Perspectives
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A tribute to my grandfather – Alhaji Aminu Dantata (1931–2025) – by Nana Gwadabe
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. TODAY, my world stands still. My heart is heavy. The sun has set on an era of grace, wisdom, and profound kindness. My grandfather – our grandfather, our patriarch, the towering tree under whose shade generations found peace —Alhaji Aminu Dantata—has returned to Allah. Baban Mamah, as we fondly…
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West Africa must trade its way to prosperity, by O’tega Ogra
For all the ambition that has long swirled around regional integration in West Africa, the reality has remained underwhelming. Trade among ECOWAS member states still lags just below 10%. In an era where continents compete not just on GDP but on supply chains, self-reliance, and economic coherence, that figure is a quiet indictment. At the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES)…
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Tinubu’s reforms fueling a new wave of subnational development, by Sunday Dare
Across Nigeria’s 36 states, a now obvious and relentless economic transformation is unfolding—driven by the bold, strategic reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. From Benin City to Birnin Kebbi, Lagos to Lafia, the signs are increasingly clear: the Renewed Hope Agenda is not just about empty political sloganeering—it is a nationwide movement that is empowering state governments to deliver real,…
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My advice to Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on new adventure in ADC, by Adejare Ibrahim
The Atiku faction of the opposition coalition have adopted ADC as their final abode. Congratulations to them. David Mark is their Protem National Chairman and Ọgbẹni Aregbesola is their Protem National Secretary. I don’t have issues with David Mark, Atiku or any politician who wish to join forces with one another to tackle President Tinubu. It is their personal choices,…
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Sex scandal: If Swaggart was COZA’s Fatoyinbo or Joshua Iginla, by Bamidele Johnson
Geography is destiny. Fall from grace in the wrong place and you are bad news, a punchline and cautionary tale. Eternally. Fall from grace in Nigeria, and you are a divine brand ambassador. If the just deceased Jimmy Swaggart had been a Nigerian preacher, he woulda been a franchise for life rather than the cautionary tale he became. In 1988,…
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The myth of Igbo prosperity, by Chidi Amuta
A popular fiction has been normalized and consecrated into a national myth. Everybody believes it. No one questions a myth. It is often said that when a lie gets repeated ever so often, it assumes the status of a truth. Everyone mouths it, repeats it endlessly to a point where it becomes a creed, a truism that is beyond questioning.…
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Thus said the fraud: the Church of Wile, by Bamidele Johnson
One of the most bewildering developments in the modern Nigerian church is the rebranding, reloading and reissuance of prayers with prophetic accessories. What used to be a humble appeal to God has morphed into a glitzy, high-stakes, “receive-it-now-by-fire” spectacle. At the centre of this theatre is the modern Pentecostal preacher, equal parts pastor, performer and profit-chasing prophet. He or she…
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For Ganduje and Kabiyesi, by Lasisi Olagunju
Useful Abdullahi Ganduje kissed the canvas on Friday. Many more will go his way. His fall was the wish of his maker, the king: cold, calculating, ruthless. Ganduje said he resigned as APC National Chairman to take care of his failing health. APC governors, deities that they are, assisted him with a different reason. They held a meeting in Benin…
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As Nigeria leads Africa’s climate conversation, by Stanley Nkwocha
Nigeria’s pride of place as a ‘big brother’ nation in Africa derives basically from its external relations, with primary focus on the African continent. As a regional power within the West African sub-region and the ‘Giant of Africa’ on the continent, its role involves several foundational goals, including political stability, unity, and mutual coexistence among African states, as well as…
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My CFR award and why sycophancy must not take roots in governance, by Abubakar Umar
When the President called to inform me of his decision to magnanimously confer on me the the National Award of Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR, on account of my much advertised role in the struggle for the validation of the June 12th election and affirmation of Chief MKO Abiola’s mandate, my first reaction was why only me and not…
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