Akintokunbo Adejumo, a social and political commentator on Nigerian issues, lives and works in London, UK. He is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1979) and University of Manitoba, Canada (1985). He also writes on topical issues for iNigerian.com and other newspapers and internet media including Nigeriaworld, Nigeria Today Online, Washington Nigerian Times, Wise News Today, etc.
Our leadership are still struggling to understand democracy as a collective approach in meeting collective needs, such as quality education, jobs, housing, mass transportation system, quality health care services, pensions,…
“Nigeria is not only the country with the largest black population in the world; it is also, in all probability, the country with the largest number of big-men”. –…
Bureaucracy (/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/) refers to both a body of non-elective government officials and an administrative policy-making group. Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials.…
“The world does not need Nigeria to move forward. The world will move forward while we remain in our Stone Age’. I keep on reflecting on the above comment on…
“What is the problem with us Nigerians? We have started printing our own tickets for the Kaduna-Abuja rail services. I learnt ticketing officials hoard tickets so they can sell at…
The euphoria over Nigeria’s experimentation in democracy is over. Realism is once again at our doorstep with the unsettling questions about our future, as we move towards another General Election…
This is not an article, but an assortment of posts, comments and thoughts as expressed by a group of very intellectual and well-informed Nigerians living, working and thriving in the…
The “collapse” (officially, it is a merger with Access Bank, or maybe we should say, it was saved from collapse in the nick of time) of Diamond Bank is inevitable;…
“SPECIAL REPORT: The men who embezzled Nigerian Airways to death, October 29, 2018 by Nicholas Ibekwe, PREMIUM TIMES” A friend who sent the link to this report was very considerate…
I always refuse to put all the blame on the British for our current maladies and unfortunate circumstances. Yes, they seem to have handed over to some ill-prepared leaders, but…