It is neither an understatement nor a figment of my imagination to assert emphatically that Nigeria is a rich country but indisputably poor. The aforesaid sounds ironical and tends to provoke rhetorical question as to why Nigeria is rich but apparently poor. At this juncture, I make bold to state without any fear of contradiction […]

On Monday, July 8, 2013, Nigerians received news of the highly anticipated ceasefire by Boko Haram with a high sense of regard and mixed feelings. Most people questioned the sincerity of the sect while others cast their doubts on the capacity of the Federal Government amnesty committee to actually sauce out something meaningful out of […]

Basically, when two elephants fight, the grass suffers a great deal. The two gargantuan elephants in this context are the Federal government and the Academic staff Union of Universities . They have both been enmeshed in the murky waters of a seemingly endless fight which has become a great setback for Nigeria’s education sub-sector.No one […]

“When we get to the bridge, we will know how to cross it” The afore-said best captures the mood of this piece. The 2015 general elections would come and go like a twinkle of an eye. Many are yearning to see if a dramatic difference would be made in the political space come 2015. This […]

A teacher once told this story to a set of junior secondary school students. the story went thus: once in a great kingdom far way in a distance land, invaders attacked the land, killing the king and other institutions that hitherto exist, the small boy saw his father the king killed, he saw his mother […]