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...

The Political Undertone of Ilesa Varsity

When the history of Osun State is written for posterity, one of the critical areas of intervention where Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s name will be...

University Teachers’ Strike: Why Nigerian Govt Is Not Perturbed

Now, let’s face it: there can only be one reason why the industrial action embarked upon by the teachers of Nigeria’s public universities since...

Prof Osodeke and the Agonies of our Heroes Present

Events in Nigeria end up unfolding at so dizzying a pace that oftentimes it gets hazy to recount them. Like in these pre-electioneering times,...

JAMB 2022 Examination: Frustrations and Nightmares of Deprived and Maltreated Candidates

The 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) left much to be desired as some centres could...

Nigeria’s Decaying Universities: Blame Govt, Not ASUU!

I have always had this lingering suspicion that apart from representing the deep-seated contempt that has come to define government’s attitude to the   welfare...

Crazy School Days at Great Ife

My studies at Great Ife under Prof Wole Soyinka got off on a beery note. I was with my classmates in Soyinka’s house for practical...

UNIJOS, National Film Institute and the War of Regularisation

By Ogochukwu Umeadi ----- It was the first few days of December, 2015 and the weather was still too chilly with the early signs of Harmattan. I...

This Race is for the Swift

1. The Road to the Today Humanity has made progress, since the dawn of time. We started our aspiration to the heights, on that morning...

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Speaking Truth to Power: When a Hero Comes along…

I hope we will never allow ourselves to be immune to the many factors, the numerous occurrences, moments, occasions and opportunities that allow narratives of inspiration to change the course of history...

Terror List: Tales of Humiliation at Foreign Airports

In a particular reported incident, a young Nigerian student heading to school in Ukraine was repeatedly questioned till he broke down in tears. Why? His first two names were Umar Farouk but the surname was different from the Detroit underwear bomber...

Poets Storm Idoto in Honour of Christopher Okigbo

By Odili Ujubuoñu African poets will stir the quiet and...

Moving Quickly On

Before we move on, we need to deal with a small matter of the newspaper report that the National Assembly is contemplating steps to nullify the elections...

Creative Writing and Reading Culture in Nigeria

The price to pay to be a novelist and visionary as Achebe states is a healthy reading culture among the youth...

Lest We Tar the CBN With Emefiele’s Brush

Recent developments in the country’s economic sector have become...

Nigeria; 2011 Elections, The Leadership Challenge (3)

It would appear that the young voters in Nigeria have become analytical and prefer performance ability to supporting ethnic chieftains. It can be recalled that this type of consciousness put Obama in the White House...

Re-calibrating The Radical Thrust of Intellectual Diaspora

The sign of the times now demands that a growing collection of intelligent Nigerians are vocalising and constructing a historic trajectory with a self-ennobling mandate to offer holistic solutions to the damaged social values of Nigeria...

When the ‘good ones’ leave you with not even a farewell chance

When people talk about closure in relation to the death of a loved one, I often wonder what clear signs are there to show to the bereaved that they have finally found closure. Does finding closure mean that the pain of losing that person no longer exists...

What Should We Do About Our Africa?

One cannot be an African and not feel sorry for the Continent. And even for non Africans, the findings of empirical data, along with the reality on the ground, makes them wonder what the problems are, with Africans...