BEFORE proceeding, it is appropriate that we understand what a non-state actor is, given the context of what I am discussing today. Because of the diverse nature of interests, it may be difficult to give an all- encompassing definition of what a non-state actor is, but there is generally an agreement that a non-state actor, NSA, […]

By Adekunle Adekoya THE Osun State off-cycle governorship election, like that of neighbouring Ekiti, has come and gone, but the contestants are still dealing with the outcome. For the winner, it was the desired culmination. For the major loser, who happens to be the incumbent, it is a bad dream, a political nightmare that has […]

By Adekunle Adekoya THERE is a lot to see, hear, or read about in Nigerian politics, and when you fit all of the takes into one reel, what you have is a picture of theatrical performers in a sphere of activity that demands the greatest level of seriousness and concentration. Let’s start with the run-ups […]

By Adekunle Adekoya IT had the trappings of an action movie from one of those Hollywood film-makers. Tuesday night, news broke that bandits had opened fire on the advance security convoy of Mr. President at Dutsinma, on their way to Daura, Katsina State, to prepare for the President’s arrival in his home town and state for […]

ByAdekunle Adekoya IT is exactly a year ago, on July 2, 2021 that this column made a call for urgent social re-engineering in our dear country. (See www.vanguardngr.com/2021/07/urgent-need-for-social-re-engineering). Against this backdrop, I must say that the things I saw on our streets as I moved from one part of the country to another in pursuit […]

By Adekunle Adekoya IT is no longer news that the governorship election in Ekiti has come and gone, or that Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress, APC, won. Further, we saw how the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was trounced to a third position, running behind the SDP, which fielded Segun […]

By Adekunle Adekoya READERS of this column must be wondering why so much attention is being paid to the Okada problem, when there are equally other problems that, on the surface of it, outweigh the issue. Considering that we’re in the political season, there is fixation on events in the political arena, especially as it […]

By Adekunle Adekoya IT is no longer news that the Lagos State Government has placed a ban on operations of commercial motorcycles, better known as Okada in six local government areas of the state. To refresh memories, the six LGAs are Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Apapa and Surulere, and security operatives have been […]

By Adekunle Adekoya THE main issue that dominated headline news for most of this week is the issue of political appointees declaring interest in elective offices whilst still holding the positions into which they were appointed. Controversies had raged over the issue, which could easily have been made a non-issue if the person who ought […]

By Adekunle Adekoya THERE is a jamboree going on, and while people are staring with mouths agape at the spectacles of the jamboree, a tragedy is being wrought as well. The jamboree going on is about the presidential ticket of the two leading parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition party, […]

By Adekunle Adekoya NIGERIA, truly, is a land of possibilities. I say this with every sense of responsibility, given the enormous potentials that have remained potentials, despite all God-given opportunities to realise them. Apart from natural resources, human resources abound aplenty which we prefer to waste, refusing to develop them through a functioning and functional […]

By Adekunle Adekoya For a long time, transport unions have steadily increased their power and influence, being positioned in a strategic sector of the economy whose activities determine how we move goods around and also deliver services.  A major tragedy that has befallen the country is that road transportation is completely unregulated and the operators are […]

By Kunle Adekoya The Senate of countries  operating the presidential system of government usually is the higher law-making body of its bicameral legislature. The place where members sit to deliberate on issues before it is often called a hallowed chamber, both on account of the seriousness of issues before it and also because of the […]

By Adekunle Adekoya These are very interesting times in our dear country, and if you like, in the whole world. With the war in Ukraine and galloping prices of fossil fuels, the global economy is being moulded in a way we have not seen before, worsened by the fact that attention has been forcefully diverted from common […]

By Kunle Adekoya THE word, travel,  describes an activity. It is a construct, which when it passes through our sensory frontiers, becomes an experience. For those of us who are non-native speakers and users of the English language, travel is also a noun, a transitive verb, and an intransitive verb as well. The commonest type […]