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 […]

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.

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 […]

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, […]

By Adekunle Adekoya On Friday, 7 January, the headline of this column was Happy New Year: How much happiness in 2022? I tried to pass across the message that 2022 being an electioneering year, our leaders will have less time to manage our affairs as they will devote more time to managing theirs – seeking re-election, […]