Economy improving for Tinubu, worsening for the people, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST Tuesday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received in audience the leadership of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), led by its President, Most Rev. Matthew Ndagoso. The clerics were on what was described as a courtesy visit. After remarks by the leader of the delegation, the president responded, and I quote, inter alia: “I […]
Our electricity conundrum and the Power Minister’s apologies, by Adekunle Adekoya
IT was actually very pathetic reading reports of apologies made by Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu, earlier in the week. Reading his apology nearly made me puke; they were the words of a politician used to, and schooled in, dressing up inefficiencies in mandate actualisation with rhetoric. For years, since I was a boy (that’s as far back […]
Misplaced tears over Iranian leaders when blood flows in Nigeria, by Adekunle Adekoya
THE war in the Middle East, being fought by the United States and Israel against Iran, is still raging, and its outcomes are being felt all over the world. In the early days of the war which began February 28, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in the aftermath of air strikes on selected targets […]
War in the Middle East and our economy, by Adekunle Adekoya
IT is no longer news that the United States, in coalition with Israel has been bombarding Iran. It is also no longer news that the aerial bombardments targeting Iran’s military and defence infrastructure claimed the life of the country’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Again, it is also not news that the conflict has triggered spikes in the […]
On the march towards state Police, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST Wednesday, the new Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, was formally sworn-in as the 23rd indigenous head of the Nigeria Police Force by President Bola Tinubu. Before going further, some optics. His predecessor, Kayode Egbetokun was said to have been summoned by the President penultimate Tuesday, and in the aftermath of the meeting, Egbetokun resigned. Disu, an […]
Security risks posed by Okada riders govts are blind to, by Adekunle Adekoya
THAT our nation is challenged on many fronts may be a trite observation; from economic challenges in the form of a cost of living crisis and the growing inability of many Nigerians to afford things they once took for granted to existential threats posed by kidnapping, banditry, insurgency and terrorism, it is obvious that these are not […]
Working to the answer on Electoral Act amendment, by Adekunle Adekoya
After weeks of back-and-forth, the National Assembly just passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill into law. We all witnessed the legislative histrionics that attended the legislation, right up to its conclusion with its signing into law by the President. I call it legislative histrionics because it appears that as a collective, the National Assembly, comprising the […]
N600 million job scam as emblem of our corrupt nature, by Adekunle Adekoya
SOME readers of this column would be absolutely right if they conclude that writing on corruption in Nigeria is a waste of time. It might be, but what prompted a fresh interest in a national problem that has defied solutions forever are two developments earlier in the week. First one was a report by Transparency International, […]
As terrorists gradually take over Nigeria…, by Adekunle Adekoya
What initially began as isolated incidents after the death of Mohammed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram after his death in July 2009 later balooned into full-scale insurgency with which we have struggled to no end for 16 years. Then, the insurgents were trying to establish control over ungoverned spaces in parts of Borno State […]
Getting 100 million Nigerians into the tax net, by Adekunle Adekoya
IN the January 9 edition of this column, I discussed taxation, the new tax laws and the well-being of our country and our people in so far as taxation is concerned. Writing under the headline Government, Nigerians and Taxation, I surmised that a huge chunk of our people will remain outside the tax net and that tax […]
The Kaduna abductions and matters arising, by Adekunle Adekoya
Just few days into the new year 2026, peace was, for the umpteenth time, shattered nationwide and in Kaduna State in particular when on Sunday 18 January, more than 170 worshippers were kidnapped in three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. First, we have become so unfortunate with insecurity that we are […]
