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Segun Akinyode

Segun Akinyode

Segun, a three-pronged oscillator, moves from his bedsitter to the office, then a cool spot. He lives near Mr Obasanjo's Abeokuta home. He is currently a teacher in the General Studies Department, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.

  • The Absurdity of Being 50

    by Segun Akinyode October 5, 2010
    by Segun Akinyode

    When a community is tagged underdeveloped, it is the human beings who populate such community that are being described. It is against this background that it becomes imperative to sit …

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  • The Making of a Boss

    by Segun Akinyode August 19, 2010
    by Segun Akinyode

    Being a boss is very simple. The first step is to garner every conceivable and inconceivable subterfuges, including blackmail, ethnicism, praise-singing, name-calling, tale bearing, bootlicking, laying claim to bogus intellectual …

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  • When Will These Insults Abate?

    by Segun Akinyode May 4, 2010
    by Segun Akinyode

    It is understood all over the world that one of the features of democracy is freedom of speech and allied freedoms. However, certain freedoms become an aberration given conditions and …

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  • Tajudeen Afolabi Adeola: An Enigma

    by Segun Akinyode September 14, 2009
    by Segun Akinyode

    One should utilize this opportunity to invite the Nigerian  Federal Government team in charge of her re-branding drive not look too far if they hope to achieve any success in …

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  • An Amorous Encounter with Barak Obama

    by Segun Akinyode July 9, 2009
    by Segun Akinyode

    Clara sat right opposite me sipping from a bottle of Guinness. The combined effect of the physical act of the inadvertent unbuttoning and the mild exclamation at the sight of …

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  • Our Woes: The Way Out

    by Segun Akinyode April 22, 2008
    by Segun Akinyode

    The most glaring of the Nigerian malady is corruption. The type of corruption where Nigerians in positions of responsibility divert the money meant for the development of the country into …

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  • Fellow 'Nigerians,' Let Us Drink From This Cup

    by Segun Akinyode February 28, 2008
    by Segun Akinyode

    How come a transporter refuses to refund an unused fare? The most painful aspect is that the money involved is about $400, too much for a poor teacher like me …

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  • Re: My Reflection on Education and Democracy in Nigeria: Vision 2020

    by Segun Akinyode December 22, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    In his defense of the shortcomings of the article articulated by some critics, Sadiq raised three basic approaches to appreciating and perhaps solving the problems plaguing the system of education …

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  • To Nigerians in the Diaspora

    by Segun Akinyode November 20, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    For the knowledge of those Nigerians in the Diaspora who have been curious about how we have been surviving in a debilitating environment, a typical day…

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  • Aaron Ringera and Nuhu Ribadu

    by Segun Akinyode September 10, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    The name of the Kenyan counterpart of Nuhu Ribadu is Aaron Ringera. From what we have garnered from press reports, not many Kenyans feel Justice Ringera and his commission are doing …

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  • The Nigeria in Kenya

    by Segun Akinyode September 10, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    Each day I walked the streets of Nairobi, listened to the radio, watched programmes on Kenyan television stations or read the Kenyan newspapers, the quantity and quality of resemblances between …

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  • Between Sex and Love

    by Segun Akinyode August 8, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    Sex is the sweetest thing on earth. Its sweetness is incomparable. It is the only thing that does not touch your palate yet you relish its succulence in the very …

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  • Where is Nigerian Airways?

    by Segun Akinyode July 18, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    “The truth of the case is that the aircraft scheduled to take you to Lagos developed an engine problem…”

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  • United States of Africa: Desirable but (Un)attainable?

    by Segun Akinyode July 2, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    As advantageous as the establishment of United States of Africa is, there are certain monumental obstacles that may hinder its gestation…

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  • Africa: We will be as Strong as Europe

    by Segun Akinyode June 4, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    Why it is that Africa swallow the principles of democracy but refuse to practice it in such a way that common Africans benefit from the gains of democracy?

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  • Why Not Take Your Wife To Nigeria, Instead Of Polluting Our Country?

    by Segun Akinyode May 28, 2007
    by Segun Akinyode

    When it was my turn, the lady collected my passport, took one bewildered look at it and asked me to report to one Mr. Wanda on the seventh floor. I …

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