Akintokunbo A 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.

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…” Jennie Evelyn Hussey. Nigeria has...

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 London Assembly – is...

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 becomes a millstone around...

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 return to agriculture. Mining...

Of Buharists, Jonathanians and a Simple Analysis of Political Immaturity

"We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe It is appalling to know that...

Requiem for a Hero

“I was actually in that valley on March 28, 2015. I did not want Nigeria to slide into a theatre of war, with his ...

Concussion (2015 film) is a Nigerian

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Random Thoughts: Fighting Corruption with Corruption

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