“The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonourably, foolishly, viciously.” ― Julian Barnes, Flaubert’s Parrot Till the rivers run dry and the world ceases to exist, problems shall never end. Problems became part of man the moment he took a bite of that apple and was banished to earth to come and find the solution that would take him back. And so, seeking solutions to problems must be our eternal habit. However, just as Albert Einstein said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when…

One death too many was my spur-of-the–moment reaction to the jolting news of the transition of African and Nigerian foremost Professor of Geography, Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje which heartbroken event occurred on the 4th August 2022. Mabogunje appeared to many differently. In the academic world, he was a first class brain, a renowned and erudite scholar cum towering figure. Our paths crossed than ever when he was the Pioneer Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of Olabisi Onabanjo University, where I was the President of the Development Foundation of the University. We were also together at Ogun State Elders’ Consultative Forum, where…