PERSPECTIVE – The economics and politics of rice pyramids
By Etim Etim Sometime in 2001, a group of American bankers from US EXIMBank came to make a presentation to the senior management staff of the bank I was working for at that time on…
Category: Opinion
PERSPECTIVE – APC’s emergency rule shenanigans in Edo
By Ehichioya Ezomon The December 2021 call by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for a declaration of a state of emergency in Edo State portrays the opposition party in the "Heartbeat of the Nation" as…
PERSPECTIVE – Why Bola Tinubu must never be Nigeria’s president
By Festus Adedayo January 16, 2022 So I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary sent words up that an irritant interloper…
PERSPECTIVE – Dear Tunji Bello, SOS On Igando’s monster dumpsite
By Felix Oboagwina Oga Mi, compliments of the season. Today, I feel comfortable raising this subject with you because, as the Honourable Commissioner for The Environment, you are doing your second tenure on the driving…
PERSPECTIVE – I humbly disagree with Obasanjo and his oily thesis
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has theorized that the oil and gas found in the Niger Delta region belong to the federal government, and not to the oil-bearing communities. [caption id="attachment_14244" align="alignright"…
PERSPECTIVE – 2023: Discordant tunes from Southern governors
By Ehichioya Ezomon In the lead-up to the February 2023 general election, the main issue of discourse in the polity is the region, between the North and South of Nigeria, that will produce the next president.…
PERSPECTIVE – Politics or forced labour: The new America-China tango
By Owei Lakemfa Super heavyweights, the United States, US, and China wrestled in the last week of last year into 2022 on the issue of forced labour. The US had drawn the first blood when on…
PERSPECTIVE – Leadership is difficult because governance is very stubborn
By Owei Lakemfa TWO bills in the last two weeks, defined for me the President Muhammadu Buhari government including its state of mind, wellbeing, position on democracy and its so-called war on corruption. On Monday,…
PERSPECTIVE – Electoral Bill: Don’t worry, NASS can’t bite
By Ehichioya Ezomon Nigerians shouldn't worry about the National Assembly (NASS) overriding President Muhammadu Buhari's veto of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021. And the Presidency doesn't need to blackmail or coerce the NASS to…
The Girl at the Traffic Lights
By Lanre Idowu Our eagerness to get home quickly and welcome the New Year with hymns and prayers was halted by the traffic lights at the junction of Adeola Odeku and Akin Adesola streets on…