Nigeria today increasingly reflects the dangerous symptoms of state capture. Nigerians have become so accustomed to stories of corruption, insecurity, judicial manipulation among others, that many now treat as normal. But the deeper crisis is that...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, has clarified that Mathematics is no longer a compulsory requirement for admission into certain university programmes in Nigeria, particularly language-related courses. Benjamin...
A new global report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has revealed that the number of students enrolled in higher education worldwide has more than doubled over the past two decades, reaching 269 million in...
Nigeria’s search for economic recovery is increasingly being tied to one pressing question: how much borrowing will it take to reverse decades of infrastructure decay, weak productivity, unemployment and fiscal instability? The latest indication of...
Ọba kìí pa onílù, the king does not behead the drummer. In 2019, I wrote an article titled “In ‘Defence’ of Praise Singing,” where I reflected on a related saying: Ọba kìí pa olórin, the king does not behead the singer. In that article, I recalled...
He is on loan but now has a title, one he delivered in a fashionable spectacle. On-loan Marcus Rashford inspired FC Barcelona to the La Liga title after scoring a brilliant free-kick in a decisive victory over fierce rivals Real Madrid in El Clasico...
The growing controversy surrounding the adoption of “consensus candidates” within Nigerian political parties has once again drawn attention to the provisions of the country’s electoral laws and the limits of internal party democracy. Recent...
Popular Nollywood actor Uzor Arukwe emerged as one of the biggest winners at the 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards after clinching the Best Lead Actor award for his role in Colours of Fire. The glamorous award ceremony, held on...
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised elderly Nigerians, particularly octogenarians, to embrace healthier lifestyles through regular exercise, adequate rest and controlled eating habits in order to live longer and healthier lives...
The recent conversation sparked by comments from Tosin Olorunda, CEO of Moniepoint describing Nigeria’s employment market as “skill-weak,” has once again exposed a reality many Nigerian workers know too well but rarely say out loud: the country’s...
