Blog – Page 4 – Ade Adeogun

The Chief Ego Deflator (CED)

The exercise of leadership is premised on the ability to serve the served with care, empathy and humility. Political leadership is not about serving the interest of those entrusted into

16Feb

A day of gift giving

I was welcomed into the lobby of my office block yesterday morning by a row of beautiful bouquets, roses and boxes of gifts. It was Valentine’s Day. Like Christmas, it was another day to send

26Jan

The Hampster Wheel Life

What is so special about a New Year? Why do we make so much fuss about the ending of one year and beginning of a new one, after all each New Year is like all previous years in many aspects.

26Jan

Alternative Facts and Inconvenient Truths

I still remember the days in which the Nigerian television Authority prided itself has being the largest television network in Africa based on an assumed viewership of thirty million Nigerians.

22Dec

What a year!

2016 is not just another year. It is 2016. A year filled with several ‘episodes of the tales of the unexpected’ and punctuated by several comedic events. Who would have imagined at the beginning

05Dec

Jollof Rice Diplomacy

I was going through the formalities of hiring a car at an Enterprise Car Rental center during a recent trip to Sunny Isles, FL, when one of the attendants asked about my country of origin. I

03Nov

Making Informed Choices, Making Better decisions

She walked into my room holding an Ipad mini. Unlike her usual gait, this was a measured walk… Then she asked. Dad! Can I have a word with you? Of course you can I responded. What if I don’t

02Oct

Cultural Humility

The Hare Krishna sect was a religious novelty to me. They were not adherents of the Christian, Islamic or traditional religions to which I was accustomed. As an undergraduate at the University of

18Sep

The Right to Remain Silent

One of the traits I find most interesting about law enforcement in the United States of America is the ‘Miranda rights’ or the ‘Miranda Warning’. ‘The Miranda warning is part of a preventive