Perspectives
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From iyan to adire — by Sam Omatseye
It was a sultry afternoon in Abeokuta and Olusegun Obasanjo was glowing in an adire outfit belonging to Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Imagine that? No, you saw it. The fabric owned his body, its simple grandness wrapping his septuagenarian shape. He did not just don it, it adorned him. It invested him with a sort of imperious dignity. Obasanjo was not…
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Iran war: Israel has achieved historic accomplishments — by Benjamin Netanyahu
“Dear citizens of Israel, my brothers and sisters, the campaign is not yet over, but even now it can be clearly stated – we have achieved historic accomplishments. I want you to remember where we were: Iran tried to squeeze us in a stranglehold; Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Assad regime in Syria, the militias in Iraq, the…
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Why Peter Obi should never be Nigeria’s president — by Kio Amachree
Let me be clear about where I stand. I am not a man who courts public approval. I say what I believe, I stand by the evidence, and I have no political debts to settle. I want an Igbo president of Nigeria. I want it genuinely, and I believe the Southeast has waited long enough for its rightful place at…
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ADC: The ‘black market’ Atiku and others bought — by Bola Bolawole
Countdown to the 2015 presidential election, I belonged to a group that brainstormed on who to vote for: the sitting president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, or his challenger, retired General Muhammadu Buhari? Jonathan’s performance in office had been abysmally poor. The tag of a clueless and corrupt government, which the All Progressives Congress, a newly-formed opposition party, pinned on Jonathan and…
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Chido, a man of organisation — by Femi Falana
Since his days as an undergraduate at the University of Calabar, Chido has been consistently an organizational man. A well-organised personality, Chido is skillful in making decisive contributions to ensure the success of any organisation to which he may belong or support. So the attributes that friends, associates, and comrades may now notice in Chido’s persona at 60 have been…
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Dangote Refinery: A monument to Nigeria’s untapped possibility — by Segun Showunmi
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, From the bottom of my heart, I thank you not just on behalf of Nigeria, but for the entire African continent. To witness what you have built at the Dangote Refinery is to confront, in the most tangible way, the scale of what is possible. The vision, the precision, the discipline behind every detail the engineering, the…
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An ode to Nigeria — by Bobby Moroe
As I bid farewell to Nigeria after nine unforgettable years, my heart is full — heavy with goodbye, yet light with gratitude. To the Government of South Africa, I extend my deepest appreciation for entrusting me with the honour of serving our nation in Nigeria for almost a decade. To the Executive, I pay my sincere gratitude for the confidence…
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De-recognised Mark’s ADC faction: Crying wolf where there is none, by Kola Amzat
“He who comes to equity must come with clean hands”. This legal maxim seems very strange to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Senator David Mark and all other recycled politicians who collaborated together to hijack a hitherto fringe party-ADC. In their desperation to unseat the incumbent president after FCT minister, Nyesom Wike hounded them from PDP owing to anti-party activities, they plotted…
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Who should we trust? The man rebuilding or those who caused the ruins? — by Olabode Opeseitan
There is a question every serious nation eventually confronts: Whose voice carries the weight of truth? The voices of those who presided over Nigeria’s long descent into dysfunction, or the sober assessments of global financial institutions that have no stake in our domestic quarrels? The voices of those who helped hollow out the house have returned. They are now insisting…
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Gateway International Airport: Ogun’s bold leap into global aviation and agro-logistics,-By Lekan Adeniran
The commissioning of the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport in Iperu-Ilishan, Ogun State, marks a defining moment in Nigeria’s aviation and economic landscape—one that signals a strategic shift toward regional connectivity, agro-export expansion, and infrastructure-driven development. Officially inaugurated last Saturday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the airport is truly a legacy project with the capacity to reshape Ogun State’s economic future…
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