Adewale Ajani

Trained as a Civil Engineer both at home and abroad, 'Wale has great interest in casual writing. He is also a public affairs commentator. His BLOG.

And My Name Shall Be Called…

I need an urgent name change before my profession goes the way of ‘dinosaurian’ extinction all because I refuse to go with the times by adopting a ‘cool’, ‘happening’ tag...

Towards 2011 General Elections

In Nigeria at the moment, the sensation you get is that of great displeasure of the populace towards their ‘leaders’. This disapproval has no ethnic, religious or cultural affiliation as leadership has failed across the entire nation...

Angst of a Generation in Transit: I Remember

I belong to a generation of Nigerians I would like to refer to as ‘transitional’. We were birthed at the threshold of a country’s descent from the sturdy, high grounds of magnificence as it began another into the peaty waters of obscurity...

Independence Day: Before the Celebrations

While we may not be able to correct the leadership errors of the past that have kept us in a state of doldrums and subnormality, we do have the opportunity to determine our future by addressing the national leadership of the present...

To The New MD/CEO, Inter-Lagoon Bank PLC…

Dear Sir, thank you for your SMS and subsequent email assuring me of your bank’s financial stability after the CBN’s Hammer of Thor struck the bank’s  executive ménage relieving its directors of their  most lucrative positions and the CBN’s consequent ‘dole out’ aimed to address your insolvency...

A Decade of Democracy: The Proverbial Elephant

Various opinions have indicated what a decade of democracy in Nigeria means to diverse individuals. Like the proverbial elephant visited by some blind men, one cannot but be overwhelmed by the many-sided, manifold interpretations of 10 years of democracy in Nigeria...

The Nigeria of Our Dream

At the moment, Nigeria is a stout source of credit to many countries including the US, UK, South Africa and Australia. What is more, the Nigerian Naira has attained a world currency status seconded by the Chinese yuan and the US dollar...

Jungle Justice in the Jungle

I have always been of the opinion that Lagos is the zenith in the comity of anarchic cities and if you can survive in Lagos, you can do so anywhere else. Alas, I was wrong. I am sorry to let Lagosians know they have no credible claim on chaos...

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