Olusegun Adeniyi's Against the Run of Play at once captured the bleak essence of Nigerian politics - or Politiricks - as he put it elsewhere - and paints a vivid picture of the challenges of governance and how these have combined to arrest the country's growth and development - a quintessential treasure trove for those seeking to make sense of our tortuous journey of national "self-discovery". ..
With an ever increasing number of young Africans diving into the unknown each year, in search of a better life abroad, Segun Adeniyi's From Frying Pan to Fire could not have come at a better time. Through their often heart rendering tales of woe, Adeniyi weaves a powerful and compelling narrative , made all the more intense by the poignant, personal account of one of these dream seekers, the autho..
Olusegun Adeniyi has done us a world of service, in many respects far more important than his work as spokesman for President Umaru Yar'Adua. Within these pages, that service fairly screams at you in excrutiating detail: our government is so pathetically dysfunctional that, at bottom, institutions of government matter little, only individuals do. This book does a great job taking us behind the sce..