Segun Akinyode

Segun, a three-pronged oscillator, moves from his bedsitter to the office, then a cool spot. He lives near Mr Obasanjo's Abeokuta home. He is currently a teacher in the General Studies Department, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.

The Absurdity of Being 50

When a community is tagged underdeveloped, it is the human beings who populate such community that are being described. It is against this background that it becomes imperative to sit back and evaluate the worth, the real essence and implications, the moral aura of Nigeria at 50...

The Making of a Boss

Being a boss is very simple. The first step is to garner every conceivable and inconceivable subterfuges, including blackmail, ethnicism, praise-singing, name-calling, tale bearing, bootlicking, laying claim to bogus intellectual achievements...

When Will These Insults Abate?

It is understood all over the world that one of the features of democracy is freedom of speech and allied freedoms. However, certain freedoms become an aberration given conditions and backgrounds surrounding their manifestations...

Tajudeen Afolabi Adeola: An Enigma

One should utilize this opportunity to invite the Nigerian  Federal Government team in charge of her re-branding drive not look too far if they hope to achieve any success in the foreign aspect of the scheme. The man they should not tarry in consulting is Taju...

An Amorous Encounter with Barak Obama

Clara sat right opposite me sipping from a bottle of Guinness. The combined effect of the physical act of the inadvertent unbuttoning and the mild exclamation at the sight of Obama’s portrait had unleashed an inexplicable passion in me for Clara....

Our Woes: The Way Out

The most glaring of the Nigerian malady is corruption. The type of corruption where Nigerians in positions of responsibility divert the money meant for the development of the country into private pockets...

Fellow 'Nigerians,' Let Us Drink From This Cup

How come a transporter refuses to refund an unused fare? The most painful aspect is that the money involved is about $400, too much for a poor teacher like me to lose...

Re: My Reflection on Education and Democracy in Nigeria: Vision 2020

In his defense of the shortcomings of the article articulated by some critics, Sadiq raised three basic approaches to appreciating and perhaps solving the problems plaguing the system of education in Nigeria...

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