By Yusuf Alhaji Lawan It was in the year 2009, on a fateful Friday, I had a reason to visit my mentor in his office, who was a lecturer with a Federal College of Education (Technical). After I was done with the business of the day, he gave me aContinue Reading
By Mahfouz Mundadu In the annals of democratic societies, the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms is crucial to preserving the essence of a fair and just system. Among these fundamental rights, freedom of religion, conscience, and association stand as pillars upon which democratic societies are built. However, itContinue Reading
By Yakubu Sani At no time in history has the global social and economic dynamics been so challenged like now. It is coming at a time of Nigeria’s transition from one government to another. The good thing is that the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is a man of excellence,Continue Reading
Nigeria, a cosmopolitan country with vaults of resources is populated by many politicians, judges and elites who are responsible for its poor management. This set of people have been controlling the electoral processes for quite a long period of time, thereby transforming the seats of leadership to their ‘personal property’.Continue Reading
By Waziri Mahdi Isa As it draws near to the Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections in Nigeria, which is set to hold on Saturday, 18th March, 2023, the Coordinator, and one of the founding fathers of Samaru Youths Connect, Comrade Muhammad S. Umar, explained to Education MonitorContinue Reading
With no gain saying, Nigeria is so blessed with varying degrees of natural resources. The most populous black nation—acclaimed giant of Africa and well-known as a republican nation with her nascent democratic movement. Despite the diversity of her people—the difference in culture, language, norms; religion and beliefs disparity; the barriersContinue Reading
By Dr A. Amoka ASUU is on strike and on its 60th day. The issues at stake are not new. Still on the 2020 issues. Instead of the government being proactive in providing a solution to the issue, they have decided to stop the lecturers’ salaries and the president isContinue Reading
From last edition as a woman rights activist, what challenges do you face in Benin? In West Africa, and Benin in particular, there are significant challenges in facilitating the participation of women in the political process and having them represented in spheres of decision-making and power. Additionally, ending violence againstContinue Reading
As we have recently observed in media alerts (here and here), the state-corporate media, including and especially BBC News, have been complicit in keeping the public largely ignorant about the case of Julian Assange. Likewise, the case’s likely terrifying implications for further limiting public knowledge about what governments and bigContinue Reading