Education

Ijebu-Jesa Grammar School at 70!  (2)

According to Michael Afolayan, a US-based Professor of Education and Linguistics, what is happening in IJGS “is a systemic problem - the aphorism of...

Ijebu-Jesa Grammar School at 70! (1)

Paying tribute to a respected institution as it marks three scores and ten of sustained success and brand excellence shouldn't feel routine or simply...

School Na Scam?” No—Ignorance Is The Real Fraud!

The boy at the bus stop had a smartphone more expensive than the tuition of an average Nigerian university. He was not on his...

Mike Okonkwo Essay Competition: A Vision Without Borders

I never knew how similar my experience was to other winners of the Mike Okonkwo Essay Competition for Secondary Schools until I had the opportunity of meeting some past winners for the first time recently in Lagos...

Shamble Education Can't Save Young Nigerians!

The collapse of the education system in Nigeria is indicative of the general collapse and retreat of the state. A strong influence of the state's political and economical affairs!

A Nation Under Siege: The Unending Violent Clashes and Battle for Supremacy on Nigerian Campuses

In the past three decades, Nigerians have witnessed one of the largest mindless orgies of bloodshed, killings, rapes, violent clashes and destruction of lives and properties on Nigerian campuses by fraternities popularly known as “Secret Cults”...

Nigerian Universities Strike: To Redress Or Regret Past Neglect?

If Nigerian society is truly egalitarian, university education should be a part of the larger effort for the society to be inclusive...

Nigerian Universities Strike: To Redress Or Regret Past Neglect?

If Nigerian society is truly egalitarian, university education should be a part of the larger effort for the society to be inclusive...

Grammarians at 150: Celebrate With Us

My domain at CMS Grammar School, the library, was meant to be a place of dead silence, serious study and academic enquiry. But the arrogant, spoilt-brat children of Army Generals, captains of industry, Judges, MDs, Perm Secs, Ministers, Intellectuals and famous doctors will prove to be confrontational, rascals, rude and uncontrollable…

Nigerian Universities: The Houses Have Not Fallen Yet

I think the Vice Chancellors of some of our universities are doing very well and the students too. I wouldn’t worry too much about Nigerian universities not making the global rankings, there is a genuine effort at improving standards and quality...

Oga to Pack Dog Sh*t?

Please just leave me alone this morning; are you just noticing that oga doesn’t respond to greeting from us?

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This Government Is Throwing Up Stones!

Nigeria's long suffering people are all too frequently caught in the crossfire of rampaging wars, millions afflicted with diseases, preyed upon by greedy despots and prevented by corrupt leaders and bureaucracies in a kleptocracy from obtaining basic schooling, medical attention, and any semblance of economic opportunities...

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This is corruption. This is theft. This is gross irresponsibility on the part of the state! Does the state not have competent legal officers to pursue the rogues who perpetrated this fraud?

S.O.S! Bring Back Sani Abacha!

I am thinking that when the soldiers come back to loot, er, rule, we now have something to keep them in line. If they start misbehaving and stealing, we will say to them, if you are not careful, we will invite the pro-democracy movement back to Aso Rock! Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh! That should put the fear of God in their thieving heads! I still have my placards...

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That former Mozambique President Joaquim Alberto Chissano, is a world apart from Nigeria’s league of ex-presidents is an understatement...

Uwazuruike and Ndiigbo that Agitate

I have always harboured the feeling that if ever there will be a man walking on his head, and walking backwards instead of forwards, such a person will come from Nigeria. It is only in Nigeria that the tail wags the dog and the cart pulls the horse...

The Gospel of Materialism – Nigerian Pentecostalism and Hypocrisy (Part 2)

Pentecostalism hypnotises the populace with its belaboured emphasis on demonic forces or “spiritual attacks” as the aetiology of misfortunes, accidents, barrenness, ill-luck and so on...