Category: OP-ED

A video went viral recently showing snippets of interaction between representatives of Nigerian Students under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the ‘Hon’ Minister of Eduction (HME). The students Representatives had gone to the Ministry of Education to formally protest incessant industrial actions by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) over failure of Government… Read More

Sometimes it doesn’t rain. It pours! You might have felt it many times in your life, – struggling and struggling and seemingly getting nowhere. What of all those dreams you had and still have? You wanted to get married at a particular age. You were going to get your own car before you turned 28. What of that house you… Read More

Thank you very much for inviting me to keynote the dialogue segment of this year’s edition of your Black History Month activities. As someone who has been with you and has been privileged to participate in some of your activities from the very beginning, I have come to appreciate the dreams which necessitated the inauguration of the Ibadan Jazz Forum,… Read More

The state of consciousness is a good place for the living to be found in. Catholic Bishop Matthew Kukah used this word in the text of his recent lecture where appearing to be a Unionist, he hoped that despite the unfolding signs, Nigeria would remain as one united country. In his paper, he wrote,  “…Nigerians have continued to seek new… Read More

The prosecuted (detained) leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has a date with justice yet again on the 18th day of April this year. Kanu is not yet convicted of any crime even though he had pleaded not guilty to the many charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. The charges included terrorism… Read More

If the conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalates into a major world conflict, blame Kenya. Days before President Vladimir Putin sent his troops into Ukraine, the Kenyan ambassador to the United Nations, Martin Kimani, stood up at the emergency session of the U.N. Security Council to warm Russia to desist from attacking its neighbor. He started by blaming the world’s… Read More

I’d like to begin this by saying something important: the attack on Ukraine is immoral and wicked, and deserves all the uproar that has accompanied it from wherever. Sadly, that is about where it will get. The world of geopolitics is not a moral place, and to quote the Athenians when they sent an ultimatum to the Melians during the… Read More

There is a popular Yoruba saying that goes thus: “No matter how well you wash and package ‘efo ebolo’, it will always smell.” This aptly explains the current disdain for due process, fair principles, and institutional ethics presently unfolding at the Lagos State University (LASU) under the administration of the recently appointed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibiyemi Bello. It’s a confirmation of… Read More

Two weeks ago, only political leaders knew the president of Ukraine by his full name and former occupation. Today, Volodymyr Zelensky has millions around the globe deep in worry about him and his nation. Talk about the power of social media.Since the inception of the social media era, Russia’s attack on Ukraine has been the first major military face-off. While… Read More

The times are changing, and with the changing times, few individuals push the envelope for the change, and if this were interpreted in the 20th century, then the people who pushed for change would have been Einstein, Marie Curie, Lenin, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and so forth. Elon Musk did not only become the world’s richest person, as his net… Read More