Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, Ph.D. The Beginning Since fasting in Ramadhan was made obligatory in the second year of Hijrah, generations of Muslims have maximized the gains and benefits of this holy month. It has been observed in our part of ...

Last Friday, I wrote an addendum on this page on “Four Factors For Fayemi” in which I briefly discussed the possibility of Dr Kayode Fayemi winning the Ekiti Governorship election slated for the following day on the grounds of his ...

The world is in a bad state with the horrifying news that always dominates our airwaves. Everyday, we are regaled with details of nerve-wrenching atrocities bordering on human inhumanity. The global situation is chaotic, messy and bloody. In Nigeria, the ...

When the former Opposition Leader of the Western House of Assembly, Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu, died on March 26, 1958, the “Daily Service” newspaper of Friday, March 28, 1958 on page 5 published an extract from his book, “Africa in Ebullition” ...

Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, is one Governor that has won the hearts of many Nigerians, including mine. This is because of the popular assessment that he has done tremendously well as the helmsman of the famed Centre of Excellence. ...

While speaking at the opening ceremony of the 28th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Mathematical Society hosted by the University of Ilorin on June 23, 2009, the former Vice-Chancellor of the University and President of the Association of African Universities ...

Last Friday, May 16, 2014, the “Daily Newswatch” newspaper published a report entitled “Expunge sex education from curriculum in Nigeria – UN”. The opening lines of the report are as follows: “The United Nations (UN) has called on the Federal ...

This is not the best of times for Nigeria virtually in all areas. There is a lot of tension in the polity. Children cannot go to school in many places. Lecturers in Polytechnics and Colleges of Education have been on ...

Adekunle Solomon Olorundare is a Professor of Science Education and two-term Dean of Education at the University of Ilorin. Among other leadership responsibilities, he is the current National Chairman of the Committee of Deans of Education in Nigerian Universities. His ...

This University of Life It is common for students to celebrate the “completion” of their education in various ways. In some institutions, the excitement of completing a stipulated study programme would make graduating students throw all kinds of objects, from ...

Two days, two deaths, too much The whole nation was shaken to its foundation by the successive deaths of two illustrious citizens last Friday and Saturday (June 6 and 7, 2014). It happened that as the country was mourning the ...

SENSE AND SOUND FOR THE SEASON: A REVIEW OF ADEBAYO LAWAL’S MUSIC OF THE MUEZZIN Title: Music of the Muezzin Author: R. Adebayo Lawal Publisher: Kraftgriots Year of Publication: 2014 Pages: 60 Reviewer: Mahfouz A. Adedimeji   The quest for ...