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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Abia: Kidnapping Amidst Political Uncertainty

The season of anomie in Abia State came full circle on Sunday with the abduction of five journalists from Lagos led by the state council chairman of the Nigerian Union of journalists, Wahab Oba...

Dr Abati's Aso Rock 'Transformation'!

For a popular hitherto pro-people writer who reportedly 'solicited' for the Aso Rock employment thus deposing his predecessor Ima Niboro Dr Abati gave himself away unwittingly as an ambitious man in search of a better life...

The First Impression…

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Obasanjo Unfit To Lead The War Against Corruption

At the end of the day, the War against Corruption is going nowhere under this President. If future Nigerian leaders make the Obasanjo model the gold standard in selfless leadership, I guarantee you, that the nation will never truly prosper...

NYSC at 52: Issues and Perspectives

In 1999, when I went to the Faculty of...

My Interview with Jonathan Goodluck

"Could you please address me as “Your Excellency.” My official position demands you address me as such. You know I have a doctorate degree, I have chieftaincy titles five times over, I have been a governor and now I am just a heartbeat from the presidency…"

2023 and Tinubu’s Rumoured interest

Rumours are rumours! But, if, indeed, there is any...

Student Loan : Is It Necessary Among Nigerians?

The student funding in Nigeria is more of a pie than a puzzle. The schools want a bigger pie and more slices instead of realigning their budget priorities like the rest of the world in our present economic crisis...

Jonathan, Football, and the Failure Syndrome

Goodluck Jonathan stopped the presses around the world last week when he slapped a two-year ban on Nigeria’s participation in international football contests. It didn’t matter where one stood on the merits of the case, no one could deny that Mr. Jonathan’s decision had gusto...