“For let the truth be spoken“-  Joseph Conrad In my piece titled “The Lethargy of the Oppressed”, previously published in this column, I reflected on the character of our citizens that have proved detrimental and even injurious to the construction of a progressive and respectable nation. I discussed the pitfalls of our character as a nation […]

There is a side of the politician that we don’t readily credit, to our own disadvantage. The average politician believes he is God and everything moves at his word. He looks at the ordinary fella with imperial arrogance and expects servile response to even his flatulence. He promotes arrogance and ignorance over knowledge. He takes his […]

STATE OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA   In times past our educational system was the envy of many, here in Nigeria and elsewhere. Graduates of Nigerian universities competed favourably with their counterparts from universities from other parts of the world. In an article headed – “EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: SAME PUTREFYING STORY OF ROT’ written by Sulaimon Olanrewaju and […]

For two days last week, virtually every political appointee from the North in President Tinubu’s administration was locked up in a hall at Arewa House Kaduna,..

On a humid Monday morning in Abuja, onlookers gathered outside the imposing glass facade of the Federal Ministry of Education, their smartphones raised to catch a glimpse of the dignitaries arriving.