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Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
July 8, 2015
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Opinion: President Buhari, Integrity Is Not Enough!

by Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú A lot in the future of Nigeria rests on Buhari’s presidency. We cannot let him fail. Integrity is not enough! Buhari needs more than integrity to govern. He needs to steel himself against these gnomes, understand the game and refuse to be caged.  The crises rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) is... Read More
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April 29, 2015
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Opinion: The influence of big money in Nigerian politics

by Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú The high cost of political campaign for office seekers and the present ways of meeting the costs ties the hands of elected officials because they must recoup their investments by pandering to the whims of moneybags, godfathers and special interests who funded their campaigns. Politics is speech, money is also speech, but... Read More
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September 10, 2014
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Opinion: Dear GEJ, negotiation is still the only way to defeat Boko Haram

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju Terrorism is achieving political agenda through violence. The politics of power is the reason behind the argument of not negotiating with terrorists. The protagonist point of view is that negotiating with terrorists rewards violence and discourages political change through peaceful means. They argue that negotiation weakens the negotiating government’s democratic structures, sets... Read More
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August 22, 2014
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Opinion: Nigerians and the five basic laws of human stupidity

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju   Third (and Golden) Basic Law: A stupid person is a person who caused losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. Merriam Webster dictionary defines stupidity as: “behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement” or “the... Read More
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August 13, 2014
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Opinion: #OsunDecides shows that the poor have learnt their lessons

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju  The voters collected Omisore’s money, rice and kerosine and voted convincingly for Governor Aregbesola. They were not swayed by his okada riding, corn-eating stunts.  The State of Osun became the firewall for the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) juggernaut. Osun elections bears witness that; you can make... Read More
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June 5, 2014
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Opinion: How to protect soft targets from Boko Haram attacks

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju As a step towards protection, different categories of soft targets must be identified, as it is impossible to define a “one size fits all” approach for all of them. One of the lessons we have learnt from the recent spate of attacks is for us never to confuse good luck with good... Read More
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May 28, 2014
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Opinion: Pres. Jonathan, patience taken too far is cowardice

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju In trying to shame Jonathan, the power grabbers have polarized Nigeria along religious lines. It is now clear except to them, that no one can become the President of this country again unless the Christian South votes for the candidate en masse.  “Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it’s cowardice.”... Read More
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April 16, 2014
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Opinion: How to protect ourselves against Boko Haram bombings

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju These are signs you must look for in people as you frequent densely populated public places. Be alert and be aware of your surroundings. Citizen action can help prevent attacks from happening. My Twitter feed went bat shit crazy through the American night. When the notifications became unbearable, I was forced to... Read More
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January 21, 2014
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Opinion: The political options before us in 2015

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju Jonathan opts out of the 2015 race for fear of upset at the convention, owning to the specter of humiliating losses at the presidential elections, withdrawal of support by key political blocks in the country etc. – The Ijaw people will see this as intimidation and an affront. Militancy will exacerbate and... Read More
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December 18, 2013
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Opinion: Oh Lord! Give us this day a good leader

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju When President Yar’Adua got elected, he called himself the servant leader. The servant part was more of rhetoric than anything else. If he was selfless, he would have declined being put forward, knowing his health could not support the rigors of the position of president. I am at great pains to define... Read More
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November 13, 2013
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Opinion: Who cares about Nigeria’s rotting infrastructure?

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju We can sit down in grand delusion as the lame African giant but the world has since left us behind. At a time when we should be playing catch-up and invest significantly on new infrastructure, our spending on infrastructure is actually tending towards zero. In the last three weeks, I have been... Read More
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October 30, 2013
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Opinion: Nigeria’s civil service and silos of corruption

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju In our public service, certain species of corruption have gone mainstream and have become normalized, no where is the evolution of smaller evils into bigger evils more evident than in Nigeria. Examples are civil servants who do very little to earn the salaries they are being paid. The Nigerian public service is... Read More
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October 23, 2013
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Opinion: Nigeria and us, its 170 million gullible people

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju With Nigerians you just never know, they never stop doing stupid things. Nigeria is a nation of incredulous ignorants whose primitive acquiescence to gods and the supernatural has not given way to superior modern thought processes and scientific facts despite their ubiquitous and gluttonous consumption of modern products. It is what it... Read More
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October 16, 2013
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Opinion: Boko Haram and Jonathan’s State of Emergency

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju Terrorists do not recruit happy people; they find company among the melancholic and the disillusioned. They are able to recruit young men who harbour legitimate grievances against our amoral leaders and a country that has mortgaged their future and sold them short. When President Jonathan announced the state of emergency in three... Read More
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September 11, 2013
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Opinion: The political geography of the PDP crisis

by Bamidele Ademola Olateju We must not forget that this country survives on oil from the Niger Delta. The nation’s mangrove swamp is home to alternate governments whose only restraint is Jonathan’s ascension to power. The plot thickens, the power concerto is on allegro; no one knows how this bizarre composition would end. What we... Read More
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August 15, 2013
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Opinion: Shed your swagger and fight for a place in history

by Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú The Tunisians and Egyptians did not sit on their hands waiting for a revolutionary. Sustained spontaneous protests and sacrifice did it for them. Shed your swagger and fight for a place in history. Become a Monitorial Citizen today… Our supreme civic obligation is to visualize and understand the concept of virtue well... Read More
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