All posts by Ayobami Oladejo

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Looking Back

Bringing this blog back is meant to serve a very important purpose. A journey back to some experiences that shaped my life as well as sharing those things that are influencing me in the present. And also a peek into future activities. My next few

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Sweet Mother

This post is to a wonderful woman. My mother. Most of us leave the tributes until our heroes/heroines pass on but I will not be a part of that stereotype and hence my decision to give honor to whom it is due while we still

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Lessons according to Obama’s Victory

I promised to share my insights into the lessons Nigeria as a nation should learn from the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America. It is so sad that as at this moment; Nigeria does not have the kind of

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The Audacity of Knowing – We Can!

The most popular man in the World as at today is a man with a name many will call the most inappropriate for a United States President. World leaders are courting him now; even Ahmadinejad – the outspoken and a sworn enemy of the USA

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HAYSPIRATION IS BACK

I cannot describe the elation, happiness, relief and joy I am feeling right now. Sometimes around May 2008; I had some technical issues with my hosts which later became more problematic with the .ng domain hosting issues. Work and other commitments did not allow me

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Reminiscence Of a Modern African child

I am not seventy, not even quite thirty years of age but I had a very eventful childhood: the kind that is filled with a lot of amusing reminiscence. As an African child who grew up in Ibadan, the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa. I

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Tale Of Mixed Feelings

I wrote this piece back in 2005. It is fictitious but some of the events described were true. But some were just figments of the writer’s imagination. Enjoy it! The scam and the man Bode Adeigbe has just returned from an unproductive trip to the

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Africa, My Africa!

I cannot imagine what more we need from God for Africa to be where it should be. I think the only thing missing in this puzzle is leadership! Leadership, 1 word, 10 alphabets but very profound and a very germane ingredient for building a great

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Review Your Words!

About 2 years ago, a certain young and vibrant Nigerian – Mutiu Okediran interviewed me and the questions were great. I answered all the questions with an open mind. Today fate led me back to the website and I am amazed at how accurate everything

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So Many Waters Passed

My blog is supposed to be the best place where one could follow up on events in my life but this has not been the case. In the beginning of the year I made myself promise to be more consistent with my writing but so

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Happy Birthday My Baby!

I went through some experiences in the recent past that could have made me change my mind about my believe in the family system. I have always been of the opinion that the problem facing the world now in terms of moral decadence and all

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And the Journey Started!

Growing up exposed me to a lot of experiences especially when it comes to family life and its significance. I grew up in a nuclear family where all we had was each other and not money. I understood the kind of pain that comes when

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Infranothing and other gists!

It has been a busy last few days. It is not the common definition of being busy as all sorts of things are just criss-crossing my head, my mind plus including my physical body 🙂 My very close friend put a call across to me

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Eagles

All thanks to Ivory Coast yesterday for winning Mali in a comprehensive way. I was just so disappointed that Naija will have to wait for CIV to beat Mali in order to secure Q-Final qualification leaving us at the mercy of the squirrels of Benin

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Enters the NIGHT Force ……

My friends have found a trend in my thoughts this new year – I believe this is a year that will separate the focused from the passive. I have decided to maximize my time and resources for good causes as well as those that will