Abimbola Adelakun
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The real trouble with Hamzat (opens the original)
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Lagos State Deputy Governor and All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate, Obafemi Hamzat, defended his description of traffic congestion in the state as a “lifestyle” worth celebrating. Like a true Nigerian politician caught in an indecorous corner of his own (un-)making, he claimed his comment was “taken out of context” by social media users. But what he said was not so complicated that anyone could mishear him. He said, “Anyone who has crossed Third Mainland Bridge at 6 pm going from
N500,000 minimum wage is not outrageous (opens the original)
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Sometime in 2019, I started asking people willing to volunteer how much they earned, or at least the range of their household income. When they gave me the figures, it was eye-opening. Most families were surviving—not living—on a pittance, and it was clear that their life choices were severely limited by such low incomes. Even more, it made sense why there seems to be so much corruption, lack of integrity and dignity, and a heightened sense of desperation among our folks. That was also when I un
2027 and PDP’s expiry date (opens the original)
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Years ago, I asked an older person why a particular person’s business fell into ruin after his death. The person was wealthy, with a chain of retail businesses spanning several sectors. Shortly after his death, his outlets began to close one after another. His wives and children quarrelled over how to divide his inheritance, with no thought given to sustaining his businesses. I remember the answer the person gave: when a rich person dies, his money also follows him. In my childhood, it meant som
Ortom testifies against Governor Alia and himself (opens the original)
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By some stroke of what I assume to be sheer coincidence, two separate incidents occurred on Tuesday that brought Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia’s reputed spitefulness into the news. The first was his predecessor, Samuel Ortom, who granted an interview with Arise News to complain about Alia’s vindictive politics. According to him, Alia disdains the rule of law, witch-hunts, and stops at nothing to run down his opponents. One could easily have shrugged off those accusations as the standard mea
DSS kisses Sowore’s dust (opens the original)
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Years ago, I watched a recording of the live performance of Ola Rotimi’s famous 1971 play Kurumi, starring the formidable thespian, the late Jimi Solanke, as Kurumi himself. It was a long time ago, but one scene still stands out in my memory: when the tortoise is heading for a senseless journey, and you say to him, “Brother Tortoise, Brother Tortoise, when will you be wise and come back home?” The tortoise will reply: Not until I have been disgraced!” That scene was made especially memorable bec
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