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 […]
The raging wildfire of insecurity: Need for securityman with missionary zeal, By Adekunle Adekoya
FOR many Nigerians, especially in the Northern part of the country, the Christmas season was not merry. At all. It was a period of wailing and gnashing of teeth as terrorists laid siege to many villages in Abuja FCT, Niger, Nasarawa and Plateau states, killing, maiming, and burning houses. Entire local governments and towns and villages in […]
Plateau massacre: Time to rejig security architecture, By Adekunle Adekoya
ONE day, one trouble, wahala no dey finish is a saying that has gained currency in the last few years as Nigerians battle the headwinds buffeting them daily as they pursued happiness. I had wanted to vent my spleen on those in charge of providing electricity in this country, starting from the Minister of Power, […]
Aba raid: NAFDAC must root out the merchants of poison, By Adekunle Adekoya
THIS week, I am again saddened at the lot of the Nigerian, as I have been for most of the times I have written this column. The Nigerian, irrespective of which ethnic group he or she comes from is a specie of humanity that I cannot trade for any other in the world. I am convinced, despite […]
Facts and fiction on the National Welding Policy, By Adekunle Adekoya
ON the internet a few days ago, I came across a news item which proclaimed that stakeholders are kicking as the Federal Government launches the National Policy on Welding. First, I was pleasantly surprised that the central government, which hitherto had demonstrated crass incompetence in the management of our affairs, could find a profession like welding, populated […]
Rumblings over appointment of PTDF scribe, By Adekunle Adekoya
RELATIVE to the numerical strength of the Nigerian population, not many people know of the existence of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF. Fewer people will even know of the mandate of the organisation. With the Federal Government having 943 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, and 541 state-owned corporations, it will be a full time job […]
