to lay the foundation for sustainable economic growth and enhanced socio-economic equity. Let us begin with the essence of the…
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Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi: On Justice, a Just Society and the Nigerian State, by Tunji Olaopa
The feud between elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola and civil right activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi, is perhaps the most significant discourse that postcolonial Nigerian state has thrown up for the moment, one in a class of those grand defining disputations that sure will gather dust which will take some time to abate. And it is one case that is fraught…
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Celebrating Oyebanji, the People’s Governor at 57, by Yinka Oyebode
Two major events that happened at two different locations in Ekiti State earlier in the month, again laid credence to the primacy of capacity, character and compassion in the leadership style of Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji. First was the event at Oke Ako Ekiti, in the north senatorial district, which featured the distribution of cheques totalling N160 million…
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Femi Adesina’s submission on Buhari’s unwillingness to remove fuel subsidy: hypocrisy at highest level
While paying tribute to his boss-ex President Muhmmadu Buhari during his 82nd Birthday Anniversary Ceremony a couple of days ago, renowned Journalist and former Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the president, Femi Adesina exuberantly submitted that the retired general opted to continue with the regime of oil-subsidy, justifying this claim essentially on his boss love for the “poor and…
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Re: Death by hanging for stealing fowl
Upholding the Integrity of the Judiciary and Setting the Record Straight on the Conviction of Olowookere Segun and Morakinyo Sunday By Akinwole Olasubomi A. The Osun State Government’s recent consideration of the prerogative of mercy for convicted individuals has drawn significant attention and have invariably stirred public opinion based on incomplete or misleading narratives. While this action demonstrates the government’s…
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Nigeria’s Civil Service Commissions, the “Katsina Declaration” and its reform implications – By Prof. Tunji Olaopa
From November 25 to 28, 2024, the Katsina State government hosted the annual conference of the National Council for Civil Service Commissions (NCCSC). This is coming on the heel of a hiatus of over ten years. This fact in itself immediately speaks to a significant issue in the ineffectiveness of the gatekeeping function of the civil service commissions in Nigeria.…
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Kemi Badenoch: Diasporan identity, ambition and reality, by Ademola Ebenezer Adewusi
“Everything flows; nothing remains. Everything moves; nothing is still. Everything passes away; nothing lasts”. Heraclitus Kemi is a politician. Kemi was born to Nigerian parents. Kemi is British by birth. Most importantly, Kemi is in pole position to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. That is her diasporan identity; complex, fluid and instrumentalist. Kemi will do and say…
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Culture shift and Portable’s rise to stardom, by Aderemi Ogunpitan
Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, epitomizes the contradictions of modern Nigerian society—a blend of raw talent, chaos, ambition, and controversy. His rise to fame reflects the power of social media as an equalizer and disruptor of traditional values. Portable bypassed established pathways to success, leveraging platforms like Instagram and TikTok to explode into the mainstream with his viral hit…
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For Buhari, Ore Mekunu (Friend of the poor) at 82 – By Femi Adesina
This will stick in memory for life. It was March, 2020. The whole world was at the edge. A pandemic was on the prowl, and the auguries were not good. The Spanish flu of 1918 to 1920 killed between 25 and 50 million people worldwide. COVID 19 was going to mow down hundreds of millions, with Africa and Nigeria particularly…
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