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...

Examination Malpractice: Our Today Tomorrow

Our certificates are already being rejected abroad due to its loss of credibility. How shameful for us as the giant of Africa. We must all join hands to expunge examination fraud from our nation. Enough is enough!

Education in America: The Role of the Educational Excellence School Advisory Council in the School Improvement Process

On May 20, 2008, the Educational Excellence School Advisory Council, EESAC, had its end-of-year meeting at the City of Homestead Chambers...

Campus Politics and Leadership Matter

What students perceive of leadership is indeed wrong. Leadership to them is an opportunity to siphon money from union account for personal aggrandizement, a means of enriching oneself to the detriment of others...

Nigerian Youths and National Development

I was at my alma mater – Federal Government College, Idoani, Ondo State - to grace the 30th anniversary of the institution. Haunted by the memories of the hey days of traumatic boarding school experience, I set on to idoani...

Effectiveness Of The Nigerian Educational System

There can be no meaningful development if we have half baked schools in our country. Every Nigerian should be given access to qualitative education whether rich or poor...

Illiteracy: A Great Evil

Anyone reading this piece should consider himself privileged. Why? This is because it means that you can not only read but can also afford to buy a newspaper or browse the Internet...

Education In Africa; Whose Education, Anyway

Education ought to empower an individual to master the peculiarities of his surroundings and afford him the tools to improve on it qualitatively. In essence, what might be considered knowledge in a certain part of the world could amount to useless information in another...

A Reward For Teachers, Not Sent From Heaven

Teachers all over the world apart from, perhaps, Japan and China, are poorly remunerated and that is why Nigerian teachers should not in any way be seen as an endangered species from the remunerative point of view...

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Naija Notes: Winning the battle, losing the war

One of the characters in the Ngige abduction drama has warned the PDP that he will tell the whole world how the elections were rigged in the East if the PDP decides to punish him...

Is the Nigerian Judiciary Robotic Constrictive in the Corruption War?

What is the purpose of law? The purpose of law in Nigeria certainly, cannot be to give ringing endorsements to persons who have been censured, persons who have received public opprobrium at home and abroad...

The Obasanjo Obituary That Never Was

The rumour mill was agog earlier this week with the presumed assassination of the 'emperor' in Ota, former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was quick to dispel the rumour proclaiming in his usual dry humour that I deh kampe...

Comparing Fela Kuti with any Nigerian Musician

In the title of this essay, I have carefully...

Why The Odds Are Stacked Against Tinubu And Apc In 2027: The Gathering Political Storm!

As Nigeria inches closer to the 2027 general elections,...

Prince Lawrence Ezeh: An unsung humane personality

Over the years, many a personality has endeared themselves...

Boko Brothers and Haram Sisters

Before President Buhari left Abuja for London to, yet...

Global Peace Security Through Justice Shared Prosperity

The interactions/interconnectedness of today's world has intensified so much that international cooperation is no longer a matter of morality or a desire to hold hands and sing Kumbaya...

Understanding Youth Conflict and Sustainable Initiative Model (2)

Conflict is one of the major concerns not only in any given continent, it also affects the international community as well. Conflict is simply the absence of peace, and the successive introduction of diversified sense of humor of people within the context of a community or society...

Boko Haram is a Localized Global Phenomenon

Much has been written about the atrocities of Boko Haram and the chain of events that led to the rising of the group in Northern Nigeria. Indeed, the testimony of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s President, Revd.  Oritsajafor at the US Congress early in July 2012 had on display the different theories that have been propounded about Boko Harem and its agents...