The textbook debate and the future of education reform
By Ayo Olodo Government policies rarely fail because their intentions are bad. They fail because good intentions are often mistaken for good implementation. Nigeria has become something of a laboratory for ambitious education reforms. Every new administration arrives promising transformation. New curricula are introduced. New assessment methods emerge. New technologies are announced. Fresh slogans replace […]
Jonathan and 2011
IMAGINE how many Venezuelans, Algerians and Angolans would drown in laughter, should their presidents tell them that a major achievement of the regime, for which it seek new mandate is ensuring a uniform price of petroleum products throughout the country.
Party primaries and court interventions
In the past weeks, primary elections and voter registration have dominated national discourse. Not even the assassinations in Borno State that saw the felling of the All Nigeria Peoples’ Party, ANPP, gubernatorial candidate, Fanami Gubio, and six others; plus the seemingly intractable Jos impasse could relegate electioneering to the background.
Nigeria’s war drums on Cote d’Ivoire
Nigeria’s relentless push for war in Cote d’Ivoire with regard to the presidential election crisis in that country is getting curiouser and curiouser.
Before Abia people are deceived
AS With the next general elections approaching rapidly, politicians are becoming desperate to remain relevant in the scheme of things.
Enahoro: The man died; the man lives
THE man, Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro, was deservedly a comet. A remarkable man, impassioned, of strong beliefs and dogged energy, was richly endowed with extra-ordinary intellect and long life. He was an admirably powerful figure.
