The president’s disappointing October 1 message, by Adekunle Adekoya
NOT a few Nigerians, especially me, expected that there would be something to hold on to when the President made his speech commemorating our National Day, October 1, yesterday morning. As a newspaperman, I read the message more than three times, looking for that strand of a message that could give hope that at the […]
Trial of minors: When a dissenter criminalises dissent, by Adekunle Adekoya
FOR some time now, the detention and arraignment of under-age protesters by the Police dominated conversations at home and abroad. In August, a nationwide protest against the harsh economic policies preferred by the federal administration led by President Bola Tinubu began, tagged #EndBadGovernance. Largely driven by social media conversations, organisers sought to mobilise the populace to […]
Toying with the hardship Nigerians’re going through, by Adekunle Adekoya
SINCE May 29, 2023, Nigerians have been struggling with unrelenting rises in the cost of living following peremptory removal of subsidy on petrol by President Bola Tinubu. The much-touted ‘market forces’ have since reacted to the development most viciously, and continue to do so, with many Nigerians gnashing their teeth as it gets harder to make ends […]
Tinubu’s cabinet rejig as red herring, by Adekunle Adekoya
MY fellow countrymen and women are incurable optimists. As the grind got harder and life became more brutish and nasty as a result of the economic policies the president chose to adopt and implement, most Nigerians continued to look at the brighter side of life, praying and hoping that things will get better. In the hope that […]
Petrol price and economic enslavement of Nigerians, by Adekunle Adekoya
AS each day dawns in Nigeria, the economic omens are getting more and more bothersome, sending wave after wave of apprehension about how to make ends meet down the spines of most of us, except, perhaps, those permanently connected to sources of unending funds, like politicians, clergymen, and motor park operatives, known as agberos. These three classes […]
As multi-dimensional insecurity ravages Nigerians, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST week I opined that in terms of security, our dear nation is still at 100 level. To those who know, 100 level, in our clime, is generally used to refer to the first year of study in a university. In other countries, 100 level students, or JAMBites, here, are also called freshmen. Compared with many countries, […]
