Both men claim to be the Visitor to the university, and in that capacity, appointed two different Vice Chancellors for the same institution. While Akala sacked the incumbent VC, Professor Benjamin Adeleke five months before the expiration of his tenure and imposed his own VC, Oyinlola sacked the Governing Board And imposed the Deputy VC, Professor J O Ojediran , in practical terms, as sole administrator.

THE headlines were loud the past week that the North has decided to stick by its resolve that the presidency in 2011 be zoned to it. The question of whether the presidency should be zoned to the North has been both a contentious and polarising issue in the many weeks since Goodluck Jonathan became president following the death of President Umaru Yar’Adua.

AS the colonies became able to assume the pacification function, they could also assert their independence from the home governments; this they could not do so long as revolts of African captives, organised escape by the same and defence of their freedom endangered the colony and its economy.

First ,the good news.I am writing this column on a Thursday night. Against all expectations, the Falconets have just qualified for the final of the FIFA U_20 Women World Cup and there is joy all around me. The girls are hailed, the failures of the Super Eagles are remembered just as some go back to the “bad luck “ of the last administration.

HAVE you noticed it too? I am referring to the alarming number of idle youth in every neighbourhood. As you drive to work in the morning and back at night, you will see armies of young people who have decided to trade on the streets rather than remain idle. Their ages range from six to 30 years, and sometimes above.