SANMI ADEKOLA BLOG

I was one of the late converts of Buhari's Presidency especially in the build up to the 2015 General Election despite my affiliation and sympathy to the All Progressives Congress. My hesitant was borne out of understanding of the past role played by President Buhari in the past. As a sophomore student of Public Administration at the great Olabisi Onabanjo University, one of my mandatory courses was a Leadership Course and of which Regime by Regime Analysis of past Nigeria political leaders was one of the course outlines. Under this topic, the achievements and fall outs of the various Head of States from civilians to military governments were critically analyse by the Lecturer in person of Dr Agbaje who taught the course. Along this was my personal research. There and then, it was obvious to me that the campaign against Buhari presidential ambition was not a mere propaganda as virtually all the allegations leveled against him was real and factual then. It is therefore not surprisi...

It is one of the Murphy's Law of Life that if something must go wrong, it must invariably go wrong; but in Nigeria, it seems everything that comes from the government must go wrong. An average Nigerian never expects any good thing to come from the government be it Federal, State or Local; hence, he or she either maintains Sit-down and look, and or the cynic posture. This perhaps accounts for the lethargy of the electorates during the electoral process: an average Nigeria electorates, mostly the elites either do not take part in the electoral process; and or see the election time as an opportunity to get his or her share of the national cake by demanding for money and monetary compensation before casting his or her ballots.  The cynics posture has even be elevated to a philosophical and intellectual level such that among the academia, the phrase - Nigerian factor  is a common lexicon.  It is woven among the erroneous but potent belief that no matter how lofty a p...

At the heart of International relations is diplomacy which demands that leaders are cautious, and mindful of their speeches and utterances. On this note: Fred Riggs said there is little difference between an ambassador and a lady. In his words: when an ambassador says 'yes', he mean maybe, when he says 'maybe', he means no, and a good ambassador will never say  no. On the other hand, when a lady says no, she means maybe, when she says maybe, she means yes, and a good lady will hardly say yes. The implication of this is that diplomats are expected to be tactical in speeches, body language, and actions. President Trump is not one of those people. He is direct, unapologetic, and confrontational where the need demand. He says it the way he sees it. At his age,you would not blame him, he has seen it all, so he would rather say the truth and die than hide on the cloak of diplomacy. Another factor, possibly, that has contributed to his unapologetic stand is perhaps the fact...

Since I come of age, Nigeria has not known peace, all thanks to political cum ethnic violence. I was rounding up my high school when June 12 broke out and for several years, June 12 remain a national Day of debacle in Nigeria especially in the South West. This is aside the pre-independence and early independence violence. In those days, it was Hausas versus Yorubas, such that parents are advised not to allow their wards to go to school on June 12 because anything could happen. Democracy came with Yoruba man in the saddle, the agitations ceased. Then come the introduction of Sharia by the Northern Oligarchy. It took  wisdom for President Obasanjo to allow Sharia fizzle out by itself because to all intent and purpose, Sharia was an aberration in a secular State like ours especially when it was being applied to non-indigenes. Alongside this was the evolution of Niger Delta agitations by Militants which allocation of 13 percent derivation helps to reduce its flame. The coming of Y...

Death is an inevitable end of mankind, though it is perhaps the most dreaded event in the life of any man. No matter how bad the world may look like, and hopeless a situation may seem, every man consciously and unconsciously continue to hope for a better tomorrow. So death is not an option. It is a certainty. Sincerely, we all pray and wish to live to old age, myself not exempted, but sometimes, we need to pause and reflect on the journey of life- how far we are fairing, good or bad, average or excellent? Imagine that you are given 30 minutes to write your death wish before the departure from the Mother Earth, what will it look like? Will it full of regrets or pains of opportunities squandered, resources wasted, or destinies mortgaged? If you were to be reborn today, how will you like to live your life differently? Your time and resources, how will you like to expend them? The irony of life is that we always believe there is a tomorrow to do the needful, but tomorrow never ends. I...

If you devalue yourself nobody will raise it for you. You have got to prove to the world who you are without hesitant. Just as we go to the market to buy things, in like manner, people come to buy things from us. It could be an idea. It could be our physical strength depending on the line of job we find ourselves. Sometimes, it could be our beauty. Whatever, we must never sell ourselves cheaply. In the market, you don't offer a higher price for an article or a good, rather,  you try to beat the price down in line of your budget and self-assessment of the goods, so do people try to do to us, but we must have a standard, otherwise, our lives may become garbage bins for people to drop their unsavoury opinions. While you don't need to be pompous to let people know who you are, you nonetheless need to put your best foot forward at all time by being yourself at all time. #Self-esteem #Leadership #Beyourself

A fast-rising popular comedian got turned down while attempting to propose to his girlfriend in Ikeja City Mall on Saturday 26th August, 2017 in the full glare of about hundred crowds. Tears were almost running down his cheek before close friends and on-lookers try to console him. According to a close pal, he was said to have been in love with the said lady simply known as Tolu since his days at the Babcock University. On Saturday the duo has gone to the ICM for a movie after which  Don Witty also known as Jide, a graduate of International Law from the Babcock University, and a holder of Master of International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos was vehemently refused by Tolu for a marriage proposal by him. All effort to speak with him as at the time of this publication prove abortive. Below is the visual of the incidence.