opinion

Election

October 24, 2017

Reuben Abati: Baba, Maina, Idris and other stories

by Reuben Abati “I hear say our Sai Baba don return from Turkey” “Did you hope that he would stay there permanently? He went for the D-8 meeting, and he is bound to return.” “D-8 meeting. I have been thinking about it. We are supposed to be a secular country but internationally, we have continued... Read More

Buhari, maina, Malami, opinion, pension scam, reuben abati

October 23, 2017

Opinion: There is a new tribe I want to belong to

by Opeyemi Olugbemiro One thing I have noticed here is, sometimes the society expects from you what it has not equipped you to give back. In this context, the Nigerian society. Our educational system is in shambles, yet we expect a set of well-equipped youths – academically and psychologically to manage the affairs of all... Read More

New Tribe, nigeria, opinion, The Future Africa Awards

October 23, 2017

“You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Lives”: MI needs to do just that too

by Umar Hassan Two things to take out of MI’s You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Life: SA rappers are slaying everyone out there and MI himself needs to fix up his life too. But every avid hip-hop listener already knows both these facts, it’s no news. What however is most noteworthy is that... Read More

M.I Abaga, Music, opinion, You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Lives

October 23, 2017

Opinion: These are the faces of Inspiration

by Albert Afeso Akanbi The date was October 9, 2012. It was a day that started like every other day for a young, defiant and courageous Pakistani ninth-grader by the name Malala Yousafzai. Malala had at this time just completed an exam which she wrote in Pakistan’s Swat Valley and was returning home aboard a... Read More

Chibok girls, Folasade, Inspiration, Malala, nigeria, opinion

Maina

October 23, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: What the return of wanted ex-Pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina says about Buhari

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo Abdulrasheed Maina cannot hide forever. Neither he nor the people who helped him circumvent justice in 2013 gave this a thought when he escaped to Dubai. But as he must have found out already, retreating from justice is big damage to self rather than the law; and no matter the wealth... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, Buhari's anti-corruption crusade, Fisayo Soyombo, opinion, Pension theft

October 22, 2017

Opinion: There appears to be hope for the Nigerian girl

by Temilolu Okeowo The Annual Girls Speak Out summit to mark the International Day of the Girl at the United Nations, New York is an event I try not to miss every October. However, for reasons beyond my control, I couldn’t attend last year’s. In 2015, I ended up with mixed feelings- one of... Read More

#InternationalDayOfTheGirl, Amina Mohammed, opinion, UN

October 22, 2017

Opinion: The 7 deadly sins a Nigerian President should avoid

by Tony Ogunlowo The race to be President of Nigeria in 2019 has already started – well, behind the scenes. Will it be the incumbent ( if he decides to run again!) or somebody else? The Bible lists Gluttony, Greed, Pride, Envy, Lust, Sloth and Wrath as the 7 Deadly Sins to avoid during... Read More

Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Tony Ogunlowo

October 21, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: World Bank, Buhari, and Presidential Subnationalism

by Farooq A. Kperogi World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, in a news conference on October 12, reported President Muhammadu Buhari as having said the World Bank should “shift our focus to the northern regions of Nigeria.” Several commentators, particularly from the South, said the revelation provided evidence of the president’s prejudicial northern sub-nationalism.... Read More

Farooq Kperogi, nigeria, opinion, president buhari, World Bank

October 21, 2017

Dele Momodu: A good man called Tony Elumelu

by Dele Momodu I’ve known Dr Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of United Bank of Africa for about two decades. I first noticed his wizardry as the boss of Standard Trust Bank. There was something refreshingly different and elegant about the branches of the bank. I operated an account at their Allen Avenue Branch then and... Read More

Dele Momodu, entrepreneurship, opinion, Tony Elumelu

October 21, 2017

Reno Omokri: Buharism — The definition of cluelessness

by Reno Omokri As you read this, the news has just filtered in that herdsmen just killed another 27 Nigerian citizens in Plateau State. But do not worry, the Nigerian government is dealing with the terrorist Indigenous People of Biafra AKA IPOB! I am sorry if I seem to be trivializing the deaths in Plateau... Read More

Buhari, Governance, Herdsmen killings, opinion, Politics, Reno Omokri

October 21, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Buhari is a cancer that keeps growing; he must be cut out

by Femi Fani-Kayode The greatest crime that man has inflicted on his fellow man in the last 50 years is the evil concept of unrestrained globalisation coupled with the incremental evolution, unacceptable espousal and wholehearted acceptance of the artificial, man-made, mongrel nation-state which is made up of ethnic and religious incompatibles. Yet thankfully there has... Read More

Buhari, Femi Fani-Kayode, Leadership, nigeria, opinion, Politics

October 20, 2017

“Why should Buhari overlook such immense revenue drain simply because of Atiku? | 7 things we learned from Ashton Dagana’s no-nonsense article

Shortly after Mama Taraba openly declared her support for Atiku come 2019, the business mogul and former Vice President confessed that he was hurt because Buhari sidelined him after using him to gain votes. Atiku has been quite outspoken about restructuring and other issues that Buhari’s administration refuse to consider. Suddenly, the Nigerian Ports Authority... Read More

Ashton Dagana, Atiku, Buhari, economy, Intels, Nigerian Ports Authority, opinion

October 20, 2017

Opinion: Against the architecture of foreign aid

by James Inedu George The architecture of AID, from foreign NGOs and a host of international donors, was intended to serve as a catalyst to boost life in Africa. This aid was designed to fill in the gaps where the then short arms of the government could not reach. Like subsidy to products, it was... Read More

Buhari, Foreign Ai, Jim Ung Kim, Nigeria's debt profile, opinion, World Bank

October 20, 2017

An open letter to 2019 Ogun Yewa Gubernatorial aspirants: History will repeat itself

by Temitope Adigun As 2019 gubernatorial election draws closer, there have been different speculations both online and offline, from pundits and residents of Ogun State and media organisations that the governorship slot had been zone to Ogun West Senatorial District by most of the parties registered in the state. These speculations became more realistic and... Read More

governorship elections, nigeria, Ogun 2019, opinion, Politics

October 20, 2017

Alexander Onukwue: Mr Okorocha, tear down that statue

by Alexander O. Onukwue You like to talk effusively about your dreams; you say they drive you crazy. Well, begin by toning down that pride, Mr Okorocha. In the six years of your leadership of Imo State, it has always been about you, not Imo people. It has been about showing off and maintaining intrusive... Read More

Alexander, corruption, Governance, jacob zuma, Leadership, opinion, Rochas Okorocha

October 19, 2017

Opinion: Nigeria is begging companies to fix its roads but will this solve the problem?

by Adewunmi Emoruwa It appears Nigeria has finally devised a way of out of its infrastructure woes. Or not quite. The cabinet minister in charge of Infrastructure, Mr Babatunde Fashola announced the government’s move to revisit an existing ‘infrastructure-for-taxes’ provision of the Companies Income Tax Act (CITA), known as the “Exemption of Profits Order 2012” signed... Read More

aliko dangote, Apapa, opinion, Raji Tunde Fashola, roads

October 19, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: This is why Nigerians don’t trust the Army’s free medical outreaches

by Cheta Nwanze It started with a WhatsApp rumour in Anambra. Now it has happened in Rivers, Kwara, Bayelsa, and Ondo states. In all three geopolitical zones in Southern Nigeria, and one in the North. Parents hear that soldiers are on the way to schools to provide medical care for their kids, and in reaction,... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Medical outreach, Nigerian Army, Operation Python Dance, opinion

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October 19, 2017

Opinion: Why Nigerians must overthrow the tyranny of the National Assembly

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Alexis Tocqueville never met Bukola Saraki. Had he encountered the APC Senate President or President Muhammadu Buhari or House Speaker Yakubu Dogora, Tocqueville might have learned about a new twist on his concept of the “tyranny of the majority.” What we have in Nigeria is a tyranny of the minority made up... Read More

Governance, national assembly, opinion, Saraki

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

October 19, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Oh Lord, release my visa- A horror story [Pt II]

by Olusegun Adeniyi If We Stay Here We Die! According to Mark Twain, there are two types of speakers: those who get nervous and those who are liars. So let me begin with a confession. Despite this being my fourth time on Platform, I feel rather nervous to be on this podium today! I don’t... Read More

Migration, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Visa quest

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

October 19, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Oh Lord, release my visa [Pt I]

by Olusegun Adeniyi Following the overwhelming reactions I got to my lecture titled, “If we stay here we die” at the 2015 edition of Platform, I decided to document not only the complete story of my brother who wasted almost about four years in the futile bid to migrate to Europe but also to... Read More

Migration, nigeria, opinion, Running to Europe, visa

October 18, 2017

Opinion: Is this what it takes for women to enforce their rights?

by Michael Ace I was traveling back to Ibadan on Thursday when something I would consider interesting but tense happened. We were about reaching Alakia when we got hooked up in a heavy traffic. Everybody was tired and stressed up so no one was ready to act Jesus for another. Everyone kept fighting for... Read More

human rights, nigeria, opinion, women

October 18, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Governor Wike has a dream — but e get small K-leg

by Pius Adesanmi I actually like Nyesom Wike’s idea of a Real Madrid Football Academy in his state. The idea is good. The vision is okay. It is just that in Nigeria, every good idea a public office holder manages to come up with once in a long while will have twenty and a... Read More

Football Academy, Gov. Wike, Nigerian governance, opinion, Pius Adesanmi, real madrid

October 18, 2017

Opinion: Joe Budden vs Chance the Rapper’s beef shows the problem with rap culture

by Adeleke Omotayo Chance the Rapper performed a new untitled song at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 26 with Daniel Caesar. The downbeat introspective song, which is later titled “First World Problems”, has everyone talking at the moment. However, Joe Budden, in particular, is not waxing lyrical about it and I... Read More

beef, Chance The Rapper, Joe Budden, opinion, Rap culture

October 18, 2017

Opinion: The ridiculous things they do for burials in the South

by Martin Beck Nworah To die in the Southern part of Nigeria is a very expensive venture. This is why a great philosopher and thinker of our time, Flavour N’abania stated in his famous work ‘Oringo’, “Kama m ga anwu anwu, kam furu efuru.” (Instead of me to die, let me get lost) Let me... Read More

Burials, death, opinion, southern Nigeria

October 17, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: Nigerians are right to be suspicious of Buhari

by Farooq Kperogi I finally got a chance to read the text of the interview in which World Bank president Jim Yong Kim reported President Buhari as having told him to “shift our focus to the northern regions of Nigeria.” Rather strangely, both the president’s critics and his defenders are right. Here is what I... Read More

Buhari, jim yong kim, nigeria, northeast, opinion, Politics, World Bank

October 16, 2017

Opinion: President Zuma has a crush in Nigeria, and it isn’t female!

by Nimi Princewill Somewhere in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, a fancy statue of President Jacob Zuma poses in elegance, despite widespread condemnation of the romantic gesture by the Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, who appears to be quite star-struck by the South African President. Aside from the rumoured extravagant cost of erecting the monument—which comes... Read More

imo state, nigeria, okorocha, opinion, Politics, President Zuma

October 16, 2017

Opinion: What exactly does Raila Odinga want?

by Ayodele Adio While Raila Odinga was delivering a speech on Friday, 13th of October, at the Chatham House (UK) two young men in his hometown, Bondo, were shot dead. They had been part of a large crowd who confronted police officers outside a police station protesting the October 26 election rerun. Lest we forget,... Read More

Kenya elections, opinion, Raila Odinga

October 16, 2017

Opinion: 5 key things to know about the Monkeypox outbreak

by Dr Charles-Davies Omiete If you have been following the news, it has been a few weeks since a rare viral disease has been dominating headlines in Nigeria. A Monkeypox outbreak has caused a lot of people to ask for information about the disease. Question about what causes it, its signs and symptoms and how... Read More

Monkeypox, nigeria, opinion, Public health

October 16, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: Zahra and Aisha Buhari as fashionable Aso Rock Clinic critics

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo There are the Buharis who are not Buharists. Credit to Nasir el-Rufai, the most recent and most persistent proponent of the term ‘Buharism’, ‘Buharists’ can be used loosely without guilt — in this case, to mean the political heavyweights or followers in whose eyes Buhari can do no wrong and must,... Read More

Aisha buhari, Aso Rock Clinic, Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Public health, Social justice, Zahra Buhari

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