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A right step in the right direction, the Conference on “Religious Harmony in Nigeria: Towards the 2019 General Elections” was held at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, between October 11 and 14, 2018. Convened by the Pres... Read More...

For some years now, Nigerian graduates have always been accused of not being employable. For instance, while one Dr Bongo Ali, a World Bank consultant, asserted last year in Lagos at the conference of the Niger... Read More...

Given the centrality of effective funding to the attainment of educational objectives, the Federal Ministry of Education, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Finance, organised a two-day stakeholders’ w... Read More...

Nigeria at 58: Education at a crossroads When Nigeria attained political independence in October 1960, there were high hopes and great expectations that, shorn of the yoke of colonial domination, the infant c... Read More...

Like their other 1.5 billion counterparts all over the world, Muslims in Nigeria today celebrate the Eidel Adhah, the greater of the two major festivals in Islam. The traditional festival of sacrifice is celebr... Read More...

In one of his classic fables, Aesop, the legendary “sage of Lydia” who lived between 620 and 560 BC, tells us of how two roosters once fought for supremacy in the farmland. The winner of the contest flew to the... Read More...

In the fast-paced and supersonic lifestyle of today, it could sound preposterous to some people that prayer is very essential to success in life. Such people are wont to give examples of secular and atheist cou... Read More...

At the public presentation of a book, “Dynamics of Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences: Essays in Honour of Prof. Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede”, last Wednesday (February 22, 2018) in Abuja, the Sultan of Sokoto,... Read More...

The story is told of a poor man who lived with his wife in a rustic town. One day, his wife, who had long hair, asked him to buy a comb for her so that her hair could be well groomed. The man felt sorry and sai... Read More...

The latest PhD holder in town, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, may be an enigmatic personality whose politics and letter writing skills always divide public opinion. Nevertheless, there is an aspect of him ... Read More...

On December 30, 2017, the Presidency released a statement to give a panorama of President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements in the year ending. Within the education sector, JAMB appeared to be the poster boy as t... Read More...

After a dazzling football career that saw him win two prestigious football awards, FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or, which no other African has won after him since over two decades ago, George Tawl... Read More...