The week-long 31st convocation and 40th anniversary celebrations of the University of Ilorin peaked last Friday with the anniversary lecture by the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama. During the event, President Muhammadu Buhari warned lecturers in Nigerian higher institutions ...

In 1975, the Federal Military Government of Nigeria established seven universities in Calabar, Ilorin, Jos, Kano, Maiduguri, Port Harcourt and Sokoto. The rationale for this step, as stated in the Third National Development Plan, was to create more opportunities for ...

The tragedy that befell Nigeria through the bad leaderships successively foisted on the country over the years, until recently, permeates virtually all segments of national life. Character appears to be the first victim of our desperate quest for lucre or ...

A brilliant article, captioned “Unsung heroes of change”, appeared in the last Tuesday edition (September 29, 2015) of “Daily Trust” newspaper (page 48). Written by David A. Onmeje, the article appraised how President Muhammadu Buhari “wants men and women of ...