A Different Viewpoint
30 November 2025
Random Musing
In the last few days, our anger, frustration and near resort to self-measures has been directed at the unrelenting destruction of lives and properties by murderous herdsmen. And this is rightly so. Statistics bandied about indicates this gang of criminals and murderers have caused not just grief, but loss of lives in hundreds as well as properties…
Read More about Nigeria – The Other Murderous Herdsmen In Our MidstRandom Musing
(Vulcanizer is the Nigerian name for the man that is ‘equipped’ to replace the wheel on a vehicle) My driving lessons, from a very young age, began with watching my father look after his vehicle. This was followed with being partaker in washing the inside and outside of the vehicle, topping up the radiator, checking…
Read More about You and Your Vulcanizer Could Be Your KillerRandom Musing
My mother once told me that my father almost joined the Nigerian Army. Just as she prevented him from doing so, she also disallowed me from being educated in schools attended by children of servicemen. Nevertheless, I have ended up spending most of my life growing up around folks in the armed forces. My non-biological…
Read More about Consumption > Legitimate Income – My Simple Equation for Determining Corruption/Illegitimate EarningsKunle Ojeleye
Below are my thoughts from the aspirants’ speeches during yesterday’s national convention of the All Progressives Congress, which led to the selection of the party’s presidential flag bearer in the forthcoming 2015 elections. Abubakar Atiku He indeed had an articulated road map. But I heard with my ears that were stuck to the ground 8000…
Read More about The 2014 APC Presidential Aspirants’ SpeechesRandom Musing
Go On With One Nigeria General Yakubu Gowon was the Commander-in-Chief and Head of the Armed Forces during the Nigerian civil war of 1967-1970. So, responsibility for the acts and inactions during the civil war naturally lies fully at his doorstep, not excluding the so-called ‘starvation policy’, the dropping of bombs on civilian targets by…
Read More about Happy 80th Birthday – General Dr Yakubu GowonRandom Musing
I was born into and grew up in The Apostolic Church (TAC). Whilst I have been to and attended a number of other denominations in my few years, I am yet to come across any like the TAC that bombarded my life from its infancy to adulthood with praying for the nation and the leaders…
Read More about Now Is The Time For ActionKunle Ojeleye
My short response to the article “Fani-Kayode and the Igbos” By Dr. Phil Tam-Al Alalibo The manner in which unguarded statements are being made across the length and breadth of Nigeria, insulting the sensibilities of other ethnic groups is definitely worrying. I know for a fact that the so called “deportation” of destitute did not…
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Random Musing
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 sometimes utterly unfriendly attitude of Nigerian service providers, and the insecurity…
Read More about Yeah Mon: Jamaica – Small Island, Friendly People, Great Place
Random Musing
In the course of my doctoral field work in Nigeria about 6 years ago, I became privy to information that made me to start pitying a Nigerian Policeman as one of the oppressed rather than an oppressor. Ever since, I had intended to, but never did write, about the rot in regards to policing and…
Read More about The Rot Signified By The Ikeja Police College Expose On Channels TVKunle Ojeleye
When I was young, my father told me that I needed to forge my own path in life. I was made to understand he owes me a good educational foundation if I was ready to cash in that pledge. It was impressed on me that the only thing no one could take away from me…
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