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Stephen Keshi – An African football legend

June 17, 2016December 22, 2016 Adeola Adebowale Leave a comment

Stephen Okechukwu Keshi was a former Nigerian football defender and coach. He is one of the two Africans to have won the African nations cup as a player and coach. He had a career as a player that saw him play for clubs in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Malaysia, Belgium, France and the USA. As a manager he coached Nigeria, Togo and Mali, He won the… Read more

For the love of country

March 27, 2015February 14, 2017 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

Democracy is a game of numbers, and politics; politics has become a game of populism, and hypocrisy; populism is the opium of Nigerians: he who wants to catch a monkey must act like one; and hypocrisy has become the norm! Otherwise, Fashola would not say Agbaje is too old to be Governor and go on to support an even older Buhari for President. Otherwise, Agbaje… Read more

The Beauty of Democracy

March 25, 2015 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

The past eight weeks have seen me defend my President against all odds. I try to see the best in people, that is my flaw; and i have learnt to ignore flaws, since I see them so easily. I have campaigned for Jonathan, not because he is the best, not because he is excellent, and definitely not because I have been paid to do so.… Read more

Clues or Less

March 20, 2015March 20, 2015 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

I sat down there behest, tense, sweaty, unsure. This was the final straw. They asked how my Long Case went, it was great but I feigned sadness. I needed them to believe I had been subdued, to think I needed help, which I did. They felt my sadness and synchronised with me. Lucky me. Then I picked my question from the pool: Discuss the differential… Read more

Of Nigerians and Truth

February 13, 2015 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

Most of my work has been in criticism of my President, yet, a democrat that he is, he doesn’t blink. When he said corruption was not the number-one problem of Nigeria, we all disagreed. Well, i don’t; not anymore. Recent happenings have proven otherwise: our problem as a people goes way beyond corruption. Corruption, as pervasive as it has become, is merely begotten of, and… Read more

The Hypocrites I know

December 30, 2014 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

I have always maintained that the problems of Nigeria go way beyond the Presidency, but Buharists no let us hear word. So, today, i shall throw caution to the wind and share with you a typical class scenario by these same people that want change. I will be hunted for this, but I just cannot care less as I hope you will see classic similarities… Read more

NASS: Nigeria’s greatest flaw

December 2, 2014December 2, 2014 Ayokunle Adeleye Leave a comment

What is the problem of Nigeria? I ask assuming we both agree that Nigeria is not where it should be in the comity of nations, and nation spaces, as the grammarian from the Rock City would rather say. The giant of Africa, the land of milk and honey, the haven of opportunities, is definitely not the Nigeria of today. Believe it or not, we are… Read more

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