Perspectives
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Nigeria’s capital market is on fire — And the next explosion is yet to come — by Michael Chibuzo
On May 29, 2023 when President Bola Tinubu climbed the famous podium in Eagle Square to kick start a bold and ambitious economic reform journey, which triggered a wave of macroeconomic turbulence, few people ever imagined that less than three years later, that the Nigerian stock will be literally on fire. But that is the reality today. Nigeria’s capital market…
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Between democracy, neoliberalism and the developmental state in fixing Nigeria — by Tunji Olaopa
My thesis in this piece is that Nigeria urgently needs a developmental state and a renegotiated terms of engagement with development partners (especially with such multilateral institutions like the World Bank and IMF, while deploying economic diplomacy with bilateral institutions) in a measure that significantly enables the government to wade through the binding constraints and developmental limitations obstructing the benefits…
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To Wike: It is wickedly wicked to convert Wuye’s public hospital into a private estate — by Yushau A. Shuaib
After watching a viral video by activist lawyer, Barrister A. A. Askira, on the alleged conversion of a public health facility into a private estate in Wuye District, Abuja, I felt compelled to write this open memo to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike—arguably one of the most powerful figures in the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu.…
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On opposition, political itinerancy, and the illusion of salvation — by Demola Adetunji
Just last week, I wrote a piece on opposition politics, the Ibadan political summit, and my views on the state of the opposition in Nigeria. I was motivated largely by the body language and conduct of the political parties that participated in that summit. Let me restate my position clearly, as I did in that piece: I appreciate opposition in…
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To our beloved brothers in South Africa — by Femi Fani-Kayode
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is, in my view, one of his best plays ever written by history’s greatest bard and playwright, and it is indeed amongst my favourites. It speaks of mob psychology, ambition, power, treachery and the most brutal and painful expression of betrayal by a loved one. Caesar loved Brutus, his protege above all else, but at the…
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Nigeria finally did it: Years of darkness are ending — by Olabode Opeseitan
For more than a decade, one of Nigeria’s most consequential infrastructure projects sat unfinished because of a river. Not a lack of money, not a shortage of will, not even the familiar fog of Nigerian bureaucracy, though all three played their parts. It was the River Niger itself, wide and deep and indifferent, that stopped the engineers, swallowed the deadlines,…
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Review note on ‘The Windfall is Real, So is the Vulnerability’ — by Abdulhaleem Ringim
This review critically examines the article by Abdulhaleem Ringim titled “The Windfall is Real, So is the Vulnerability.” In engaging this work, I seek not only to acknowledge its analytical strengths, but also to rigorously interrogate its macroeconomic assumptions, refine its fiscal logic, and situate its policy prescriptions within the institutional and operational realities of Nigeria. Abdulhaleem Ringim’s central thesis…
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The price of silence: Personal reflection on power and responsibility — by Babafemi Ojudu
There are moments in the life of a people when difficult questions must be asked—not for provocation, but for the preservation of conscience. This is one of such moments. Across Nigeria today, there is a growing perception—fair or unfair—that the Yoruba, once regarded as a stabilizing moral force in the national equation, are retreating into a posture that appears insular,…
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Ruto, tongue, and the trouble with English — by Folorunso Adisa
“Emi o ni ki Gambari ma sun rara, ki o sa ti mo kii iran baba mi.” This age-old Yoruba expression, loosely translated, concedes that a northerner may recite rara, a Yoruba praise form, but must not deploy it to exalt my lineage. If you searched beneath its cadence you would see a subtle architecture of exclusion, a cultural instinct…
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Breaking the silence: The truth behind the lies against me — by Gbenga Daniel
I have maintained a stoic silence, especially on political matters, out of respect for what I considered to be the overall interest of the Ijebu heritage. However, I will respond to this particular issue in order to set the record straight. Ref: Video Recording by Governor Dapo Abiodun As has become typical of our Governor, his account was riddled with…
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