Bolaji Akinola is a Nigerian journalist and social commentator. He is the president of Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN). Akinola holds an MBA from Lagos Business School (LBS). He is a member of the Governing Council of the LBS Alumni Association and president of Executive MBA 15 Alumni Class of the School. A graduate of the University of Agriculture Abeokuta (UNAAB), Akinola also holds a master’s in transport management (MTM) degree of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) and a PGD (Journalism) of Times Journalism Institute, Lagos. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria, with his wife and two children.