In part of what was evidently his last contribution to knowledge and scholarship, the late former Minister of Education and well-acclaimed educationist, Prof. Babs Fafunwa, wrote “The Beginnings and Evolution of University Education in Nigeria” which was published in “Fifty ...
Easy speak There is an old saying that different languages are good for different occasions and for one to be understood properly, many languages are required. Therefore, when you are speaking to God, use Latin; to the military, German; to ...
The word of the year The editors of Oxford Dictionaries at the middle of this month (November, 2016) declared “post-truth” as the international word of the year. This word, which has witnessed about 2,000% increase in use this year, owes ...
Though the quote of Nelson Mandela that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world is often touted among us, there is nothing to suggest that due regard is paid to that all-important bedrock of ...
In preparing a booklet I called Let’s Talk about Death published in 2003, one source I found useful is Khawalaja Muhammad Islam’s The Spectacle of Death, the adopted title of this column. A first reading of the book made me ...
Today, we live in the world of words. More than any other time in history, we communicate more. As I once wrote, “…everywhere one goes, words are there blasting over radio and television sets, jarring ear-drums with (un)intelligible messages, words ...
On Saturday, October 22, 2016, news broke that a PhD graduand of the University of Ilorin died just a few hours to his convocation ceremony. While it was another tragic news to many people in our tragedy-generating country, to me, ...