Perspectives
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Kaduna rally was the North’s referendum on Tinubu — by Abdulaziz Abdulaziz
Through Kaduna, its old political capital, the North spoke yesterday. And the echo will haunt those who have spent months marketing the lie that the North has abandoned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Kaduna Township Stadium was full beyond capacity, and the mammoth crowd overflowed into the well-adorned streets. It was a confetti of colours, flags raised high and proudly:…
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The economics of illusion; and the price Nigeria paid for believing it — by Olabode Opeseitan
Let us settle one incontrovertible truth. Nigeria’s crisis did not begin with Tinubu, nor with subsidy removal, nor with currency reform. It began the moment we mistook neoliberalism for our problem and subsidy for our salvation. The tragedy is that many intellectuals still cling to this illusion. Among them is Prince Justice Faloye, the National Publicity Secretary of the Afenifere…
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Laolu Akande and the pain of Osinbajo’s defeat — by Aiyekooto Akindele
I have been following Laolu Akande’s consistent attacks on the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila right from the moment Osinbajo lost out in his Presidential bid in 2022, the Osinbajo circle are still in pain that Gbaja, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives, supervised the electoral act amendment that gave room for DIRECT PRIMARY as one of the…
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Tinubu and the army of the north — by Dare Babarinsa
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu showed he still has the fire when he addressed a truly mammoth rally in Kaduna at the launching of the APC presidential campaign for the 2027 General Elections. The city trooped out to welcome him, thanks to the mobilising prowess of Governor Uba Sani. The rally is a challenge for the opposition who now needs to…
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Cost of Living: Global hardship, opposition’s convenient blame game – by Seye Oladejo
The attempt by sections of the Nigerian opposition to pin the global cost-of-living crisis exclusively on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a classic case of political opportunism, intellectual dishonesty and the desperate search for a convenient scapegoat. It is akin to clutching at straws in the hope that public frustration can be converted into electoral capital. There is no denying…
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Makinde at the market square, dancing naked, by Kola Amzat
Proverbially, it’s not who began the race that receives accolades, but the one who gloriously completes it. After three (3) unsuccessful attempts at governorship office, providence eventually smiled on Governor Seyi makinde, paving way for his emergence in 2019 as the governor of Oyo state after fourth bid, and this was after his now estranged political benefactors-Nyesom Wike, Hosea Agboola…
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Why Atiku Abubakar is particularly jittery about the Kaduna flag-off — by Festus Keyamo
In the last few days, ahead of the flag-off of the APC Presidential Campaign Rally in Kaduna State, the ADC Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has launched a blistering online attack against the APC, particularly in the North. The common but cheap tactic is to position cameras in certain places, procure individuals to tear down the posters of the President, and…
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Yeni Kuti: The daughter who turned Fela’s legacy to a global brand — by Bimbo Esho
There are legacies that time struggles to erase, names that history refuses to bury and there are daughters who understand that the greatest tribute to a legendary father is not merely to remember him, but to ensure that the world never forgets him. Yeni Kuti belongs to this rare category of women. As the daughter of Fela Anikulapo Kuti ,…
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Ethiopian: Narrative that questioned your assumptions of Africa — by Kelechi Deca
Every day, sparks of counter narratives prop up to question most of the general assumptions we have about Africa and the black race in general. Botswana ideated a policy that taught the world how to avoid resource curse such that countries like Norway domesticated it and turned the idea into a $2 trillion sovereign wealth stash. At a time most…
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Rainbow over Abuja, rain in the wards — by Folorunso Adisa
A coalition is normally announced by the man it exists to serve. The Rainbow Coalition has instead been announced, enlarged, defended and policed by Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, the FCT Minister, who sits in President Tinubu’s cabinet while maintaining that he remains a member of the PDP. After Governor Ademola Adeleke’s recent visit to the President, Wike told journalists in Abuja…
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