More government, less service, more hunger, by Adekunle Adekoya
JUST as I was preparing to write this column, news filtered in that President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA) Bill, 2026, paving the way for the establishment of a dedicated economic regulator for Nigeria’s port sector. The news was sourced from a post on the Facebook page of […]
2015-2023: The years of pestilence
By Adekunle Adekoya WHEN the All Progressives Congress, APC, came up to challenge PDP’s hold on power since 1999 in February 2013, not a few Nigerians incubated the hope that something refreshingly different will happen to Nigeria. Formed as a merger of three parties — the Congress for Progressive Change, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, […]
Nigeria Air and Buhari’s ministers of magic
By Adekunle Adekoya YOU may not agree with me, but I have taken the position, for quite some time, that some of Buhari’s ministers are magicians. By the way, the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary says a magician is a person that is “skilled in using supernatural forces”. A synonym of magician is sorcerer, which the same […]
Ajao Estate demolitions: Outcome of slack regulation
By Adekunle Adekoya AS we entered the month of May, it was anguish for some fellow compatriots as they had their dwellings in Ajao Estate, Lagos, demolished. Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, and those of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, were part of a joint task force that carried […]
Does Buhari live here with us?
By Adekunle Adekoya LAST Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari told a stupefied nation that he had delivered on his change agenda. He spoke at the inauguration of a new housing estate in Zuba, Abuja. While presenting keys to new home-owners, the president said the new housing estate was addressing multidimensional poverty as the beneficiaries had “taken […]
Underestimating the malaria scourge
By Adekunle Adekoya TUESDAY April 25, 2023 was World Malaria Day, WMD. WMD is an international observance commemorated every year on April 25 and recognises global efforts to control malaria. Globally, 3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria. In 2012, malaria caused an estimated 627,000 deaths, mostly among African children. According […]
