Though the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has not been able to manage its electoral success brilliantly, its recent decision, through a Screening Committee, to disqualify former legislator Uche Ekwunife from contesting the vacant seat of the Anambra Central Senatorial ...

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ilorin, Prof. (Mrs) Nike Yetunde Sidikat Ijaiya, is a woman of several firsts. It suffices to say here that she is the first female Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the acclaimed “better by far” ...

When former President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to host his Presidential Media Chat of February 2015, little did he know he would be contributing to the idiomaticity of the English language in Nigeria. It was in that media chat that he ...

[dropcap size=small]T[/dropcap]here is a craze among students these days that deserves our serious attention though many parents and teachers decide to look the other way. This is the campus couples syndrome, which entails the co-habitation of boys and girls in ...

A disturbing reality of the Nigerian socio-political experience is that at the beginning of each year, all manners of self-acclaimed prophets inundate the air with prophecies. It wouldn’t have been disturbing if such attempts to probe into the future are ...

In his address, “Your Turn”, delivered at the 32nd convocation ceremony and 40th anniversary of the University of Ilorin on October 23, 2015, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, made reference to Thomas Friedman’s The World Is Flat: ...

As this momentous year 2015 is inching to an end, it is auspicious to set a new template for our interaction with others and the world so that we may enjoy peace more abundant wherever we are in 2016 and ...

In a famous speech delivered by an infamous former Apartheid President of South Africa, P. W. Botha, in 1985, the black race was described in unflattering terms. According to him, “…here is a creature (black man) that lacks foresight…The average ...

It is a new day of a new month in a new year. Besides, thank God it’s Friday, the day of blessing! For Nigeria, it is a new dawn and it is auspicious to start on a note of gratitude. ...