Perspectives
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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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LAGFERRY: With Lagos, every trip is a show, by Uche Nnadozie
The birth of Lagos Ferry Services Company (LFSC) (better known as LAGFERRY) and its continued growth has given birth to a different kind of tourism leveraging the time-hounoured geographical advantage of Lagos State. As a state with about a third of its land space covered by water, marine transportation and it’s twin sister of water tourism should be a given. Though…
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Tinubu regime’s unreserved respect for traditional institution, Kola Amzat
But for the prompt and stern intervention of Federal Government about a week ago, the foremost, highly revered, peace-loving, progressive and very reserved monarch of Sokoto caliphate, Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar would by now be ruminating on next step to take, after he might have been dethroned from the exalted caliphate throne by the Sokoto state…
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Of Ayo Banjo, ‘Femi Falana’ and the heydays of Student Activism at UI, by Prof. Tunji Olaopa
Events, incidences and circumstances often coalesce to bring about the remembrances of things gone and things that make for how the present is constituted out of the past. The months of May and June brought about such reminiscing in the very sad events of the demise of Professor Ayo Banjo, followed almost immediately in June by that of my formidable…
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Sheu Sani: A patriot with knack for truth, by Kola Amzat
Very few Nigerians in all fields are stickler for truth, like Sheu Sani, a Kaduna born politician and social crusader of high repute. Indeed, this virtue was his Achilles heels in his quest for a second term as Senator, Federal Republic of Nigeria, the plum office he was denied by the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai,…
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Femi Esho: Exit and memories, by Femi Macaulay
It was striking that Femi Esho’s daughter, Bimbo, broke the news of his death by sending me a video, with the words, “Last dance with my dad. May your gentle soul rest in peace, Daddy.” As they danced to a song by Juju maestro Ebenezer Obey, she hailed him, calling him “Evergreen Baba.” There were birthday cakes and drinks on…
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Cholera outbreak: Why Lagos won’t go into panic mode, by Segun Ajayi
It crept in like the biblical “thief in the night” whose mission was to afflict, maim and destroy. Double-faced like Janus, the mythical Roman god of beginnings, cholera strikes with two lethal weapons and leaves in its trail sorrow, tears and wailing. Given the speed with which cholera kills, even the intrepid would be rattled. But for Lagos, a formidable…
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These activists are posers, not persuaded, by Tomiwa Owolade
A defaced painting of a former British statesman. A vandalised portrait of the King. Orange powder sprayed over an ancient monument. Holiday flights delayed. An investment firm with a tiny share in businesses associated with fossil fuels pressured to stop funding two of the biggest literary festivals in the country. All of this has happened in the past few months,…
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Lagos-Badagry Expressway and its remarkable impact on lives, by Uche Nnadozie
On a visit to one of the towns along the Badagry Expressway, the remarkable impact of the reconstructed highway could not escape this writer, having passed the same route some years ago when it was for – lack of a better word – a mess! The community, which is after Agbara, was almost impassable some years ago as passengers were made…
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Nigeria Customs under Adeniyi, by Adeyinka Adedeji
It is 133 years since the Nigeria Custosm Service was established. A colonial construct, it shares a lot with some of its peers, like the Nigeria Police, the Nigeria Army, the Correctional Service, and several other public institutions. However, arguably more than any of the others, it has had to deal with serial changes: changes in its enabling laws, changes…
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