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 ...
In Physics, Newton’s third law of motion is generally stated as thus: “To every action, there is always opposed an equal reaction; or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and directed to contrary parts”. ...
On November 11, 2015, the Students’ Union of the University of Ilorin organised a Leadership Training Programme on the theme, “Redefining Student Leadership in the 21st Century”. My presentation on the occasion was on “Aloha Unionism: Strategising for Effective Conflict ...
Last week, from November 22 to 26, Vice-Chancellors and other stakeholders from 11 countries, chiefly from West Africa, converged on the Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Abuja, for the third annual conference of the Association of West Africa Universities (AWAU). The ...
If you ask me, dear reader, the tragedy of our today’s life essentially lies in the disaster that has befallen our education. It is a global disaster really but the consequences are more prevalent among us little ones in their ...
The English Scholars Association of Nigeria (ESAN), formerly known as the Nigeria English Studies Association (NESA), held its 31st National Conference at the Federal University Lokoja between October 26 and 29, 2015. The conference, which held on the theme, “English ...
With the announcement of the suspense-filled portfolios of Ministers last Wednesday (11/11/2015), it emerged that the first man in the Nigerian education sector today is the man named after the first man ever created (i.e. Adam), Mallam Adamu Adamu. While ...
The Institute of Corporate Administration (ICAD) held its 2015 Digital Entrepreneurship Summit last Saturday (October 31, 2015) at Kwara Hotel Limited, Ilorin. As guest lecturer, I spoke on “Entrepreneurship Opportunities in the Digital Economy: A Communicative Approach”. During the interactive ...
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 ...