TokunboOgunbiyi Click Here Recent Articles TokunboOgunbiyi is a veterinarian-toxicologist who lives and works in London, England. He would not consider himself either a "writer" or a "journalist"; but as an interested Nigerian and member of the... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/bio.html
Unlike the leaders of any other ethnic nationality in Nigeria, Yoruba leaders had been through the mill. They had been subjugated and humiliated and even denied their liberty. But they and their people had emerged with perhaps a clearer vision of their... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/032904.html
It is impossible to escape the impression that the northern elite have not upheld the most important legacy of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello's even when there was an obligation and the opportunity to preserve and further the great man's achievements. URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/081904.html
The distinction between the Christian and pagan uses of tokens rests in the sovereign nature of the Christian God who can tell, permit or allow any of his anointed ministers to use any of these tokens at any time; the pagan gods have no such flexibility.... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/080507.html
It is rare to find a person who has traversed public service, private sector, academia and diplomatic service and navigated each with seeming effortless ease and leave distinguished imprints in all sectors. URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/073107.html
If we allow sycophancy...to overshadow objectivity and truth then we must not be embarrassed that our political landscape is littered with intellectual derelicts and quarter-baked intellectuals, idiots and nincompoops, criminals and recidivists, circus... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/101503.html
A commentator on public affairs must embrace objectivity, reason, logic, truth, accuracy and empathy devoid of emotion. This does not mean that a commentator must be devoid of any ideological leanings... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/123003.html
The East strove to maintain high standards in everything. ...By and large there was fairness but even then there were rumblings that non-Igbo did not get a fair share of public positions. But there were non-Ndigbo in some positions.... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/012904.html
The coupmakers of April 1967 dubbed their coup Operation Guitar Boy. The Nigerian musician Victor Uwaifo was the artist who recorded the piece of music called Guitar Boy. ... As a riposte in the aftermath to the coup the NLC government banned Guitar Boy... URL:https://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/ogunbiyi/041707.html