Perspectives
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FCCPC: Tell us, is air travel also not for the poor? — by Bola Bolawole
David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark, remember him? This man was the military governor of Niger state between 1984 and 1986 (straddling the military juntas of Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida). He, therefore, must have been a prominent member of the group that staged the coup that ousted the country’s first (though, fraudulently?) elected civilian president, Shehu Shagari, thereby truncating democracy in…
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Nigeria and the burden of strategic choice — by Oluwadare Ayeni
The war in the Middle East, marked by escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, and widening instability across the Gulf, has unsettled global markets, redrawn diplomatic calculations, and injected uncertainty into the international system. For fragile economies, it is a storm. For complacent governments, it is a threat. For Nigeria, it is something far more consequential: a moment of reckoning.…
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Why Iyabo Obasanjo’s Ogun State governorship bid will fail — by Bamidele Johnson
Iyabo Obasanjo is throwing herself into this governorship bid with admirable stamina. I hope she fails. Why? Because I am a man of spite and loathing. Not the recreational kind. Mine is sorta personal interest-driven. IO (nee IOB) represented Ogun Central in the Senate. Ogun Central includes Lambe, my former hood, and the stretch of neglected humanity that answers to…
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Harvesting hope: Governor Hyacinth Alia’s agricultural transformation in Benue — by Babajide Fadoju
While in Makurdi, I found myself in a sun-baked field just outside Gboko, standing beside a man named Terseer Ikyo. He wore a faded cap and held a small digital tablet awkwardly, as if it were a foreign object he had only recently learned to trust. Terseer is in his late forties, a third-generation yam farmer whose family land once…
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Abioye’s new beginning and the questions it provokes by Kayode Adebiyi
There are some stories that just can’t be contained within the walls of a church. They seep into public discussions, not because people are hunting for scandal, but because they resonate deeply. The recent development surrounding Bishop David Abioye and Bishop David Oyedepo have become one of such stories. This is not an attempt to tear or run anyone down.…
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A distant war, a nearby fire — by Gimba Kakanda
Even as a country overwhelmed by a domestic security crisis, I think it is delusional to police those who see the connection between conflicts in the Middle East and what we experience here. They have every reason to be wary. It is not only because faith-based allegiances at home can be mobilised in sympathy with parties to those conflicts, with…
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A message to the opposition: Get red-eyed or get out — by Ugo Egbujo
The attack on Peter Obi and other opposition leaders was entirely foreseeable. The opposition must grasp its current predicament and unite to resist. So far, it has remained too aloof , too feeble. It has to take the bull by the horns or thrown in the towel. In 2023, local opposition parties in Rivers State could barely campaign. Senator Magnus…
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The making of an Inspector-General of Police — by Bolanle Bolawole
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has quit the office; An Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has been nominated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to fill the vacancy thus created. As is usual in this climate with such change of guards in sensitive, high-profile and mouth-watering positions, controversies and colliding explanations have rent the air. Officially, Egbetokun resigned on…
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Discovering Nigeria through Owerri- by Tolu Aderemi
My first visit to Owerri in Imo State was a quiet revelation: clean airports and roads, comfortable hotels, serene villages and fresh air, a reminder that the treasures of our country are often right on our doorstep. Like many other Nigerians, and despite having visited places such as Port Harcourt and Akwa Ibom, I had wrongly assumed I knew the…
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Dele Momodu, President Tinubu not using jazz — by Reno Omokri
Dele Momodu, President Tinubu Is Not Using Jazz. He Is Using Performance. Even You Are Looking Fresher, and More Robust Under Tinubu Last week, Mr Dele Momodu admitted that he does not know why various Governors elected on different political party platforms are gravitating to the All Progressives Congress and President Bola Tinubu, and attributed the situation to mystical powers…
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