Perspectives
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Faith, wealth, and the risk of imbalance — by Bola Adebawo
In recent days, a lively and, at moments, pointed conversation among respected Christian voices has brought the subject of prosperity back into sharp focus. The exchange, hosted by Charles Osazuwa of Good Tidings Bible Church International, featured perspectives from former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Korede Komaiya, and Olumide Emmanuel, among others. What began as a theological engagement quickly evolved into…
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Where are the elders in the political market of Akure — by Ojo Oyewamide
It was in 1993. Otunba Omolade Oluwateru had just retired from the Ondo State Housing Corporation, where he rose to the position of general manager. He set his sights on the chairmanship of the old Akure local government. He joined and sought the ticket of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The party was one of the two political parties decreed…
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Yayi rising: From political force to the promise of Yewa’s moment — by Folorunso Adisa
The momentum around Senator Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, FCA, widely known as Yayi, has grown beyond routine political noise. It has become a defining conversation. It is the kind of presence that compels scrutiny, invites reflection, and, even among critics, demands a second look. On more than one occasion, I found myself tracing his journey from the Lagos State House…
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Hamzat, his date with destiny — by Ismail Omipidan
The musical phrase by the famous musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal that “Eda l’oun s’are, sebi final decision nbe lowo Olohun Oba…” (as mortals, we can run the race, but God, our Creator, has the final say) aptly situates the unfolding political journey of the incumbent Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, whose governorship aspiration, by Allah’s permission, may…
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What Hungary’s democratic revolution must teach Nigeria — by Kio Amachree
On Sunday, April 12, 2026, something happened on the banks of the Danube River in Budapest that every Nigerian — from the creeks of the Niger Delta to the streets of Kano — should study with the seriousness it deserves. Viktor Orbán, one of the most powerful and entrenched authoritarian leaders in the Western world, was swept from office in…
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Nigeria’s corruption problem begins beyond its leaders — by Folabi Ogunleye
In conversations about corruption in Nigeria, there is a familiar tendency to point upward, in a manner that locates the problem in powerful men and reduce a complex national condition to the moral failures of a few individuals. Figures like James Ibori and Sani Abacha are often invoked as shorthand for this dysfunction, or as symbols of excess, impunity, and…
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Onoruwo ibn Ambali: The garri trafficker at 60 — by Bamidele Johnson
While having a lazy Sunday morning four years ago, I got a call from Onoruwo ibn Ambali of Okeliwo AKA Wale Adedayo. He sounded urgent. Very urgent. “Ogbologbo, nibo lo wa?” he asked. Home. In bed. “Ipata, o kuku ni lo si church,” he said, mocking my well-established church avoidance. The levity lowered my guard. I had thought something serious…
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Mike Adenuga: The iroko that casts no shadow twice — by Olabode Opeseitan
In the hush of April 29, 2026, as Mike Adenuga turns 73, Nigeria does not merely mark a birthday, it contemplates a phenomenon.His story has long escaped the confines of biography. What do you say of a man who built a telecom and energy empire while speaking so sparingly in public that each utterance becomes an event? Yes, there was…
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Yemi Osinbajo and the prosperity gospel — by Deji Yesufu
The day is Sunday, 5th March, 2026. The venue is the Rock of Ages Christian Assembly in Benin, Edo State. The preacher is Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the former Vice President of Nigeria under the Muhammadu Buhari administration, which led the country from 2015 until 2023. Yemi Osinbajo also contested the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries in 2023, in which…
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Abuja: Why are the Americans running? — by Lasisi Olagunju
War commanders die cheap deaths; farmers are murdered on their farms, traders in their shops, landlords vanish on their lands, tenants in their rented rooms; students abducted from their studies. What more must happen before we become what Italians would call “Paese dei Morti” (Country of the Dead)? When I read last Thursday that the United States had asked all…
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