Abiodun Ladepo

An alumnus of the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) and Towson University and University of Maryland (both in the State of Maryland, USA), Ladepo is a former journalist with The Guardian. An extensively traveled employee of a US agency, he contributes from Los Angeles.
Nigeria Matters

Obaship in Ibadanland Three-a-Kobo?

Abiodun Ladepo -
“Listen! We have done this and we have done it! That’s it! Nothing is going to happen! All that you are seeing right now…all...
Nigeria Matters

Open Letter to President Buhari: Please Resign and Let Nigeria Exhale

Abiodun Ladepo -
Your Excellency Sir, There are no better ways to say this: The release of that Eid-el-Fitri message to us through the BBC Hausa outlet, in...
Faith & Philosophy

Five Big Problems I Have With Nigerian “Pastors”

Abiodun Ladepo -
(1). A woman called her cousin in a neighboring country. Her cousin was single and living alone. She was my friend. “I am flying down...
Nigeria Matters

Saraki and the Hollow Senate

Abiodun Ladepo -
Saraki took to Facebook recently to lament that a clique may have hijacked the government of Muhammadu Buhari. Hear him: “What has become clear...
Nigeria Matters

To Niger-Delta Militants: Nigeria Will NOT Lose

Abiodun Ladepo -
Abi na Avengers dem dey call una? How many ears you get? Wetin you dey take the ears do? Listen to me very carefully as I talk...
Nigeria Matters

Emperor Ajimobi and Mujaheed Aregbesola

Abiodun Ladepo -
One Governor rules his State like the Greek King Sisyphus who was notorious for his imperious, self-aggrandizing, bullish style; the other governs his State...
Nigeria Matters

Is This the #Change for Which I Prayed and Voted?

Abiodun Ladepo -
Your APC government has increased the official pump price of fuel from N86 to N145. No. You can’t be serious. That was one of the...
Nigeria Matters

The Fall of the Naira: Our Come-to-Jesus and Come-to-Allah Moment!

Abiodun Ladepo -
All of a sudden, Nigerians are clamoring for made-in-Nigeria goods. Until this month, few Nigerians outside of Nnewi, Anambra State had heard of Innoson...
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