In the past, schools were centers of discipline. Parents sometimes reported erring children to teachers, trusting those firmer, dispassionate hands to deliver the correction needed. Teachers stood as community pillars, disciplining without fear of backlash. Principals were revered as standard-bearers of societal values. These days, doting parents storm schools to assault teachers for merely scolding […]

At 89, Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo remains one of the most compelling figures in Nigeria’s political history, a leader whose presence still commands attention across the country and the African continent.  Decades after he first stepped into the national spotlight, Obasanjo continues to stand as a symbol of the enduring quest for a pan-Nigerian identity, a […]

I had heard of the seriousness of drug use among our youths long before it became this manifest. It seemed unbelievable when I was told at the time, that a sizeable number of our undergraduates were on one form of drugs or the other. And that students of private and even faith based universities were not exempted. […]

When those who get carried away by leadership begin to play God, it signals the beginning of a new chapter for the opposition. Whoever chose Benin City as the place to frighten the hell out of Peter Obi must be a dunderhead. The timing was  doomed, from the onset. In July 2014, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, then preparing […]

We have a backwards relationship with wellness. Too often, we treat “health” as something that happens only in a hospital, a prescription bottle, or a last-minute intervention. We view it as a rescue mission rather than a daily practice. Preventive health flips that script entirely. It is not about reacting to illness; it is about intentionally living […]