Perspectives
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Power crisis: This peculiar mess is beyond Adelabu — by Yemi Kolapo
About a week ago, I ran into an old friend, a classmate at Command Children School, Ojo, Lagos. She is one of the three primary school friends that I have kept in touch with since our graduation about four decades ago. We lost contact in between and reconnected on Facebook.Back then, Bisola was an average pupil who aspired for the…
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A union between order and violence — by Folorunso Adisa
It has always been a restless union, a gathering of men bound not just by trade but by tension. Long before now, it had earned a reputation that traveled faster than its buses. Where it went, stories followed of unrest, of muscle, of a certain lawlessness that hovered like heat over asphalt. My understanding of that world was never abstract.…
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Saadia Mosbah: A voice against racism in Tunisia — by Okoi Obono-Obla
Saadia Mosbah is a prominent Tunisian human rights activist who has devoted her life to combating racism and advocating for the rights of Black Tunisians and victims of racial discrimination, including Sub-Saharan migrants. Her relentless efforts have focused on dismantling stereotypes and fostering equality across Tunisian society, promoting a nation free from prejudice, racism, and division. As a Black Tunisian…
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In memory of MEE Mofe-Damijo — by Simbo Olorunfemi
“As a child, I wished only to be relevant. I am now. I wished to have people pause and listen to me as I talked. They do now. I wished also to have people laugh at my jokes. They do now, even if it’s out of politeness.” – MEE Mofe-Damijo, 1993 This day, 30 long years ago, the sun abruptly…
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Chatham House’s misreading of President Tinubu’s UK state visit — by Tosin Olayinka
“He who thinks he has caught a tiger may discover, too late, that he was only clutching his own shadow.” That is the problem with the Chatham House commentary by Dr Leena Koni Hoffmann: it reads less like rigorous policy analysis and more like a polished brief built on selective pessimism, half-acknowledged progress, and a familiar genre of elite-distance commentary…
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The Ozoro festival — by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
A long time ago, there was an annual festival in a community in Ekiti. Its purpose was to highlight anti-social behaviour and to serve as some form of accountability mechanism. The young people would dance around the community and visit homes of ‘offenders’, those who had stolen farm produce, cheated their labourers, slept with the wives or husbands of others…
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Technocrat or politician: Tinubu’s 2027 Lagos dilemma — by Mathew Ekeinde
Day after day, the shadows of 2027 continue to lengthen over the political landscape of Lagos State. As Nigeria’s most important state, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s home base, the riveting attention is on who will get his backing among the long list of prospective and suitable candidates. Those who matter are watching, weighing every step, and waiting with bated…
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The substance, symbolism of President Tinubu’s UK state visit — by Tunde Rahman
It is said that no one does ceremonies quite like the British. This much was obvious last week when Nigeria literally strutted the red carpet rolled out in her honour on the ancient and hallowed grounds of Windsor and 10 Downing Street. By the time the curtains were drawn on President Bola Tinubu’s two-day official visit to the United Kingdom…
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The glory of Tinubu’s London state visit vis-a-vis his ambassadorial list reproach — by Bolanle Bolawole
“Do you think President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will revisit his ambassadorial-nominee list, seeing the avalanche of criticisms that have trailed some of the names on the list? Some of them have even been rejected by the countries they were posted to!” “Haba! People! Why can’t we for once see something positive in Emilokan? Should the ambassadorial list be the topic…
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Kashim Shettima: Chosen by providence, refined by kindness — by Babazanna Abdulkarim
In the rough and tumble arena of Nigerian politics, where political capital is often measured in decibels rather than deeds, and where loyalty is frequently a function of patronage, the ascent of His Excellency Kashim Shettima defies every established playbook. To observe his trajectory from an academic intellectual to the Governor of Borno State, and ultimately to the Vice Presidency…
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