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In this life, everyone desires success; no one wants failure. We all dream to live a happy and fulfilled life. However, the dream often becomes a nightmare and the reality is that failure is common, ...
Some weeks ago, a friend of mine in reaction to a comment sent a sticker with the inscription, “Life is a spoon”, to me. Since then, the metaphor has stuck to my mind and it ...
As another year begins and students resume, it is auspicious to stress that one major factor responsible for one’s success or failure in this life is attitude. In fact, attitude is everything and everything is ...
For many university students and their lecturers, the year 2022 would be deemed gloomy due to the longest strike ever embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and its implications. Yet, as ...
BOOKS REVIEW
QUINTESSENTIAL PERSONAGE: A REVIEW OF THE METEORIC RISE OF A DYNAMIC ACADEMIC By Professor Adesina Lukumam Azeez Dean, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin Title: The Meteoric Rise of a Dynamic Academic ...
PARADIGM SHIFT: A REVIEW OF RALIAT IBRAHIM’S THE TWENTY FIRST GIFT Book: The Twenty First Gift Author: Raliat Ibrahim Reviewer: Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, Ph.D. Pages: 84 As the whole world continues to mourn the demise ...
Text of the Book Review Read at the Public Presentation of Connecting with my Past: Midlife Memoirs by Usman Oladipo Akanbi at Mustapha Akanbi Library and Resource Centre, Water View, G. R. A., Ilorin on ...
Life’s Dizzying Spectacles: A Review of Kwara ANA’s Harmonious Chronicles Book: Harmonious Chronicles Author: Kwara State Chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors Reviewer: Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, PhD Publisher: Rashmed Publications Limited Place of ...
THE ALMA MATER
On December 20, 2020, one of the tallest intellectual figures and iconic scholars of the great University of Ilorin also took a bow from the system as he was admitted to the septuagenarian club. He ...
Just as Americans are celebrating the historic emergence of the first female Vice President-elect in the US history, Kamara Harris, Nigerians also have a reason to celebrate the excellence of an astute academic, high-flying professional ...
During the lockdown, Africa at large and the Nigerian academic community in particular suffered a monumental meltdown resulting in our emotional breakdown. This was on account of the loss of a lovable legend, an academic ...
Last Sunday, September 13, 2020, the University of Ilorin community as a microcosm of Nigeria was thrown into a mourning mode. This was on account of the death of Prof. Ayobami Olubunmi Akinwale, a former ...
RENAISSANCE, GIVE & TAKE, ISLAM
Firdaos Amasa I read the story of an ascetic man who worshiped Allah for 500 years. He secluded himself in a mountain and He spent ...
Firmness in Islam By Fridaos Amasa Introduction Daily, we face challenges at home, in schools, work places and the society at large. There is ...
Driven by the Aristotelian theory of mimesis, which perceives art as an imitation of life, the award- winning literary artist, Tubal Cain, in his latest ...
In his book, “The Third Wave”, Alvin Toffler tells us who the illiterate people of today are. According to him, “the illiterate men of the ...