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 […]
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 […]
