Akintokunbo A Adejumo
Akintokunbo Adejumo, a social and political commentator on Nigerian issues, lives and works in London, UK. He is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1979) and University of Manitoba, Canada (1985). He also writes on topical issues for newspapers and internet media including Nigeriaworld, Nigeria Today Online, Washington Nigerian Times, Wise News Today, etc
Articles by this Author
Deception, Lies, Fraud And Farce: The State Of A Nation
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 05/11/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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“Why do you say that Nigeria has got no electricity? Isn’t that Lagos all lighted up? That’s a very beautiful sight, isn’t it?”
Pseudo-Leadership And Nigerian Politics
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 03/26/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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All of these pseudo-leaders who like posing as leaders, are leading the country on the path of ruination and destruction. And the irony is: If they are allowed to destroy the country, they also destroy themselves...
Oyo State Is Deserving Of Its Leaders
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 03/20/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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Can Bayo Alao-Akala do it, or can the people around him let him do it? Does he have the idea at all of what needs to be done, rather than just playing politics with the lives of people, while playing to the gallery with speeches that were written for him by well-paid sycophants and hangers-on?
Is Nigeria Really A Failed State?
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 03/8/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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What is a failed state? Has there ever been a failed state in this world, and if so, what will be the criteria for labelling a country as a failed state? So why is
Justice Or Public Policy: The Yar’adua Ruling
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 03/4/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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The recent ruling of the Court of Appeal, acting as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that decided that President Umaru Yar’Adua was validly elected on 21 April 2007 surely merits comments by Nigerians...
‘Tis The Season For Scandals
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 02/11/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Scandals, scandals. We do not even know what is going on in the states and local governments. The ones we know and read of are associated to the federal level. And there are more to come, I bet you...
Immunity Clause: To Stay Or Not To Stay
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 02/5/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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It is not hard to see that corrupt political leaders will make effort to see that the immunity clause is retained in the Constitution. That is the cloak under which they have been hiding for years and perpetrating their crimes against the Nigerian people...
The Super Eagles, The NFA And The African Nations Cup
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 01/24/2008
- Sports
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It was always going to happen. With a clueless, corrupt and inefficient Nigeria Football Association, an ageing team of un-motivated players and an equally useless, clueless and un-committed coach...
Of Lunacy and Leaders
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 01/17/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
It is safe to conclude, from the psychological analysis of corruption, that our corrupt politicians and leaders must be mad. They must be psychopaths...
The Truth Has To Be Said Always
- By Akintokunbo A Adejumo
- Published 01/9/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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When we write on issues we feel should be considered to take Nigeria
