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 […]
Unending collapses of the national grid, by Adekunle Adekoya
ON Wednesday, the national power grid managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, collapsed for the 11th time in 2024, leaving the country in complete blackout. Some people said that it wasn’t the 11th but the 12th time, on the average, a collapse of once a month. Data from the National System Operator, NSO, showed […]
The case of two maniacal looters and our future, by Adekunle Adekoya
TWO major reports on the anti-corruption landscape made the headlines these last few days. Both left me wondering about the mental state of the perpetrators, given the sheer scale of what they were up to. All of us still remember the late maximum dictator, General Sani Abacha. Since his passing, it has come to light […]
GDP growth report: Whose figures? By Adekunle Adekoya
“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.” — Mark Twain (1835-1910). Please note that Mark Twain himself attributed it to former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) LAST Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, released a report on the National Gross Domestic Product for Q1 2024, that is, the first three months […]
IMF’s doublespeak’ll make Tinubu’s hardship worse, by Adekunle Adekoya
DURING the work week ending today, that infamous Bretton Woods institution, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, was in doublespeak regarding the economy of many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly mentioned countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, and my dear country ( I have no other!), Nigeria. Urging Nigeria and the other countries to rethink implementation strategies of […]
On right track as hunger envelops the land? By Adekunle Adekoya
EARLIER in the week, at the 70th birthday celebrations of Pastor Tunde Bakare, President Bola Tinubu and the governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, spoke for the umpteenth time on the excruciating economic and social pains Nigerians are going through. President Tinubu was represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume. Akume said […]
