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...

Ngozi the Commissioner Spells Education

The student was different. She exuded confidence that seized the atmosphere like a charge of electricity. It was the morning assembly of the all-female Mater Amabilis...

CKC, Onitsha: An Incubator of National Prosperity

By Dr Ray Emeka Onwuelo Christ the King College (CKC), Onitsha was born on a warm sunny afternoon on Thursday, February 2, 1933. It was...

Abandoned National Library Building Abuja May Soon Collapse

Seventeen years ago, Nigeria embarked on a very ambitious project, to build the largest library in Africa. Located between the National Mosque and the...

Sex for Grades – a Hidden Pandemic On Our Campuses

By Glorious Amalu-Jack The fact that Sexual Gender Base Violence SGBV exists in our tertiary institutions cannot be overemphasized. It is a Hidden Pandemic that...

Open Letter to Dr Onyishi of Maduka University

In Don't Let Him Die: An Anthology of Memorial Poems for Christopher Okigbo, edited by Chinua Achebe and Dubem Okafor, the piece Death of...

High-Octane Inaugural Lecture of Prof Ernest Igwe at UNIZIK

It was an Inaugural Lecture with a difference. The 80th Inaugural Lecture of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, delivered by Prof Ernest Chukwusoro Igwe on...

UNIBEN Flags Off Student Work Study Programme, SWSP

Benin City Nigeria…Professor Lilian Imuetinyan Salami, Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Edo State, on Friday 3rd February 2023 at the Banquet Hall...

Is Sex Education Not Child Abuse?

It is not surprising that the recent directive by the Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, to the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to expunge...

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I once joked that Vladimir Putin was the re-incarnation of Peter the Great. I am of the same opinion still. Nearly all the principal features of Putin's speeches, which I  have read in Russian language, are geared towards national pride, national independence and national advancement...

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A contemptible, uncreative elite, its obsession with conspicuous consumption matched by its inability to produce anything of value, has overseen Nigeria’s obscene, record-setting squandermania...

Onitsha Needs and Deserves Environmental Facelift

Onitsha the commercial Mecca of Anambra State in Nigeria, the city that gave us Main Market, the largest market in Africa, has been neglected so much that it desperately cries for a facelift...

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Dollar Salaries In Nigeria: Why the Court of Appeal Goofed

It is my observation that in rushing to judgment, the revered Court of Appeal omitted one important facet of our law, Due Process. The Court of Appeal did not allow the parties directly affected an opportunity to be heard in the matter...

EU Did not Clear Obasanjo of Corruption

Amadeau Altafaj, who is the EC spokesman for Development, denied making any statements about Pres. Obasanjo's ownership, or lack thereof, of foreign bank accounts. He also denied commenting on the other African leaders regarding foreign bank accounts...

Obasanjo, A Tortoise of the Nigerian Political Terrain

A o merin j’oba, erekun ewele... (We will crown...

The Subsidy Crises: A Way Forward (The Nigerian Front)

We have taken stock of the grave national crises we face and we of The Nigerian Front, after a process of consultation and reflection, have come up with a roadmap to provide some solutions for the nation...

Health Sector Development in Nigeria, the Ewu Alternative

Many people experience dietary and health difficulties. Probably because...