Perspectives
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Wole Soyinka at 90: Truth, Literature and Nation building, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa
Wole Soyinka has been hoary since I came to the knowledge of his works and his activism many years ago. Hoariness, for me, is not a feature of age or greying hair. On the contrary, I attach a certain level of exceptional venerableness to the very figure of WS. He possesses a dateless significance for me that surpasses the depth…
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Echoes of Ogun: Celebrating Wole Soyinka, by Babafemi Ojudu
Please join us on July 13 at The Farm to celebrate WS, our own Wole Soyinka, in Ado Ekiti. There will be plenty of wine, sourced either from my grandfather’s aletu in Omioloye Farm or the vineyards of South Africa. Bacchus himself must make an appearance to honour Eni Ogun. There is no better place to celebrate and honour Wole…
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Kongi at 90, by Louis Odion, FNGE
Yes, take a glimpse at this photograph. You would probably imagine, momentarily, a model among the bevy paraded by, say, the popular ritzy GQ magazine. If so, well, you just fell for a disguise. Now, take a closer look. Strip that bucket hat and you will behold, in its luxuriant bloom, that familiar hoary mane complemented by no less immaculate…
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Understanding the Tinubu Tax Reforms, by Dapo Okubanjo
It is slightly more than one year into President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and like many other countries across the world, Nigeria is experiencing a cost-of-living crisis. This has, for some time, led to hues and cries over some of the reforms introduced by the administration, chief among which are the fuel subsidy removal and the unification of multiple exchange rates.…
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My fascination with the UK election and related matters, by Omoniyi Ibietan
Labour’s Sam Carling, 22, Commons’ youngest legislator, heads to Westminster to represent North West Cambridgeshire. Dubbed, “Baby of the House”, Mr. Carling, a graduate student of science at Cambridge University, defeated a veteran Conservative Parliamentarian, Shailesh Vara by 39 votes. Yet, Carling called his election a ‘political earthquake’. I think this is quite revolutionary. Indeed, election results do not have…
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LGBTQ Storm in $150 Billion Samoa Deal Teacup, by Farooq A. Kperogi
In the last two days, my social media feed has been suffused with impassioned expressions of grief and outrage from Nigerians over a putative June 28 agreement that the Nigerian government has signed with the European Union to legalize LGBTQ+ rights in the country in exchange for a $150 economic package. It turned out that a July 4 Daily Trust…
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Reflection on Nigerian Civil Service as the “Best in the World” debate, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa
On 22nd June, 2024, at a sporting event organized for civil servants as part of activities to mark the 2024 Civil Service Week, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, made a fundamental claim about the status of the Nigerian Civil Service. At that event, the HCSF commended the hardworking and intelligent civil and…
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Leveraging waterways to unlock limitless tourism opportunities in Lagos
Part of the T.H.E.M.E.S+ agenda of Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is to develop tourism potentials and revolutionize Lagos waterways. This has prompted one of the agencies of the State government to strategically position itself to unlock the limitless opportunities on the State’s waterways for economic greatness. The agency, Lagos State Ferry Services (LAGFERRY), led by a former Lagos…
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Supporting Tinubu’s regime for actualization of regional government, by Kola Amzat
Of all presidents who had been privilege to lead Nigeria in its democratic journey, none was as audacious, decisive, uncompromising, unyielding, resolute, courageous and patriotic like the incumbent. There exists no doubt that the president has knack for taking very tough and difficult decisions particularly, if he’s sufficiently convinced of the appropriateness of such, as well as the benefits to…
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Samoa Deal: The myth and politics of loan for LGBTQ rights, by Gimba Kakanda
At the outset, it’s worth noting that no nation or organization on this planet would provide a loan equivalent to half the size of a borrowing country’s GDP. As of March 31, 2024, Nigeria’s total domestic and external debts stood at $91.46 billion. Yet, we are being told to believe that we are securing a loan of $150 billion for…
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