Perspectives
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Nigerian Tribune at 75: Awolowo’s testament of immortality, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa
The Nigerian Tribune was established in 1949 by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Being seventy-five years old in 2024 and hence achieving the status of Nigeria’s privately-owned newspaper in Nigeria is a testament not only to the foresight of Chief Awolowo and the managerial acumen of those who have kept its legacies afloat all these years. It is also an indictment of…
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‘Owoblow’ – The One-Man Army! By Segun Odegbami
Tribute to Dr. Felix Owolabi at 70 I don’t remember the very first time we met. It probably was on the football field, during a football match. Thinking back now, it could have been in 1977, during the epic FA Cup match that year when my team, Shooting Stars FC, played against Raccah Rovers of Kano, the team that he…
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To my Principal!! By Major GU Bukar, ADC to late COAS, General Lagbaja
Sir, I do not know where to start from, because all my thoughts are that I would in the future be writing your biography, and not epitaph. I first met you 10 years ago, on 1st of December 2014, as my Commanding Officer in 72 Special Forces Battalion. It was then that you started instilling in me the warrior ethos…
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Auspicious time Obasanjo gets concerned with life after death, by Kola Amzat
At 87+, ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo remains one of the prodigiously blessed Nigerians, dead or alive. He has enjoyed manifold and mindboggling blessings in all facets in the same country he’s chosen to be continually maligned and ridiculed at every given opportunity. By sheer act of provident, he was the Nigerian Army Commander who the rebellious Biafran soldiers handed over the…
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The inevitable renewal agenda for NAHCON, by Tunde Akanni
In perfect confirmation of the Islamic perception of indecent people who lack shame and are always ready to act out their recklessness, the propagandists are again at work. They wanted to skew the information about the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, such that the leadership that is just berthing is bedeviled? In what worse manner could the immediacy and…
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ACF: Time for work, not distractions, by Ismaila Mohammed
The recent declaration by the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to back a Northern presidential candidate in the upcoming 2027 general elections due to dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies did not surprise many Nigerians. The ACF, once a respected voice for the North, has become a shadow of its former self, mere mouthpiece for a select few, rather than…
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Sanwo-Olu enriches festival spectacles as Afropolis keeps Lagos dancing, by Akeem Lasisi
Beyond being the commercial and entertainment capital of Nigeria, Lagos can rightly be saluted as the No. 1 home of festivals too. Or, is there any other Nigerian city or state that hosts as many as the big festivals that happen in the aquatic city annually?Just consider what it witnessed in the past few weeks: the African Movies Academy Awards…
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Tinubu tax reforms explained in layman’s language, by Dada Olusegun
Since President Bola Tinubu transmitted four executive bills tagged #TaxReformBills to the national assembly last month, many needless controversies have engulfed the debate around the bill. Most of these controversies are simply borne out of inability of those flaming the controversies to carefully go through the contents of the bills currently before the parliament. As a result of, a lot…
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Tracking President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Cities and housing initiatives, by Fredrick Nwabufo
Housing is a human, psychological, and social need. It is a rudimentary component of existence and human dignity. It is as essential as life. Nigeria does have a challenge of affordable housing. The enormity of the challenge is even more perturbing when our steadily rising population is thrown into the dialectics of demography and poverty. According to the World Bank,…
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Presidency’s Multi-Spokesperson Model risks message fragmentation – By Tony Onyima, Ph.D.
The recent restructuring of President Ahmed Tinubu’s media and communications team introduces an unconventional approach. It dispenses with the traditional singular spokesperson for the Presidency and instead delegates this role to a team of three special advisers. While the stated objective is to enhance efficiency and ensure consistent messaging, this strategy raises critical questions about its practicality and potential pitfalls.The…
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