Rising fuel prices and insensitivity to the peoples’ plight, by Adekunle Adekoya
AGAIN, I am still on the matter of rising prices of fuel energy, particularly petrol, which is heading towards N1,500, automotive gas oil, AGO or diesel, which is heading towards N2,000, and cooking gas, which is selling at above N22,000 for a 12.5 kilogramme cylinder. That sold for N3,500 BC, Before Change in 2015. It […]
Between emergency in Rivers and in education sector, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST week, I opted to write on the way the Federal Government was “dashing” out universities in various parts of the country. The Tinubu administration even moved further by “adopting” a state-owned university, the Tai Solarin University of Education in Ogun State. Already, Ogun State is the university capital of the country. There are about 10 […]
Universities as political, seasonal gifts? By Adekunle Adekoya
BARELY one month after President Bola Tinubu approved establishment of a University of Environmental Sciences in Ogoniland, Rivers State, after a meeting with Ogoni leaders and other top personages from Rivers State, the same Federal Government headed by Tinubu recently announced another University of Environmental Sciences, for Ekiti State. That one will be sited in Iyin-Ekiti. For […]
Break the national grid into smaller units now, by Adekunle Adekoya
SHORTLY before noon of Wednesday, February 12, 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 11.34 a.m. Other stakeholders also took to X to inform their clients and customers. For instance, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company […]
Trillion-dollar economy impossible without education, by Adekunle Adekoya
TODAY, my radar is on the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Sani Musa, who last Wednesday said that the Senate would produce legislation from the tax reform bills aimed at making Nigeria’s economy a trillion-dollar base. Senator Musa, among other things, also said: “And when you look at advanced economies, Mr. President has said […]
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 […]
