by Ajíbọ́lá ỌLÁDÌÍPỌ̀ | Nov 19, 2022 | Features, History
My grandmother, Alice Ọdúnọlá was born on Tuesday, August 29, 1939 to the family of Mr. Emmanuel Ige and Mrs. Felicia Aarinola Adunni Morenikeji, now late, of Morenikeji Compound, Lanase, Aremo in present day Ibadan North East Local Government. Typical of people of...
by Ajíbọ́lá ỌLÁDÌÍPỌ̀ | Apr 26, 2020 | History, Innovation and Strategy, Nigeria, Politics and Governance, Public Policy
Has it ever occurred to you that we spend a lot when we move across borders? (either national or inter – state) Be it primarily for business, convention, conferences, vacation, leisure, or to visit families and friends. To say tourism has the potential to immensely...
by Ajíbọ́lá ỌLÁDÌÍPỌ̀ | Mar 30, 2020 | History
Life is no brief candle for me. It is sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. – George Bernard Shaw First, it was that Saturday evening and then the...
by Ajíbọ́lá ỌLÁDÌÍPỌ̀ | Mar 2, 2020 | History, Nigeria
The Yoruba nation lies to the immediate West of the River Niger (below the confluence) and South of the Quorra {i.e., the Western branch of the same River above the confluence), having Dahomey on the West, and the Bight of Benin to the South. It is roughly speaking...
by Ajíbọ́lá ỌLÁDÌÍPỌ̀ | Mar 30, 2019 | History, Innovation and Strategy, Nigeria, Politics and Governance
By instict, we should know who we are! The stereotyped person will tell us of how the average Nigerian is dishonest, incurably corrupt, completetely lawless, annoyingly impatient and incompetent. Such a person will also say we are cheats as well as lazy fellows....
