Self-help on insecurity, the Ohuhu, Abia way as solution, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST week, I asked fellow Nigerians, readers of this column what else we can do about insecurity that we haven’t done. It was a rhetorical question. Truth is there’re lots we can do that we haven’t done. Are we no longer Nigerians? The most resilient group of peoples in the world? Are we not the ones that […]
$176bn Customs Modernization Project: Between Bionica, Bergmans, and TMPL
By Adekunle Adekoya I AM afraid that if action is by unflinchingly patriotic Nigerians, our country might have been unwittingly transformed into the reverse of a rentier state. A rentier state is one which derives all or a substantial portion of its national revenues from rent paid by foreign individuals, concerns or governments, and at […]
The looming transportation crisis in Lagos
By Adekunle Adekoya ONCE again, I have to use this medium to address an issue that I’m sure is of paramount importance to a lot of people, especially those who have reason to come into Lagos for one thing or the other and return to base. Needless to say, those who live and work in […]
Things not done that invite floods
By Adekunle Adekoya AWAY from the agony of the just-ended strike by ASUU, Nigerians are faced with another existential threat, which is even more life-threatening. Come to think of it, what is not life-threatening in Nigeria, given the way public affairs are managed here? Is it the transport system, entrenched in the vice-grips of the […]
What gains from the painful ASUU strike?
By Adekunle Adekoya I really don’t want to write about the ASUU strike again, but it is a shame that our government is not talking to us as much as it needs to about a major national crisis in the education sector, which is what the strike is about. In the last few days, hopes have been […]
Why ASUU strike may outlive Buhari’s govt
By Adekunle Adekoya I am filled with trepidation at the omens which seem to indicate that the on-going strike by the Academic Staff of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, might outlive the Buhari administration. I am worried, and I am sure that fellow compatriots, especially those who have children in federal universities, are equally worried that their personal timelines […]
