Perspectives
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Ojude Oba and My Ijebu Awakening, by Bamidele Johnson
Until last year, Ojude Oba ranked somewhere below lukewarm pap on my interest scale. Sub-zero, if we’re being scientific. I didn’t know it was such a ritzy affair. But the scenes from the current edition have been nothing short of spectacular. Velvet, gold, horses and gele that can pick up 5G signal. The spectacle has completely recalibrated my view of…
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Religious diversity at home: a tribute to Remi Tinubu, by Jimoh Ibrahim
In a home where the husband is a Muslim and the wife is a Christian, the stability of all issues reflects the celebration of both faiths as a living example of religious diversity—despite the complexities inherent in such differences. Even if I offend the President by saying this, the credit for this remarkable balance goes to Senator Remi Tinubu, an…
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Two years of President Tinubu: two stories behind the positive numbers, by Tunde Rahman
Economists and commentators have written and said much about the positive trajectory and indicators signposting Nigeria’s economic growth. These indicators indicate that the reforms embarked upon by President Bola Tinubu since assuming office two years ago have begun to engender successful outcomes. The reforms are paving the way for economic recovery. The facts are self-evident and they speak for themselves…
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Interrogating Amaechi’s out-of-power tissue of lies, by Dada Olusegun
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi is a well-known character in Nigeria’s political space thanks to his 24 years of presence in the corridors of power both at the state and national level. Some would say he was a formidable force at some point in Nigeria’s modern democratic journey and 60, may yet play one or two more roles in the country’s democratic…
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Nigeria’s reforms have put the country on the global economic map, by Abdul Samad Rabiu
As my country steadies itself, Britain, its Western allies and their companies should deepen this partnership As ghosts of the 1930s haunt the global outlook, the scramble for trade deals has seized control of government agendas. The United States has leveraged its “tariff war” to secure better terms, driving both friend and foe to the negotiating table. British deals with…
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Ebinpawa: What about the cocoa boom of 2024?, by ‘Tope Fasua
This article is focused on what’s going on with cocoa alone. Across the land, there are so many other crops that sometimes sprout wildly but are worth fortunes. …the question we should ask ourselves, especially in South-West Nigeria is, “How can we abandon our farms, become city rats and say ‘ebinpawa’?” Is it not so obvious now that there may…
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Leadership lessons from AfDB’s Akinwumi Adesina, by Femi Adesina
It is not the end. Not yet. But it was the beginning of the end. President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Nigeria’s Dr Akinwumi Adesina, was hosting the last Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, as his 10 years at the helm of affairs of the Bank lapses on August 31. A new President resumes…
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Praise and Party: sampling Nigerian gospel music hits in the nightclub, by Akin Olaniyan
If the videos we are seeing on TikTok and other social media platforms are real, then clubbers might have had the inglorious opportunity to sample a gospel song and move their bodies on the dancing floors the same way Afrobeats and Amapiano hits would normally make them do. ‘No Turning Back II,’ a gospel anthem now providing the rhythm to…
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Lagos: Mr Governor, this sacrifice must get to Olodumare, by Funke Egbemode
As a young reporter in the early 90s, I grew up in the newsroom hearing the phrase ‘IBB Boys’. These were young soldiers loyal to the former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who ruled Nigeria between August 27, 1985 and August 26, 1993. As a directing staff (lecturer) at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA in the early 1970s, IBB was…
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The philanthropy of Bill Gates must be approached with caution
Mukesh Kapila CBE is the former United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan. He is Professor Emeritus of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester; and Senior Adviser to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. You can find him on X @mukeshkapila While Bill Gates’ humanitarian credentials are not in doubt, his philanthropic endeavours are our business because…
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