The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday, inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee to look into the activities of private and foreign universities operating in the country. The committee has, as some of its members, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede; theContinue Reading
By Sani Bello Hamza Nigeria; a country naturally blessed with abundant resources; a fine and reliable crude oil; a thriving agriculture; a resilient youth and a hardworking population. Yet, it citizens are trapped in a third-person induced hardship and suffering. The citizens of the country are unable to cater forContinue Reading
By Toyin Falola When conversations like this arise, the question that dominates the mind of everyone is the projections on the future of the megacity of Lagos. Many have made rather large propositions that cities are like human beings—they develop with time and expand within the scope of what isContinue Reading
My dear Prime Minister Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu (@netanyahu), I trust this open letter meets you well despite the challenges that both you and your nation are presently facing. Let me begin by asking you to forgive me for communicating with you through this rather unorthodox medium but I have noContinue Reading
The announcement by the University of Lagos that Professor Toyin Falola, the eminent scholar and public intellectual, will deliver the Convocation Lecture has been met with wide acclaim. The event will be held on Monday, January 15, at noon, at the J. F. Ade Ajayi Hall located on campus. “OneContinue Reading
By Usman Muhammad Amir Members of Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa Community, particularly management, academic and non-academic staff have been thrown into unprecedented confusion following refusal of the Rector, Dr Abdullahi Ahmed Alhassan, to duly inform the federal ministry of education about the expiration of his tenure, so that the ministry canContinue Reading
By Toyin Falola The ideological foregrounding of the University of Lagos was heralded as a discerning response to the charted trajectories of the City of Lagos, Nigeria’s federal capital, the Lagos State, West Africa, and Africa. Tracing back through time, within which Lagos has grown, and the resounding projection ofContinue Reading