Professor Ademola Dasylva at 70: A Labourer in the Vineyard
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of…
At 62, what is Nigeria up to?
LON October 1st 2022, Nigeria celebrated its Independence anniversary. The yearly civic ritual was performed in the usual patriotic pomp,…
The teacher who cannot read
BY way of introduction, let me confess that I am not the source of the title of this piece. It…
The rot in Nigeria’s education system
“There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune… Or lose…
The Alabahun story and the sorrows of a nation
ON a chilly, very cold dawn, Alabahun, the Tortoise was caught red-handed by his Father in law harvesting tubers of…
Anioma: The bias and imbalance in creation of states
IF the bar on creation of new states, as contained in our 1979 and 1999 Presidential Constitutions had been lowered,…
Panacea to incessant civil unrest in our universities
CIVIL unrest in our tertiary institutions in Nigeria has become a menace that our public educational sector and our country…
Hope deferred and a sick nation
THE story of Nigeria is that of a hope deferred. And as the Holy Book says, when hope is deferred,…
Panacea to incessant civil unrest in our universities
CIVIL unrest in our tertiary institutions in Nigeria has become a menace that our public educational sector and our country…
Voting right to keep Kwara on path of steady growth
‘Vote right to keep what’s left’ is a political slogan adopted by British longest serving Prime Minister of 20th century…
No industrialisation, no reliable infrastructure
In truth there is no good infrastructure in Nigeria. That is, there are no good roads in Nigerian villages, towns…
Averting sugar scarcity through quota expansion
ACCORDING to the latest data on sugarcane, the stem is the world’s third most valuable crop after cereals and rice…
Fulfilling destiny: Olubadan at 80
WHEN the doyen of juju music, Chief Ebenezer Obey Fabiyi, popularly called ‘Baba Commander’ waxed that record in which he…
Bayo Lawal as pride of Oke Ogun
A self-made man is someone who managed to make his way in the world and become successful by dint of…
Harvest of garlands as Dabiri-Erewa clocks 60
JUST like yesterday, the young baby birthed in far away Jos, Plateau State, on October 11, 1962 is 60 years…
Agenda 2044: Transforming the African University College of Communications
Transformation does not always imply that what existed was bad; sometimes, it is about scaling to a higher level, creating…
Sir (Dr) Felix Kehinde: From Ondo Scrubland to Buckingham Palace
It appears highly unbelievable to hear of a successful Nigerian in the diaspora willing to come home for whatever reasons,…
Averting Possible Sugar Scarcity Through Strategic Sugar Quota Expansion
According to the latest data on sugarcane, the stem is the world’s third most valuable crop after cereals and rice…
On national honours
THE struggle for the soul of the Nigerian University system between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of…
Israel’s democracy is in peril
BY all accounts Israel is considered a democratic country, but a close look at its domestic political combustion sadly reveals…
