Yusuf Omotayo, Author at The Republic

Sink Or Swim? Fubara Fights for Survival in Wicked Rivers

Yusuf Omotayo·November 4, 2023

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is on the verge of a potential impeachment after reportedly falling out with his political godfather and predecessor, Nyesom Wike. The situation highlights Nigeria’s problematic political landscape where political office holders are expected to be more responsive to their benefactors rather than to the people who elected them. Read More...

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Nigeria Is Not Learning From History Why Independence Day is Losing Its Significance

Yusuf Omotayo·September 30, 2023

Nigeria's 63 years of independence and 60 years as a republic have been a paradox of existence. While there has been marked growth in democratic governance, the political system has continued to operate abysmally. Read More...

October/November 2023

Nigeria’s ‘Angriest’ Ministerial Nominee Has a Point Who is Bosun Tijani and Why are Nigerians Debating His Tweets?

Yusuf Omotayo·August 13, 2023

The outrage that has trailed Bosun Tijani’s ministerial nomination over his old tweets is misdirected. If anything, Nigerians need to be just as angry as those tweets. Read More...

August/September 2023 Nigeria

The True Meaning of ‘Yoruba Ronu’ The Message Behind Hubert Ogunde’s Original Philosophy

Yusuf Omotayo·July 10, 2023

‘Yoruba Ronu’, the title Hubert Ogunde’s famous 1964 play, has recently become the anchor on which Yoruba politicians have championed calls for fanatic support. The original core message of the phrase, however, is unity rather than ethnic disrespect and Yoruba supremacy. Read More...

June/July 2023 Nigeria

Asari Dokubo’s Unquiet Reemergence Tinubu’s Meeting with Asari Dokubo: Smart Peace Move or Terroristic Disaster?

Yusuf Omotayo·June 18, 2023

With his meeting with President Tinubu last week, Asari Dokubo’s reemergence has raised concerns among Nigerians. Historically, attempts by previous governments to work with Asari Dokubo have either failed or fallen short. Will Tinubu be the first to hack it? Read More...

June/July 2023 Nigeria

Fuel Subsidy is Gone? The Ambiguous End of Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidy Programme

Yusuf Omotayo·June 15, 2023

The Bola Tinubu government has started off with the removal of the fuel subsidy, the controversial scheme that has existed for more than 30 years. Experts have argued the fuel subsidy is expensive, unsustainable and a fodder for corruption. Critics worry its absence could further squeeze Nigeria’s poorest. Is Tinubu’s ‘brave new era’ one to anticipate or dread? Read More...

June/July 2023 Nigeria

The Anxious Dawn of Tinubu’s Turn Bola Ahmed Tinubu becomes Nigeria’s Seventh Democratically Elected President

Yusuf Omotayo·May 28, 2023

While his opponents have petitioned the results of the 2023 election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, famed ‘godfather’ of Lagos politics, takes over as the seventh democratically elected president of Nigeria. He inherits a country mired in social fractures, economic crises and unrelenting insecurity. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

Homecoming Delayed President Buhari Stalls the Return of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Yusuf Omotayo·May 14, 2023

The planned return of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria by the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been postponed over a gazette signed by President Muhammadu Buhari giving the Oba of Benin authority over the bronzes. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

Ekweremadu Goes to Jail The Latest on the Ekweremadu ‘Organ Harvesting’ Conspiracy

Yusuf Omotayo·May 8, 2023

Following an organ harvesting scandal, Ike Ekeweremadu, Beatrice Ekweremadu and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, have become the first people convicted under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

The Conductor of Chaos MC Oluomo’s Dangerous Rise and Rhetoric

Yusuf Omotayo·March 21, 2023

MC Oluomo, who rose from being a bus conductor to one of the most feared political henchmen in southwest Nigeria represents a crude brand of state-backed political instruments. As the leader of the NURTW, he has over the years allegedly been at the centre of political subjugation, playing an important, albeit terrible role in shaping the politics of Lagos State. Read More...

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