Many years ago, when my son was completing paperwork for a job with the Lagos State government, he was required to fill out a form that included his State of Origin. He paused. It had been marked a compulsory field, and he wanted to know if not filling it would affect his chances. I said it […]

SHORTLY before noon last Wednesday, the national grid registered a collapse, which on X (formerly Twitter) was described as a “grid disturbance”. The post on X, listing the event had a time stamp of 11.34a.m. Other stakeholders also took to X to inform their clients and customers. For instance, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company reported on X that […]

On Wednesday, I attended a valedictory session in honour of the late Stanley Shenko  Alagoa JSC, OFR, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court…which is where the ceremony took place. I was invited because I am close to some of his relatives and I felt immensely privileged to be there while the Chief Justice (Madame Kudirat […]

The power of peer review – giving and receiving constructive feedback – is often underestimated by some in the academia. However, peer review stands as a centrepiece of academic excellence, serving as both a quality assurance mechanism and a vital tool for professional growth. In today’s scholarly landscape, the ability to engage meaningfully in peer review […]

Like Bola Tinubu, the president who appointed him as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede is full of hot air on corruption in Nigeria. He is all sound and no fury, all talk and no action, all rhetoric but no substance! Olukoyede pontificates and fumes about corruption, yet corruption remains endemic […]