Perspectives
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To our beloved brothers in South Africa — by Femi Fani-Kayode
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is, in my view, one of his best plays ever written by history’s greatest bard and playwright, and it is indeed amongst my favourites. It speaks of mob psychology, ambition, power, treachery and the most brutal and painful expression of betrayal by a loved one. Caesar loved Brutus, his protege above all else, but at the…
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Nigeria finally did it: Years of darkness are ending — by Olabode Opeseitan
For more than a decade, one of Nigeria’s most consequential infrastructure projects sat unfinished because of a river. Not a lack of money, not a shortage of will, not even the familiar fog of Nigerian bureaucracy, though all three played their parts. It was the River Niger itself, wide and deep and indifferent, that stopped the engineers, swallowed the deadlines,…
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Review note on ‘The Windfall is Real, So is the Vulnerability’ — by Abdulhaleem Ringim
This review critically examines the article by Abdulhaleem Ringim titled “The Windfall is Real, So is the Vulnerability.” In engaging this work, I seek not only to acknowledge its analytical strengths, but also to rigorously interrogate its macroeconomic assumptions, refine its fiscal logic, and situate its policy prescriptions within the institutional and operational realities of Nigeria. Abdulhaleem Ringim’s central thesis…
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The price of silence: Personal reflection on power and responsibility — by Babafemi Ojudu
There are moments in the life of a people when difficult questions must be asked—not for provocation, but for the preservation of conscience. This is one of such moments. Across Nigeria today, there is a growing perception—fair or unfair—that the Yoruba, once regarded as a stabilizing moral force in the national equation, are retreating into a posture that appears insular,…
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Ruto, tongue, and the trouble with English — by Folorunso Adisa
“Emi o ni ki Gambari ma sun rara, ki o sa ti mo kii iran baba mi.” This age-old Yoruba expression, loosely translated, concedes that a northerner may recite rara, a Yoruba praise form, but must not deploy it to exalt my lineage. If you searched beneath its cadence you would see a subtle architecture of exclusion, a cultural instinct…
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Breaking the silence: The truth behind the lies against me — by Gbenga Daniel
I have maintained a stoic silence, especially on political matters, out of respect for what I considered to be the overall interest of the Ijebu heritage. However, I will respond to this particular issue in order to set the record straight. Ref: Video Recording by Governor Dapo Abiodun As has become typical of our Governor, his account was riddled with…
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Mike Adenuga at 73: A-Z of the guru — by Ebere Wabara
ON Saturday, April 29, 2023, I employed 12 pages of frontline national newspapers for congratulatory advertorials (The Guardian, The PUNCH, THISDAY, Daily Sun and Vanguard: colour centerspread all) to celebrate the epochal 70th Birthday of one of the world’s very few superlative philanthropists and, indeed, my greatest benefactor in the annals of mankind. Nobody or corporate citizen has ever gone…
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ADC, Obidients, David Mark, activate Plan B immediately! — by Charles Novia
This afternoon, I had a phone conversation with Legal Luminary and a well-known Lawyer, Barrister Liborous Oshoma, who is also from my state, Edo State. We spoke mostly about the ADC crisis after he mentioned that he read my piece yesterday on the options before ADC right now. This evening on ‘Politics Today’ on Channels TV, I watched him analyse…
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2027: Don’t Pull Down the Roof, By Kashim Shettima
The political season is upon us again, and with it comes the familiar fever of democracy. Across our wards and local governments, across party offices and private homes, consultations have begun. Aspirants are making calls, elders are receiving visits, supporters are counting delegates, and the marketplace of ambition is alive once more. This is proof that our democracy still breathes.…
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Africa, Nigeria are not overborrowed but underfinanced – Fasua replies Sanusi — by Tope Fasua
I had already started writing an article in which I sought to communicate the very fact that the world is not (yet) invested in Africa or Nigeria, when the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II, made the statement to the effect that with subsidy removal, the federal government should not be borrowing at all. The article, therefore, seeks to…
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