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Osun election: Optics and prospects of redirection, by Adekunle Adekoya

Osun election: Optics and prospects of redirection, by Adekunle Adekoya

THE governorship election of Osun State, which was an off-cycle election, held last week, and the winner is already known. In fact, incumbent governor, Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party won, polling 511,067 votes to beat his closest rival, Bola Oyebamiji of the APC who polled 444, 815 votes. All that is no longer news. […]
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Nigerians, you’re O-Y-O!

Nigerians, you’re O-Y-O!

Students in higher institutions of learning, particularly those in public universities, had barely returned to school after the Yuletide break when signals emerged that their teachers, organised under the banner of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will drop the chalk and go on strike for the umpteenth time. Reason for the strike, this time […]

Nigerians, you’re O-Y-O!

Nigerians, you’re O-Y-O!

By Adekunle Adekoya STUDENTS in higher institutions of learning, particularly those in public universities ,had barely returned to school after the Yuletide break when signals emerged that their teachers, organised under the banner of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will drop the chalk and go on strike for the umpteenth time. Reason for the […]

Jekyll and Hyde, Janus-faced security men

Jekyll and Hyde, Janus-faced security men

MY late father, Chief Adewale Adekoya, sought to make me a good user of the English language by giving me books to read. From his efforts, I read literature books like Silas Marner, A Tale of Two Cities, King Solomon’s Mines, Allan Quartermain, Ivanhoe, Cedric of Rotherwood and many more.

The subsidy cul-de-sac(2)

The subsidy cul-de-sac(2)

By Adekunle Adekoya Where we are now, with regards to subsidy is the end of a narrow cul-de-sac into which an articulated truck was driven and whose sole exit is now blocked by another truck which has broken down. How to get out? While answers to that will have to be provided by the administration that succeeds […]

The subsidy cul-de-sac

The subsidy cul-de-sac

By Adekunle Adekoya Procrastination gives you something to look forward to — Joan Konner (1931-2018) One of the raging questions about the Nigerian experience, especially in the social media is: “How did we get here?” Another is: “Who did this to us?” Answers to both questions, which lie in the five Ws and H (Who, What, Where, […]