The recent attempt to stir controversy over the appointment of Prof. Gbenga Ibileye as Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Lokoja is fundamentally misplaced and risks doing serious damage to the principles of merit, fairness, and institutional autonomy it purports to defend. What should be a sober, evidence-based discussion aboutContinue Reading
Professor Toyin Falola is an enigma within African scholarship who holds an uncommon position within the academic community. As one of the architects of Africa’s new intellectual, his commitment to reengineering the scope and modalities of how the continent’s past is taught, understood, and made available in public life isContinue Reading
My faith has been “renewedly” built in the Lord God of Host, the God of our fathers! At the completion of the tenure of Prof. Angela Freeman Miri in 2021, we were hopeful that an internal professor would be appointed to lead the affairs of the Federal University Lokoja. OfContinue Reading
Introduction The horrors of fascism have returned, not as ghosts, but as a plague, fueled by racial hatred and historical amnesia, infiltrating schools, universities, and the public sphere through state violence, fear, censorship, and manufactured ignorance. Across the globe, fascist forces—emboldened by resurgent colonial logics, neoliberal cruelty, and virulent whiteContinue Reading
There are two modern ways to make war on a religion without getting your shoes dirty. One is to send drones and sanctions in the name of peace. The other is to send adjectives and stereotypes in the name of civilisation. Erasmus Ikhide picked the cheaper option, opened his laptop,Continue Reading
In response to a recent viral video in which a gathering of ill-informed agitators discussed the absurd idea of designating the Sokoto Caliphate as a “terrorist organization,” I authored a rebuttal titled “The Sokoto Caliphate is Not a Terrorist Organization.” Yet, the reactions to that piece revealed something deeper: manyContinue Reading
BY ABUCHI OBIORA (Editor-at-Large, Education Monitor Newspaper) The recent appointment of Prof. Uduma Oji Uduma as the Vice-Chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria is a perfect case of who the cap fits, let him wear it. We will look at some of the reasons amongst many of them whyContinue Reading
Today, the Muslim Ummah stands in profound grief as we bid farewell to one of its most luminous figures, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, a man whose life embodied the Qur’an, whose voice echoed its rhythms, and whose legacy will remain imprinted on generations yet unborn. His departure marks the endContinue Reading
As someone who has spent years within Nigeria’s higher education system, I’ve seen the recurring call for professors to “stop publishing and start producing.” It’s a catchy slogan — but a dangerous misunderstanding of what universities exist to do. Our professors don’t need to run factories; they need the space,Continue Reading