Fighting hunger with improved food preservation
Nigeria’s food crisis is not merely a failure to grow enough; it is also a failure to preserve what farmers produce. The reported 11-million-tonne requirement for cold storage, against less than 20,000 tonnes of long-term capacity, exposes a massive weakness in the food supply chain. The Organisation for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West […]
Mamman’s age limit hoopla
Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, appears dead serious about limiting the age of school leavers and tertiary institution admission seekers. Within his roughly one year in office, he has harped on this issue at least twice and announced his intention to see that the policy takes effect from next academic session. According to the […]
NYSC and HND IT defaulters
Many holders of Higher National Diploma, HND, certificates went to the ongoing Orientation Camps of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to register for their one-year national service only to be turned back due lack of Industrial Training, IT, certificates. Tertiary education in Nigeria as anywhere in the world consists of academic training for degree […]
Uniting against ethnic trollers
Gradually, the ugly and dangerous trend is building up, and the ripple is widening. Unless urgent steps are taken and soon, we may end up with consequences that we did not bargain for. Last week, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, mobilised action against a Canada-based Nigerian lady involved in […]
Gobir people’s uprising against bandits
If the Gobir people should succeed without being harassed by the Police and the Military, communities across the country might take up their security in a similar fashion.
NELFUND and South-East varsities
It is difficult to understand why only institutions in the South-East felt aloof to a major relief package by the Federal Government for indigent students, particularly at this moment of crushing economic challenges facing the average Nigerian family.
