Perspectives
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When ignorance masquerades as economic critique: A rejoinder to Suyi Ayodele — by Tanimu Yakubu
There is criticism, and there is confusion elevated to performance art. Suyi Ayodele’s “History Tinubu Should Have Learnt” is not an argument—it is a cascade of assertions built on a startling ignorance of how modern economies function. It is one thing to oppose policy. It is quite another to do so while demonstrating no working knowledge of public finance, sovereign…
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Africa, OTT and business model problem — by Aderemi Ogunpitan
Africa does not have an OTT problem. Africa has a business model problem. For too long, too many platforms entered the continent with imported assumptions. Build the app. Buy the content. Push subscriptions. Scale fast. Hope the market catches up. That may sound like strategy in a boardroom. In reality, it has often been an expensive misunderstanding of how African…
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Power, language, and hypocrisy in global politics — by Wale Bakare
There is a certain way some conversations are framed that tells you, long before the facts are examined, what conclusion you are expected to arrive at. Language, in this regard, is never innocent. It is curated, polished, and deployed with surgical precision. Much like the tendency in some societies to dismiss serious offences as “something everybody does,” global political language…
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Is Kwankwaso working for Tinubu? — by Oluwadare Ayeni
Nigerian politics is rarely straightforward. Behind public speeches and political rallies are quiet meetings, strategic friendships, and alliances that often reveal themselves only when it is too late. In recent months, one question has continued to surface in political conversations across the country: is Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso playing a political game that ultimately benefits President Bola Ahmed Tinubu? Kwankwaso and…
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Senator Tokunbo Abiru: Celebrating a legacy of visionary leadership- by Enitan Olukotun
It is another remarkable day for an exceptional leader, a visionary public servant, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions. Fondly known as the “DoingGood Senator,” Tokunbo Abiru, whose life has become synonymous with purposeful impact, stands out as a leader…
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Kwakwanso, Obi and Makinde: all motion, no movement!, by Kola Amzat
Snails belong to animal colonies called gastropods which are soft-bodied and invertebrates. They are on the same spot all the time. Not for lack of motion, nor for lack of desire to move. Indeed, there is plenty of motion around them, even more than other animals in their group, but they simply don’t move. They are rooted on the same…
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Beyond the red carpet: The UK state visit is an investment in Nigeria’s future — by Wale Edun
President Bola Tinubu (middle) witnessed the signing of the £746 million financing agreement by Nigeria’s finance ministry, led by Wale Edun (3rd), and UK minister of small business and economic transformation, Blair McDougall (1st), to modernise Apapa and Tin Can Island ports. As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Prime Minister Keir Starmer met at 10 Downing Street to discuss the…
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The bankrupt oracle: Chatham House and the politics of misreading Nigeria — by Olabode Opeseitan
On certain mornings in London, when the fog hangs low over St. James’s Square and the air carries that faint metallic chill peculiar to the city, a familiar procession unfolds. Nigerian politicians, decked in tailored coats and the quiet tension of ambition, step out of black cars and walk toward the Georgian façade of Chatham House. They move with the…
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POSTSCRIPT: From intent to outcomes — President Tinubu’s state visit to the United Kingdom — by Sunday Dare
If President Tinubu’s visit to London was framed as a strategic reset, its conclusion has now provided something more important: proper evidence of execution. What was once a relationship sustained by legacy is now being redefined by leverage- capital inflows, systems alignments, priorities convergence and stronger economic collaboration. From Washington to Moscow, from the Skylines of China to Japan and…
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Luvvie Ajayi and all the accolades she deserves — by Connor Gillivan
She moved from Nigeria to Chicago at nine years old. Walked into a classroom where she was the new girl, the only one with an accent, and a minority for the first time in her life. She taught herself to lose the accent by mimicking her classmates. In 2003, she started a blog from her college dorm room. Just writing.…
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