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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An Acoustic Close-up with Bez Idakula in Abuja

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The Fragility of the Throne

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Imagine Nigeria

Imagine those American kids on Youtube
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Cos Bruno Mars now lives in Yola.

The Other Side of Abdulmuttalab

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Getting Inflation Regulated In Nigeria!

In Nigeria, inflation rate remains high and is causing great pain and misery to much of the teeming population. It has increased steadily in recent times...

Go-slow In Rivers State

A look at the menace of dilapidated roads in Rivers State under the Governor Chibuike Amaechi-led government could be likened to contributing to the enlarged enragement of many people...

Hurdles Before ‘President’ Dele Momodu

Dele Momodu is befuddled with glamour, paparazzi and flashing lights that he might not fathom the darkness that has covered most parts of the nation. The glitz of showbiz could also make it impossible for him to conjure up ways of tackling the looming dim that spells doom for Nigeria...

Off With These Military Brought Ups!

When the khaki boys struck on the 15th of...

Deception, Lies, Fraud And Farce: The State Of A Nation

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Donald Trump goes to Equity in November!

After what I call serial vetting of this formidable...