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Saturday, February 16th, 2013

By Dr. kunle Ojeleye / Calgary, Alberta / Feb. 16, 2013 -I have decided to write this short, reflective travel blog or article against the background of 3 key Nigerian issues which were highlighted recently by write-ups from Okey Ndibe, Pius Adesanmi and Simon Kolawole. These include: the state of Nigerian airports, the unprofessional and [...]
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
The editor, Kindly allow me a small space to thank DR. KUNLE OJELEYE for his wonderful contribution on the above subject matter. In fact, he analysed the whole episode without allowing tribal sentiments to becloud his reasoning. As some of elders can honestly conclude, there was more than enough portions of blame for the various [...]
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Saturday, October 13th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | Oct. 13, 2012 – The recently released civil war memoirs of Prof. Chinua Achebe There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra has generated a violent and virulent furore in regards to comments made by the author in regards to late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s conduct as [...]
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Sunday, October 7th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | Oct. 7, 2012 – Precisely a week ago, I was unable to attend an event that I had so much looked forward to in the last few years. This was the inaugural lecture, as a Professor of Public Administration, of someone who twenty years ago ceased to [...]
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Saturday, September 15th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | Sept. 15, 2012 – I must confess that the recent headline from NaijaPundit is one of the most irresponsible sensationalising journalism I have ever seen. Please be the judge. Headline From NaijaPundit THE ONLY THING SACROSANCT IN NIGERIA IS THE QUR’AN-BUHARI (Written by Vanguard Newspapers on 30 [...]
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, AB, Canada | August 29, 2012 – If it is indeed true that Professor Barth Nnaji has resigned as the Minister for Power in Nigeria, he is a man of honour and integrity. Based on the report from ThisDay (www.thisdaylive.com/articles/privatisation-bids-cancelled-over-firms-linked-to-nnaji/123388/), if the man indeed declared his indirect (and/or direct) [...]
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | June 20, 2012 – I have taken some time to read and scrutinise the various submissions of both sides in the unfolding scandal about bribery involving the committee that was tasked with probing the oil subsidy scam in Nigeria. Having watched the video posted by Channel News [...]
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Monday, June 4th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | June 4, 2012 – Nigeria? The rail is non-existent. The roads are dangerous. The air is not safe. Nowhere is secure, not even your house. And the nation is vastly in darkness rather than light (electricity). Before you can blink an eyelid, everyone is crying to God [...]
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | April 5, 2012 – I recently received with great sadness the news of the passing on of a very dear uncle of mine, Dr Bayo Adisa-Balogun at a relatively young age. How can a medical doctor who in the morning had attended to his clients, collapse in [...]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2012

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, Canada | March 25, 2012 – On 18 March 2012, I read the shocking news of the “suicide” of Egba high Chief Oluwole Olumide in Ogun State, Nigeria. Whilst I do not have any affiliation or special interest in Ogun State, and do not know any of the protagonists, [...]