Teachers’ Day: Remembering the Sacrifice of Teachers
Yinus Taiye Oladimeji writes, Happy Teachers’ Day to the teachers who have managed to show how much they care every day. To be frank, let me say I don’t…
The Monopolist of Knowledge: A Scourge in the Wheel of Transmission of Lore Amongst Students
Jubril Ahmed writes, A monopolist of knowledge is one who is versed in a particular subject or field but does not impart it to others, keeping it to himself.…
Nigeria and Independence Anniversary
Babatunde Azeez writes, Today, sixty-one years ago, we were fit as an independent country. We have passed over so many hurdles as a nation. We thank God for the quest,…
Leaving Sixty in Swaddling Clothes
Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye writes, The ‘A fool at forty is a fool forever’ maxim indulges the present, where the unequivocal narrative is ‘A fool at fourteen is one forever’. Whilst…
Nigeria at Sixty-One
Ibraheem Rasaq Bolarinwa writes, What is worthy of celebration? I keep contemplating, but I’m puzzled and arrested by remorseful feelings. Exactly, this morning, October 1st, Nigeria turned around with…
Insecurity as the Bane of the Nigerian Economy
Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye writes, Whenever my father inquires about my welfare, his calls are always concise, and regardless of the absolute briefness of such calls, the old man would…
The Reward of Service: Of Rotafodiyo’s Ayanwale
“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.” — Woodrow Wilson. I had never met nor heard of late Rtr…
As Another ASUU Strike Looms
Making rounds in the media for some days now is the news that our favorite striking body, ASUU wants to do one more for the road. If this eventually happens,…
Digital UDUS: Better Late Than Never
If there is any year public institutions wouldn’t forget in a hurry, it would be 2020; a year that didn’t just reveal the incompetence of our system, but also smeared…
Mental Health Literacy, and the Nigerian Youths
Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye writes, Nothing unsettles Nigerians more than broaching “depression” and the usage of other words which appertain the register of mental health. A plethora of feuds erupt between…