Posts by Dotun Adekanmbi
The Morning, I Was Afraid To Wake Up
I had a fitful sleep last night. The day had gone rather badly. For me, like several…
Mr President Made Me Eat My Word
Most of my friends know where I stand on matters of politics. I am an unapologetic sympathiser…
We Need to Learn From These ‘Lazy Youth’
Everything was wrong with France before the revolution: mass discontent, social disequilibrium, political conflicts, excesses of the…
Nigeria At 60: Not the Celebration But the Work Ahead
There is this apocryphal anecdote of the 40-year old who consulted a palmist. “In the first 40…
Obasanjo Might Be Right, But…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo speaks with the magisterial arrogance of an oracle. Many Nigerians are likely to…
NESG: From High-tables to Work-tables
It used to be the case that the Nigerian economy stood on an intellectual tripod that comprised…
Before You Shred Your Nigerian Passport
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set…
Yemi Osinbajo: The ‘Jebby’ now called ‘Star Boy’
One of my uncles ‘prophesied’ that I would be a journalist. But he was not sure I…
The One Million Boys: My “Vigilante” Experience
And that was how we gathered for an emergency meeting of the Community Development Association (CDA). There…
Buhari’s Government and Public Information Management
There is something about the President Muhammadu Buhari government that I just do not understand. For some…