Presidency-Catholic Bishops saga: When defenders are attackers, by Adekunle Adekoya
I REALLY don’t think there is anybody living in this country at the moment that is satisfied with the state of affairs. Don’t let me bore you — everyone knows where it’s pinching hardest — whether in the cost of transportation, or the risen and rising cost of food, or near-unaffordable accommodation, sky-high cost of […]
Rise in petrol price: Rewarding resilience with more suffering, by Adekunle Adekoya
“Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‘Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path.’ If you don’t ask those questions, your […]
As politicians in power lie and cheat, by Adekunle Adekoya
We are still where we were with electricity, more than 200 million of us “managing” 4,000 MegaWatts or thereabouts. Lying to the people is now the highest point of statecraft in Nigeria.
Governance by palliatives is failure of governance, by Adekunle Adekoya
“A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.” — Confucius (551– 479) BCE THE quote above in several respects refers to the situation in which we have found ourselves. On May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu spoke evil words into our economy by unthinkingly announcing the withdrawal of […]
Disturbing optics from the protests, by Adekunle Adekoya
SO, the protests began last Thursday, August 1, and according to the organisers, will last till August 10. That means we can still expect protests tomorrow, even though there has been significant palls in the tempo of the protests in many parts of the country. In the days preceding take-off of the protests, government machinery went into […]
Now that the protests have begun, by Adekunle Adekoya
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” — Helen Keller (1880-1968) AS I write this, we were in the evening of the first day of protests tagged #EndBadGovernance, organised by several civil society organisations in reaction to the worsening economic situation in the country. The protests were to last from August […]
