Akinbode's BLOG on Faith, Politics, Science, Engineering, Education and Health

I have seen many social media posts lately comparing and asserting the unique place and sometimes the ingenious of our forefathers that reflects in our numbering, alphabet and language... These are good to know but needs to be made more believable... I think our Yoruba culture and language scientists need to do more... In the context of science components of Yoruba education that reflects in some Yoruba proverbs, we need the etymology of Yoruba proverbs to know how they originate... were they curated when Western education has already enlightened on us on certain facts and science or do they predate European influence? The English spoken before 11th century is gibberish compared to the English spoken today... almost completely different (REF: https://www.medievalists.net/2023/08/the-differences-between-old-english-middle-english-and-modern-english/ ). Yoruba language spoken two centuries ago is different from what we speak today..Those of us born in the 1960s and 1970s will reme...

The Southwestern governors and power brokers should be wary of Sunday Igboho ... he is not who he claims he is ... many people in Oyo State whom this man has terrorized, and he is still terrorizing, know... I wonder why the news media is not reporting on the atrocities of Sunday Igboho , and why the law has not truly caught up with him... People who know I do not write on things I am not sure of... This is personal for me... Sunday Igboho is an instrument in the hands of LAND GRABBERS and powerful people in Oyo State... I am a victim of Sunday Igboho, and I am still in court, fighting to get my land back from those who used him to forceful grabbed my land in Ologuneru ... a land I bought in 2008 when the area was not motorable, when no single house existed in the area, a land I have a record copy of land survey registered at the local government... I was talking to one of my former students yesterday, and he told me how Sunday Igboho collected money from him on a land he has C-of-O o...

  Secretly, the U.S. government has paused the issuance of OPT (Optional Practical Training - temporary work permit) to Nigerian students. They have also ceased awarding new student visas to Nigerians with full scholarships. They did this for several other visa categories, including F1 , asylum , and naturalization . It is not that you cannot apply; you can; they just will not process your visa. The reasoning behind this remains a mystery, other than the fact that Nigeria is a nation of concern. No Nigerian has carried out a terrorist attack on U.S. soil or anywhere outside their country... Some relate this to the non-cooperation of President Tinubu 's administration with the current U.S. government in making Nigeria a dumping ground for undocumented migrants. Ghanaians continue to enjoy access to all U.S. visas. The disheartening thing is that this ban/pause/whatever also extends to sponsorship of siblings and several other visa categories... A new executive order, a few days ago...

As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu marks three years in office, he argues that Nigeria is turning a corner and is better off today than when he assumed office. He points to improvements in the stock market , growth in external reserves, fiscal reforms , and endorsements from international financial institutions as evidence of progress. However, many Nigerians view the situation differently. While macroeconomic indicators may show signs of improvement, the daily reality for millions of citizens tells another story. Rising poverty, declining purchasing power , insecurity , unemployment , and the high cost of living continue to define life for many households. Economic statistics alone cannot adequately measure the well-being of a nation. The true test of government performance is whether the lives of ordinary citizens are improving. The Collapse of Purchasing Power Perhaps the most visible impact of the last three years is the dramatic decline in the purchasing power of Nigerians. Ma...

Both have done egregious things... One has admitted those he believed were true, and apologized... And he has a history of PTSD from laying down his life to fight in stupid wars created by those attacking him... PTSD could cause the best of us to turn to animals, sometimes to the point of taking their own lives or those of others, become an alcoholic , exhibit irrational social behavior, including infidelity , and so forth... Here is the other guy who is the president who has NEVER ever admitted doing anything wrong in his life, despite many open records - audio, video, written, evidence of thousands of wrongdoing...he boasted grabbing women in the private parts, he convicted of assaulting a woman in a civil case, accused of sleeping with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant and paid the prostitute to keep quiet when he was runinng for president. He has never admitted any of the horrible behaviors.. He continues to have the backing of the majority of evangelicals . He has a cult f...

It is idiotic for any nation to accept citizens of another nation infected with a highly infectious disease that they have ZERO cases of, simply because the nation making the request does not want the disease to spread in their homeland. The motivation for the demand is that they have provided a significant amount of aid to the country for decades, so they should accept their diseased citizens... This is the offer being made to Kenya with ZERO Ebola cases, and they accepted the request. Sensible people within their judiciary have blocked the process... but they will take the Western citizens with Ebola anyway because many African leaders do not respect their judiciary, even in a democracy. Sometimes, I wonder how power imbalance, corruption fueled by greed, and slave mentality remove the remaining sense in some African leaders... why in the world will any country accept this nonsense? It cannot happen in Nigeria... it can only happen in Kenya... soon, their president, Ruto , will say...