Resettlement City Programme: A model for Africa
FOR decades now, nations have battled with issues concerning resettlement of refugees and displaced persons. The most persistent problem across…
Covid-19 ”School Na Scam”: Why university students must return to campus
EDUCATION, as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary, is the “action or process of teaching someone, especially in a school,…
Fourth republic (1999) governors and posterity
By Olawale Aremu Democratic rule returned to Nigeria in 1999, the political class and power brokers have continued to…
“School na scam”: Why university students must return to campus
Education, as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary, is the "action or process of teaching someone, especially in a school,…
School resumption and flattening the COVID-19 curve
MANY teachers have had to grapple with the impact of the unprecedented Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which made schools all over…
The charade in Lagos councils
WHEN former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu came up with the idea of creating new councils in Lagos State some years…
A past reborn: The Pan African Heritage World Museum and our renaissance
ON September 21, 2020, a new museum, the Pan African Heritage World Museum (PAHWM), will be inaugurated in Ghana. As…
Buhari and the northeast: Giving credit when due
Indeed these are interesting times in Nigeria. I am sad as well as happy for the revelations regarding the commitment…
Deconstructing the politics of protests
ONE of the very features of democracy is the freedom to debate and, if you may, hold opinions. Debates are…
Covid-19: ASUU vindicated on objection to resumption by public universities
IT is a notorious fact that the Federal Government closed down all educational institutions in Nigeria with effect from Monday,…
Boko Haram: Zulum and the new direction for peace in Borno State
It was American author and philosopher, John Fuhrman who once stated that "Successful leadership comes from the willingness to, at…
Buhari’s Kagame-like intervention in the Northeast
On a good day, no one could have convinced me to travel to the Northeastern part of Nigeria again, after…
Edo 2020: It is APC that has accused everyone else of planning to rig
An article flying the trite ‘APC’ll rig’ kite, authored by one Sufuyan Ojeifo could have easily been overlooked as one…
Building infrastructure for national integration and peace in Nigeria
People may not appreciate the value of peace until they count the cost of crisis. In March 2010, against the…
Nigerian Army and General Buratai’s kind disposition to leadership
Over the years maybe largely due to where I come from, I have had people tell me “these people are…
Fate of private universities
When the phenomenon of private universities was emerging in the country some decades ago, it used to be thought that…
Ike Nwachukwu at 80: Bulging past with a long shadow
AN old man’s bulging past casts a silent, scenic silhouette far into our present and future. The present, seeking sobering…
The speaker and the journalists at a press conference
ANY question put by a journalist to the speaker at a press conference that does not upset the speaker or…
SCOAN: Where distance is no barrier
THE telling effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have continued to tear through nations across the globe. This is one pandemic…
Academic bullying in Nigerian universities
WORKPLACE bullying refers to repeated, unreasonable actions of individuals (or a group) that are targeted at an employee (or a…
