By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | May 3, 2014 – “The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury” has been a popular quotation on many websites since the global financial crisis of 2008. The quotation is usually attributed to George Washington (1732-1799), but there is no evidence that he […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | April 15, 2014 | On Saturday 5th April 2014, at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel in London, the Association of Nigerian Academics in the UK (ANAUK) led by Councillor Adedamola Aminu, the acting Mayor of the London Borough of Lambeth and a lecturer himself, recognized the achievements […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | March 22, 2014 – As far as public money is concerned in Nigeria, the word MISSING has taken on a whole new sinister meaning. Every day, it is one massive amount (usually in billions, soon to graduate into trillions) of money missing from the coffers of one […]
By Femi Fabiyi (USA) & Akintokunbo A. Adejumo (Nigeria) | March 09, 2014 – Politics is likened to a basket of investment portfolio. As Investors focus on financial returns on their investments, so do political god-fathers expect some sorts of dividends for investing in a candidate. Culture, on the other hand is a creative character […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Feb. 4., 2104 – “Nigeria, March/April 1978: The Minister for Education, Col Ahmadu Ali under the Obasanjo Military administration, had just announced that the Federal Government of Nigeria intended to increase the cost of feeding for University and other tertiary institutions’ students. At the time also, students pay […]
By Femi Fabiyi & Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Jan. 23, 2014 – Democracy promotes the same sets of value no matter where it is practiced. Simple definition implies that government is made up of people, and should serve the people. In order to enjoy the fruits (or as we call it in […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Nov. 10, 2013 – When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” – Thomas Jefferson Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | October 9, 2013 – Laughter, they say is the best medicine. Let’s take a comic look at our predicament in Nigeria The good state of Bayelsa proclaimed to the world on car number plates that it is the ‘The Glory of All Lands’ but has now been […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | October 2, 2013 – The last time I really and truly enjoyed and celebrated Nigeria’s Independence was in 1970 (our 10th Independence Anniversary). The country was at war within itself then (The Biafran Civil War) and General Yakubu Gowon was the Head of State. Even with the […]
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 19, 2013 – It was sometime in May 1999 that I dared venture to visit my country, Nigeria, after over nine years in the UK. Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-military Head of State, retired Army general and Civil War hero, convicted of treason and incarcerated, nearly executed by […]
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