Perspectives
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The Ozoro festival — by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
A long time ago, there was an annual festival in a community in Ekiti. Its purpose was to highlight anti-social behaviour and to serve as some form of accountability mechanism. The young people would dance around the community and visit homes of ‘offenders’, those who had stolen farm produce, cheated their labourers, slept with the wives or husbands of others…
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Technocrat or politician: Tinubu’s 2027 Lagos dilemma — by Mathew Ekeinde
Day after day, the shadows of 2027 continue to lengthen over the political landscape of Lagos State. As Nigeria’s most important state, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s home base, the riveting attention is on who will get his backing among the long list of prospective and suitable candidates. Those who matter are watching, weighing every step, and waiting with bated…
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The substance, symbolism of President Tinubu’s UK state visit — by Tunde Rahman
It is said that no one does ceremonies quite like the British. This much was obvious last week when Nigeria literally strutted the red carpet rolled out in her honour on the ancient and hallowed grounds of Windsor and 10 Downing Street. By the time the curtains were drawn on President Bola Tinubu’s two-day official visit to the United Kingdom…
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The glory of Tinubu’s London state visit vis-a-vis his ambassadorial list reproach — by Bolanle Bolawole
“Do you think President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will revisit his ambassadorial-nominee list, seeing the avalanche of criticisms that have trailed some of the names on the list? Some of them have even been rejected by the countries they were posted to!” “Haba! People! Why can’t we for once see something positive in Emilokan? Should the ambassadorial list be the topic…
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Kashim Shettima: Chosen by providence, refined by kindness — by Babazanna Abdulkarim
In the rough and tumble arena of Nigerian politics, where political capital is often measured in decibels rather than deeds, and where loyalty is frequently a function of patronage, the ascent of His Excellency Kashim Shettima defies every established playbook. To observe his trajectory from an academic intellectual to the Governor of Borno State, and ultimately to the Vice Presidency…
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Tinubu’s 1999 cabinet and the rest of us — by Enyinnaya Appolos
When the list of members of the Lagos State Executive Council under Bola Ahmed Tinubu resurfaced online last week, it did more than trend, it reopened a political case study. It reminded Nigerians that leadership is not just about occupying office; it is about building people, managing differences, sustaining loyalty, and thinking long term. Between 1999 and 2007, as Governor…
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Between honour and delusion — by Olabode Opeseitan
There could never have been a sharper reminder of the distance between honour and delusion, between a nation stepping into its future and a faction still worshipping the ruins of its past. Earlier this week, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu stood as the honoured guest of the British Royal Family and the British Government, received with the full splendour of…
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Inside the significance of the APC National Convention — by Arabinrin Aderonke
When I received the notification that I have been added to the Media and Publicity Committee of the forthcoming national convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, I felt a deep sense of honour and responsibility. Beyond the excitement, it offered a moment to reflect on the weight of the assignment and the broader importance of the convention itself. This…
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On the hullabaloo over £746m deal —by Louis Odion
I believe the original author of this post suffers poor understanding of the issues. I earlier observed an iteration of same cognitive impairment elsewhere and had instinctively waved it off as undeserving of a response, lest the barbarians assume they had achieved their sole objective — a distraction. Specifically, I refer to implicating the British steel industry in this mischievous…
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Adelabu, let there be light — by Folorunso Adisa
I attended a primary school where the curriculum was steeped in Christian instruction and the moral lessons of the Holy Bible. The proprietor was a devout Christian, and regardless of one’s personal creed every pupil was expected to possess a copy of the Song of Praise and later books such as Together in God’s Family. It was an era when…
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