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.

Subsidy Removal: Buhari Must Not Put the Cart Before the Horse!

The current fuel crisis may be causing Muhammadu Buhari to rue his fourth and successful quest for the presidency of Nigeria and revisit the...

Seyi Makinde: The Muddled “Fresh Water” of Oyo State Politics?

It started out as a great idea for Engr. Seyi Makinde; the grand design that would see him clinching the top position in Oyo...

Open Letter To President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari

Your Excellency Sir, Let me quickly jump in front of the oncoming bandwagon in offering my congratulations. I know you do not have too much...

Ibadan to Accra by Road

My Facebook readers know I am not one of those propagating the false impression that Accra, or Ghana as a whole, is Africa’s new...

Jonathan’s Vaulting Ambition Ended PDP Hegemony

My very smart PDP friends say Goodluck Jonathan lost the 2015 election the day he forced those five out-of-seven “rebel” governors out of the...

How Gen. Muhammadu Buhari Will Defeat Boko Haram

Upon assuming office in May this year, General Muhammadu Buhari will place a call to the President of Niger Republic - Mahamadou Issoufou –...

Boko Haram: Military Leadership Underserves President and Junior Soldiers

Our military “drove the attackers away”, turned around and came back home?  And we are satisfied with that?  What is wrong in following the attackers to whatever hole from where they came - Cameroon, Chad, or Niger - and finishing them off there?  What is wrong in following the attackers, capturing those we can capture and bringing them back to our bases for interrogation?

Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh is Too Fat to Head the Military

Nigeria’s current most senior military officer is fat.  No, he is not just overweight.  He is obese.  Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh is the most out-of-shape military officer I have ever seen in my life...

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