Osun election: Optics and prospects of redirection, by Adekunle Adekoya
THE governorship election of Osun State, which was an off-cycle election, held last week, and the winner is already known. In fact, incumbent governor, Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party won, polling 511,067 votes to beat his closest rival, Bola Oyebamiji of the APC who polled 444, 815 votes. All that is no longer news. […]
A few good things from Buhari as parting gift
By Adekunle Adekoya THE inspiration for today’s column came from a Bible (KJV) passage, the book of John, Chapter 1, verses 45- 46. Here goes: Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And […]
2023 elections: Do we still need political parties?
By Adekunle Adekoya THE online version of Encyclopaedia Brittanica describes a political party as “a group of persons organised to acquire and exercise political power”. Political parties originated in their modern form in Europe and the United States in the 19th century, along with the electoral and parliamentary systems, whose development reflects the evolution of […]
On Buhari’s participation at the LDC summit in Qatar
By Adekunle Adekoya On Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country after attending a conference of the Least Developed Countries, LDCs, in Doha, the Qatari capital. For me his attendance, and by extension, Nigeria’s participation at the conference raises a number of fundamental questions, which have been at the core of my assessment of […]
INEC and the rest of us
By Adekunle Adekoya THERE is palpable apprehension in the land, on account of the February 25 election for the purpose of electing a new president and National Assembly members. The main cause of angst is that people are not assured that all is well, despite the fact that we now have a president-elect, who, alongside […]
Things to ponder as we go to the polls
By Adekunle Adekoya FINALLY, the D-Day is here. Tomorrow, the elections will hold to elect the next President and members of the National Assembly — the Senate and the House of Representatives. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 1,101 candidates are vying for 109 senatorial seats while 3,122 candidates are contesting for House […]
As the White man leaves town…
By Adekunle Adekoya THE Yoruba people of South-Western Nigeria have a language that has greetings for almost any circumstance, a fact from which many jokes have been generated. If rain is falling, there is a greeting for it. “E ku ojo!” is the refrain you get from neighbours and passers-by. If the weather is what […]
The faces of ugly Nigerians in the petrol and Naira crises
By Adekunle Adekoya Fellow Nigerians are currently writhing in agony as they battle to make the best of two self-inflicted crises — petrol scarcity, and an unusual scarcity of banknotes. These two crises , in unison, have stretched human endurance beyond elastic limits in our country. First, the crisis associated with petrol scarcity. For more […]
The carnage continues with truck accidents
By Adekunle Adekoya THE last edition of this column for the year 2022 dwelt on carnage on our roads, in which I wondered whether all the uniformed services emplaced by federal and state governments to ensure safety in our transportation system have abdicated. That edition was prompted by several accidents, especially those where containers fell […]
Fuel scarcity lingers as states betray local governments
By Adekunle Adekoya DESPONDENT. That word pretty much describes the state of my mind for weeks now, given the prevailing situation in our country. There is scarcity of petrol, which has endured for more than two months now, causing a massive upsurge in the prices of goods and services. Transport fares had tripled in many […]
Presidential candidates and Chatham House runs
By Adekunle Adekoya MR Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party is the latest aspirant for our nation’s highest office to go to Chatham House, England, to give a talk. He had been preceded by the APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the Chatham House run. In 2015, incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari was also […]
