Perhaps like others who also might have read it, I was so galled by Dr Okey Ndibe’s recent article published in an online media platform that I felt depressed. The curiosity started from the apocalyptic title, “Scholars as criminals”, because ...
Aesop was believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC but the enduring legacy he left behind is his stories generally called “Aesop Fables”. In one of the fables, we are told of how animals were ...
Despite the torrents of depressing news Nigeria generates on a daily basis, it is gratifying that at least there are some developments, which unfortunately attract less public attention just because of their positivity, that give one reasons to cheer. Such ...
Though many Nigerians claim to practise one religion or the other, in fact, A BBC report a few years ago found them to be “the most religious people” on earth, events have shown that if a global competition were to ...
Though, a considerable amount of ink has been spilled on the desirability or otherwise of the presidential declaration of a state of emergency in the flashpoint states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, the argument is stale as a decision has ...
Another milestone unfolds in the annals of the University of Ilorin today as a new Registrar, Mr. E. D. Obafemi, assumes office having received the hand-over note last Friday from Mrs. O. O. Oyeyemi. The former Registar will be remembered ...
During an interactive session he had with the academic staff of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, Prof. Jacob Kehinde Oluponna of Harvard University, USA, struck a chord in the hearts of his audience. ...
As a secondary school pupil many years ago, two poems written by two Ghanaian poets held a special appeal to me because of their piquancy, aesthetics and their thematic concerns. I almost knew the two poems by heart as I ...
Perhaps not to be outdone, our federal lawmakers in the House of Representatives this Tuesday (September 17, 2013) re-enacted the show of shame that was staged at the Rivers State House of Assembly on July 9, 2013. The latter date ...
When it was announced two days ago (Wednesday September 11) that the former Minister of Education and Professor of Curriculum Studies, Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, had been relieved of her duties along with eight others, many people were stunned. The real ...
On Saturday, 24th August, 2013, Daniel Oikhena, whose age, according to various reports, ranges from 12 to 15 years, hid himself in the tyre compartment of the Arik flight W3 544 from Benin Airport. He thought he was on his ...
One of the hallmarks of the academia is passion through which one’s calling is pursued with vigour and zeal. Even outside the university system, without being passionate about whatever one does, one cannot aim to achieve anything laudable. It is ...