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Tuesday, 09 January 2018 10:37

Herdsmen as power specialists - Lasisi Olagunju

“‘How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?’ Winston thought. ‘By making him suffer,’ he said. ‘Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing. Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers…

Sunday, 07 January 2018 03:19

Mr President, man shall not live by power alone - Dele Momodu

My dear President, please, permit me to wish you and your family a very happy new year. Let me also offer my words of prayers, and intercession, on behalf of your very handsome son, and his friend, who, according to reports, were involved in a terrible power-bike crash. I pray that God almighty will grant them full recovery and I believe my prayer is already answered because of my presence in the Holy Land of Jerusalem. Now to the business of the day. Kindly permit me to be as brutally frank as possible. As a stakeholder who made his modest…

Saturday, 06 January 2018 04:50

FG: Boasting goes before disgrace - Kayode Samuel

I advise this government to stop boasting and just do its work quietly. It seems that each time it boasts and seeks to taunt its enemies with its vaunted achievements, one disaster or disgrace follows soon after. Work stopped on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway shortly after it rolled out the drums announcing that the same road was nearing completion. Towards the end of last year it was celebrating that fuel scarcity had become a thing of the past only to have our Christmas ruined by those long queues. And we had barely finished dancing on how much we're said to have…

Friday, 05 January 2018 05:08

Buhari’s New Year Speech and Sagay’s outbursts - Jideofor Adibe

I was reasonably impressed with the overall tenor of President Buhari’s 2018 New Year’s message. Compared with some of his previous speeches, the broadcast was non-combative and represented an attempt to talk to Nigerians – instead of talking down to them as some of his overzealous and sycophantic aides are wont to do. Largely because the language of the broadcast was devoid of combativeness (despite the fact that the art of verbal communication is clearly not one of the President’s strengths) it was, in my opinion, a more effective way of showing the human side of the President than the…

Thursday, 04 January 2018 03:14

Debate as class struggle - Edwin Madunagu

It was Friday, January 10, 1986. I was just about nine months old as a full-time member of the Editorial Board of The Guardian, Lagos. At the close of work that day I rushed to Oshodi Bus Stop. About three hours later I was at the University of Ibadan to spend the weekend with my spouse who was then completing her Ph.D programme. I was still in her room the following morning, Saturday, January 11, when some of her friends came in with a number of the day’s national newspapers. All the papers carried the same lead story: the appointment,…

Thursday, 04 January 2018 03:12

Fr. Mbaka and the voice of God - Reuben Abati

“I do not believe in my mind that the way things are in Nigeria, any Catholic priest has the mandate to decide which of the political contestants should be voted for…I don’t believe a priest should be doing that…If he was in my archdiocese, I will have sanctioned him long ago for the kind of utterances he makes.” – John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Bishop of Abuja Metropolitan See on Fr. Ejike Mbaka (2015) Prophecies and predictions by Christian pastors often mark the end of a year and the beginning of another in Nigeria…egged on by the media, looking for juicy…

Tuesday, 02 January 2018 04:29

Liberia: The rise of George Weah - Reuben Abati

George Weah’s emergence as Liberia’s President-elect after the December 26 run-off election generated considerable interest among Nigerians for a number of reasons. Number one is George Weah’s popularity. The first African footballer to win the Ballon D’or, FIFA Player of the Year, three-time African Footballer of the Year, ex-Monaco, ex-Paris Saint-Germain, ex-AC Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City, former protégé of Arsene Wenger, virtually every football fan in Nigeria had a feeling of connection with the Liberian football star turned politician and President-elect. In Nigeria, football is the most uniting element within the public space; thus, once it became apparent that George…

Monday, 01 January 2018 05:22

The world economy in 2018 - Micheal J. Boskin

All major macroeconomic indicators – growth, unemployment, and inflation – suggest that 2017 was American economy’s best year in a decade. And the global economy is enjoying broad, synchronized growth beyond what anyone expected. The question now is whether this strong performance will continue in 2018. The answer, of course, will depend on monetary, fiscal, trade, and related policies in the United States and around the world. And yet it is hard to predict what policy proposals will emerge in 2018. There are relatively new heads of state in the US, France, and the United Kingdom; German leaders still have…

Friday, 29 December 2017 03:25

Innoson, GTB and EFCC: Matters arising - Jideofor Adibe

There are gaps in the competing version of events proffered by Mr Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman/Managing Director of Innoson Motors and GTB Bank in their business transaction gone awry. According to Mr Chukwuma, he obtained loans from GTB which he paid off but later discovered that the bank was still making “illegal” deductions. The bank agreed to refund the over-deductions, which ran into hundreds of millions of Naira. However while the bank was willing to pay an interest rate of 7 per cent on the “illegal” deductions he wanted them to pay 22 per cent - the same rate he was…

Friday, 29 December 2017 03:23

The long road to Jerusalem - Dare Babarinsa

There would be no winner in the battle for Jerusalem unless the two sides decide to fight for peace and attain victory as a jointly cherished prize. In the New Year Jerusalem would still be in the news as it has been since President Donald Trump decided that the American embassy in Israel would move from Tel Avis to Jerusalem. Trump said he recognizes Jerusalem as a single city and that America would now recognize it as the capital of Israel. Easier said than done! The action has stirred up interest across the world, not just among politicians and statesmen,…

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Thursday, 28 December 2017 03:25

Time for border walls - Tribune Editorial

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at a recent event, stressed that smuggling remained a “serious threat” to the Nigerian economy. “We are making the point to our neighbours that smuggling is an existential threat, we can’t permit the level of smuggling going on,” he declared. He further informed the gathering that he had been asked by President Muhammadu Buhari to lead a team to work out what needed to be done. Indeed, smuggling of imported materials into the country through the seaports in neighbouring countries has been a long-standing challenge to the Nigerian economy. From textiles to rice and poultry products,…

Thursday, 28 December 2017 03:23

Politics of the warlords - Kayode Samuel

According to the politics of the warlord model, alliances are always shifting and loyalties are never abiding. As the ruling party, APC, enters the full bloom of its warlord dispensation, it is clear that battles are about to be joined. Kano, being the place where the victory was sealed, also emerges as the first test ground. After the dust of the impending battle clears, only the alpha male will still be standing. It's just the way things roll in the animal kingdom. May God grant us all long life and good health to enjoy the coming spectacle...

Tuesday, 26 December 2017 03:04

Your fuel is on the way! - Kayode Samuel

Based on the current trend, "Your fuel is on the way!" could well replace "Your miracle is on the way!" as the most trending prophecy from this year's crossover service. Now, let somebody say, "I receive it"!...

Tuesday, 26 December 2017 03:01

The assassins who are still with us - Dare Babarinsa

The ember months were the special period for Chief Bola Ige, the first elected governor of old Oyo State, poet, historian, orator of a special class, polyglot and hero of our struggle for democracy. Uncle Bola loved to celebrate his birthdays on September 13 in low key, but not the yuletide which must meet him in Esa-Oke, the hilly town which holds the bones of his ancestors. At Christmas time, Esa Oke would be covered with the dry, dusty and cold harmattan haze. This was the time Ige plays out his role as the Asiwaju of Esa Oke, Osun State,…

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