Taiwo Akinlami’s Blog
Taiwo AKINLAMI'S Blog
#HomilyFromThePew I was born on March 24, 1970. Not with a silver spoon. Not with a golden spoon. Not with any spoon at all. As I said yesterday on Sunny Irabor Live, I inherited nothing materially from my parents. No estate. No wealth. No influential name that opened doors ahead of me. What I inherited […] [Read More]
Mrs. Yinka Ogunde will be committed to the earth today. Today is also her birthday. She would have been 62. This morning, Facebook woke me up with a reminder: “Yinka Ogunde and 8 others have birthdays today. Help them celebrate!” Well, today, for me, it is a different kind of celebration from what Facebook envisaged. […] [Read More]
HomilyfromthePew Adákéjá The One Who Does Not Struggle, Because the Outcome Is Already Sealed Life is not a mystery to be unravelled. It is a bouquet and every flower in that bouquet is an action, and every action arrives already clutching its consequence. Not waiting for one. Not hoping for one. Carrying one. This is […] [Read More]
At the Faculty of Law, during a keenly contested election, I supported a candidate for the presidency of LASU LAWS. We lost. I moved on immediately. Our candidate did not. I simply parted ways with him. That, to me, was the spirit of sportsmanship. Nothing was worth inviting bitterness into my soul. And this was […] [Read More]
I have come to an unavoidable conclusion: the rights of children are the rights of teachers, and the rights of teachers are the rights of children. These two cannot be separated. They are intertwined. Any advocacy that claims to protect children but ignores the safety, dignity, and welfare of teachers is incomplete. In the same […] [Read More]
Yesterday, May 16, 2026, we held the Lagos edition of the Culture-Edge Legal and Child Safeguarding Clinic. Abuja was great. Lagos was powerful. In the room were leaders of the foremost educational institutions in Nigeria, including local and international education franchises. For this, I am deeply grateful. First, I am grateful to God, the Giver […] [Read More]
The story is about the newly elected Students’ Union Government President of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Folagbade Greatness Ayoola, who reportedly appointed about 40 aides and special advisers shortly after assuming office. The appointments include offices such as Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Secretary, Chief Press Secretary, Personal Assistants, Directors, and […] [Read More]
#HomilyfromthePew I was in Kano from Monday, May 4, 2026, to Thursday, May 7, 2026, for the All Northern Schools Conference. It was a great and meaningful event, but the full story will be told another day. From Kano, I travelled to Abuja for the first stop of our three-city tour of The Culture Edge Legal […] [Read More]
On the surface, a date may seem like nothing more than a mark on the calendar. But in truth, a date can become a monument when a life becomes a gift. A day becomes weighty not merely because someone was born on it, but because someone lived in such a way that the day itself […] [Read More]
This is for my uncle, Chief Gani Fawehinmi,the man who sponsored my education when I was 18 years old, who supported my university journey,who stood by me through Law School,who saw me through my Call to the Bar,who bought me my first car, who gave me my first capital to begin legal practice,and who, beyond […] [Read More]
