Perspectives
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Omotola donates Mother’s Love Box Office proceeds to children’s education — by Babajide Fadoju
In her directorial debut and 30th year in film, the Nollywood icon says a moment of moral clarity led her to give everything. She had struggled with the idea. She had argued against it. Then, by her own account, she stopped fighting. A few days before the Lagos screening of Mother’s Love, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde says a thought arrived with unusual…
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Open for business, rooted in partnership: President Tinubu’s historic UK state visit — by Mohammed Idris
The last time a Nigerian leader paid a state visit to the United Kingdom, seventy percent of Nigeria’s current population were not yet born. That 1989 visit by military President Ibrahim Babangida went as expected – a grand event hosted by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Thirty-seven years later – and sixty-six years after Nigeria gained its independence from the…
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UK-Nigeria: A reset-building on the past and leaping into the future — by Sunday Dare
Early this week, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will travel to the United Kingdom for what may prove to be one of the most consequential diplomatic engagements of his Presidency. It will be the first time a Nigerian leader will be berthing on the banks of the Thames on a State Visit in nearly four decades. Only very few such State…
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In defence of Daniel Bwala — by Festus Adedayo
“I walked into the Governor’s Lodge, my feet languid and heart trembling. When you walk into that hallowed premises, you are not sure of your fate. On this particular day, even inanimate objects at the Lodge knew that the earth and heavens were in a warring mood. There was an unusual calm. The rats of the Lodge had lost their…
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Ibadan, powerlessness, and University of Ibadan’s missteps — by Taiwo Adisa
Let me start by saying that Ibadan in this piece is used to depict Oyo State as one of the 36 states of the Nigerian nation. Section 147(1-7) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provided for the office of the Ministers of the government. In Section 147(3), the constitution provides that the appointment of ministers shall be done in conformity…
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Aiyedatiwa: When luck and destiny are not enough — by Bamidele Johnson
Much was made of the Ondo governor’s name when he moved from deputy to the big chair, first by completing the tenure of Rotimi Akeredolu and then by winning election afterward. Among the Yoruba, a name is not a decorative label, but a prophecy with vowels and consonants. Kids aren’t just named but sent into the world with a spiritual…
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In Nigeria’s mining sector, the law is no respecter of persons — by Kehinde Bamigbetan
The coming visit of Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom is generating high expectations on the back of positive evaluations of his economic management by international rating agencies and policy institutions. The invitation by King Charles highlights the diplomatic recognition and respect Nigeria commands within the United Kingdom’s political landscape. Yet, as arrangements for what promises to…
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Issues in President Tinubu’s UK state visit — by Temitope Ajayi
President Bola Tinubu will land at the airport on March 17, 2026 to begin a historic State Visit that will showcase to the world the unique bond that exists between Nigeria and the United Kingdom. When the formalities of the visit begin on March 18, the President Bola, in the company of his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, will be the…
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“Atenuje” as Bwala’s nemesis- by Tunde Olusunle
Mehdi Hasan, the tough-grilling Al Jazeera inquisitor, did more than marinate and barbecue Daniel Bwala on global television, Friday March 6, 2026. You had to sympathise with Bwala the kind of hiding he received on global television that day, even while being concurrently embarrassed by his crass incompetence. Hasan by the way, is the Al Jazeera reincarnate of Stephen Sackur,…
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Daniel in the lion’s den — by Folorunso Adisa
Watching Daniel Bwala across the table from Mehdi Hasan unexpectedly took me back to my primary school days at Gab Memorial Nursery and Primary School. One afternoon, while leafing through a thick yellow-backed book distributed by Jehovah’s Witnesses, I encountered the biblical story of Daniel in the lions’ den. It is a tale of conviction under siege: a high official…
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