The Travesty of Public Appointments in Nigeria
“Prof. (Ishaq) Oloyede of JAMB has remitted 5billion to government early in August and yesterday announced another 3billion is ready…
Akintokunbo Adejumo
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.
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Corrupt People Cannot/Do not Make Good Leaders!
This statement by the late great Madiba, Nelson Mandela, a true African son and only one of its kinds is…
The Animal Farm: Monkey dey work, baboon dey chop!
“Nigerian leaders on Friday (28 February 2014) called on Nigerians to work harder towards ensuring the country’s unity”, with ex-President…
Much Ado About A Certificate?
I have written many times on a singularity, or perhaps we should call it a genetic aberration or bane of…
Ground-breaking and Commissioning– A Wasteful Phenomenon and Culture
“Ground-breaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many…
Ondo State Election and the Politics of Vote Buying
“Politics cannot be effectively played or carried out without money. Even in those ancient days when politics started, some form…
Message for Gov. Ajimobi – Emerging Talent You Must Support!
The guy in the middle you are looking at is Abiodun Adegoke. He is 7 feet and 2 inches tall,…
Rio 2016 – Why We Really Failed
Just a few days after the just concluded Rio Olympics, Mariam Usman, a Commonwealth medallist, said she has lost the…
The 2016 Rio Olympics and the Perpetual Failure of a Nation
As we ecstatically inch towards the finale of the greatest sports fiesta in the world, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro…
Nigerian Animal Farm: Monkey dey work, baboon dey chop!
(I started writing this article in March 2014, but for some unknown, warped reason, never completed it. I have now…
Our Politicians, the NURTW and Us
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, “The National Union of Road Transport Workers is a Nigerian organisation which functions as a…
Education Ain’t Cheap!
The decline in government funding of higher education, the economic downturn, the long decades of unforgivable neglect, along with rapidly…
There is an Evil in our Land
“There’s an evil in our land, And a foe we must withstand, Let us be strong to fight the wrong…”…
Doing Things the Wrong Ways and Expecting Different Results
The Greater London Authority Elections – where Londoners will vote for a new Mayor of London and Members of the…
In Our or Nigeria’s Interest or Their Best Interest?
The principle of autonomy and/or self-determination is viewed as foundational in any true democracy. It is however worrying when democracy…
Back to the Land: What we should have done decades ago with our oil money!
“With the downturn in the global prices of oil, we now have to prospect our solid minerals. We have to…