Samuel Akinnuga
TheCable
Lagos, LA, Nigeria
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Past articles by Samuel:
Rethinking the Lagos life and culture of excellence
The legend of Lagos is very much known: it is the land of possibilities. It is the place where big and small dreams can come true; the place → Read More
Let the Nigerian youth keep sleeping
An experience that very sets the tone for this piece is one I had with a man who has lived through the crests and troughs of the Nigerian → Read More
Dear President Buhari, things are no longer making sense
Dear President Buhari,Advertisement This is not the time for an epistle but the truth in the clearest manner I can pass it across. You have always reiterated your commitment to → Read More
When will Nigeria's future leaders emerge?
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the sordid situation in various sectors of life in Nigeria have become even more unconcealable. If anything, the pandemic has unravelled the unmistakable divide between → Read More
Nigeria stagnates while the power rotates. Who are we ‘doing’?
Nigeria is a country of incredible promises and unbelievable paradoxes. Despite being the ‘Nummer Eins’ on the world poverty chart and performing abysmally in other developmental indices, it is believed → Read More
Insecurity crisis: Joining Buhari in search of a miracle
Under very normal circumstances, the revelling of a period like this would have been just as beautiful, if not more beautiful, as the previous ones. But circumstances are not normal. → Read More
Between Nigerian politicians and politicians in Nigeria (2)
In the first part of this series first published on July 12, I had taken the liberty to start a discussion based on a distinction I had created for members → Read More
Between Nigerian politicians and politicians in Nigeria (1)
The nudge to write this came as a result of a personal reflection on 2020 and the lessons of this current experience. One single thread that ran through the strains → Read More
Democracy Day: A celebration of what exactly?
This year’s Democracy Day is quite auspicious for a number of reasons. One, it marks the 27th Anniversary of June 12, 1993, which remains one of the historic moments of → Read More
Now that we are in Trouble
The experience of the recent weeks has not left us without the expected do-as-I-do-not-as-I-say disposition of government officials. → Read More
Thoughts on the present and future state of Nigeria
The world all over, the biggest conversation is on how to combat the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In almost 200 countries affected by the outbreak, sedulous efforts are being made → Read More
National assembly and the farce of representation
A lot of Nigerians are daily losing the strength to believe in the country. They are daily being failed by their representatives. → Read More
National identity and the question of poverty
For the sake of national planning, instruments like a census are considered most vital to any meaningful development effort. → Read More
Nigeria, chapter '19: Counting our blessings...
Nigerians must be celebrated for enduring what has been one of the toughest in recent times. → Read More
Governors and the retirement thieving template
Politicians will come and go but our country will remain. We must not stop speaking against this wickedness because “they don’t really care about us”. → Read More
Sowore & Co: Matters arising
When citizens no longer feel safe to air their reasonable views for fear of intimidation, that society cannot be said to be a thriving democracy. → Read More