Self-help on insecurity, the Ohuhu, Abia way as solution, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST week, I asked fellow Nigerians, readers of this column what else we can do about insecurity that we haven’t done. It was a rhetorical question. Truth is there’re lots we can do that we haven’t done. Are we no longer Nigerians? The most resilient group of peoples in the world? Are we not the ones that […]
As Ayo Adebanjo, Edwin Clark bow out, by Adekunle Adekoya
Of course, we know they won’t be here forever. Nevertheless, when an old man or woman dies, we feel it, sometimes very deeply, many times painfully, especially when the person that just passed on was our father, mother or community elder whom we admired. Within the space of a fortnight, two highly respected old men […]
Break the national grid into smaller units now, by Adekunle Adekoya
SHORTLY before noon last Wednesday, the national grid registered a collapse, which on X (formerly Twitter) was described as a “grid disturbance”. The post on X, listing the event had a time stamp of 11.34a.m. Other stakeholders also took to X to inform their clients and customers. For instance, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company reported on X that […]
Unspoken ramifications of the varsity approved for Ogoniland, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST week, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed into law a bill establishing the Federal University of Environmental Technology in Ogoni, Rivers State. Announcement of the university’s establishment came after a delegation of Ogoni Leaders and other Rivers State personages paid a visit to the seat of power in Abuja. That was on January 21, and it was […]
The lost battle against telecoms tariff hike, by Adekunle Adekoya
THE Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC during the week told Nigerians of its intention to hold protests against approval by the Federal Government of 50 per cent increase in the tariffs charged by telcos in the country. It also added that its officials and state councils have been directed to mobilize allies and workers to give fillip to […]
Disrespecting Nigerians with endless price hikes, by Adekunle Adekoya
“You know I am not very happy with Nigeria. I have made that very clear on many occasions. Yes, Nigeria stood by us more than any nation, but you let yourselves down, and Africa and the black race very badly. Your leaders have no respect for their people. They believe that their personal interests are […]
On Okonjo-Iweala’s call for grid decentralisation, by Adekunle Adekoya
I was elated earlier in the week, when former Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, who is currently the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala lent her weighty voice to the call for decentralisation of electricity transmission in our country. Of course, Okonjo-Iweala spoke in context, as she was addressing her […]
Hunger and FG’s food import waiver initiative, by Adekunle Adekoya
IT is no longer news that Nigerians are going through the worst cost of living crisis in the history of the country, the news Nigerians are looking forward to read about or hear is that prices of foodstuffs are coming down. But that is beginning to look like a far-fetched hope as there seems to […]
Getting our men of means interested in agriculture, by Adekunle Adekoya
THE festive season that ushered in year 2025 brought out, in stark relief, the reality facing Nigerians in terms of food — its cultivation, processing, transportation, and distribution. For example, one chicken, which sold for a mere N2,500, BC(Before Change, in 2015), was sold for as high as N25,000. Of course, rice, which is both a staple […]
Deaths from giveaway stampedes: Why FG must take the blame, by Adekunle Adekoya
FOUR the many families that lost loved ones, it could not have been a merry Christmas. I sympathise with them and offer my condolences. All of those who died in the stampedes were in search of wherewithal to make the season as merry as possible. Sadly it was not to be. In all, no less than […]
When will NCC save Nigerians from 9Mobile? By Adekunle Adekoya
TODAY, my radar is on one of the telecommunications networks operating in the country. Right now, we have four. These are Airtel Nigeria, MTN, Glo, and the fourth, EMTS (Emerging Markets Telecommunications Service), now trading as 9Mobile. To be candid, the company has had quite some turbulent moments in the history of its operations in Nigeria. Initially […]
