By: Toriola Dayo It is amazing to see the enormous power vested in our choices. All day and all night, decisions that shape destiny are being made. Some decisions are minute, like deciding what to eat for breakfast but others can be life-changing, ranging from choosing the right career path, […]
Opinion
Jápa: The Nigerian Emigration Phenomenon
By: Femi-Adeniyi Joshua In recent years, the term “jápa” has become a popular slang in Nigeria, referring to the act of emigrating or fleeing the country in search of better opportunities abroad. The term indicates trend where young Nigerians, frustrated by local challenges, opt to leave their home country for […]
Tackling Examination Cheat Culture in UI
By: Femi-Adenyi Joshua Examination malpractice is a big issue that goes deeper than the act of students cheating during examination activity. It indicates deeper problems in the education system, as much as it is a socio-cultural issue. In virtually every learning institution, students face intense pressure to perform well academically. […]
Recte Sapere Fons: Of Jero And Reincarnates
“And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all those that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves. And said unto them, It is written, my house shall be called the house of […]
Recte Sapere Fons: Of Jero And Reincarnates
A Biblical Allusion; “And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all those that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves. And said unto them, It is written, my house shall be called […]
Feminism Of Our Mouths And Feminism Of Our Hands
By: Omakiya, Precious I have come to realize that feminism is like every other form of activism, if you sit on your hand and only fight with your mouth (even as powerful as the tongue might be), you’d probably get nowhere. And if you do ‘in my corner change’, it […]
Our Journey to Tomorrow: The Thin Line Between Hope and Hopelessness
By: Nice Linus (Contributor) To hang unto hope, they say, is what the Nigerian people need. It is why the current administration has tasked itself with ‘renewing hope’. Hope that the poor man will somehow continue to breathe under the heavy burden of policies designed to milk him to the […]
In Character and Learning Cleanliness: Afínjú, Ọ̀bùn or What?
By: Olu ‘Remilekun (Contributor) The conversations about cleanliness and sanitation have always been tied to moral values and has always ended with the health issues that come with it. There are to be noted more details to the issues of cleanliness. The culture of unhealthy environmental conditions and the ideological […]
UI Fee Hike: A Symptom of a Larger Problem in Nigeria’s Education System
As students struggle with the escalating costs of higher education in Nigeria, the recent shift by the Federal Government to replace adequate funding with the National Education Loan Fund (NELFund) has become a critical issue. This policy change, coupled with the fee hikes at the University of Ibadan, the premier […]
#EndBadGovernance: The Two Faces of a Nigerian Politician
By: Femi-adeniyi Joshua Amidst the ongoing plans to stage a protest tagged #EndBadGovernance, an amusement points to the Nigerian class of political gladiators who have decided to condemn the protest. They like the Roman god, Janus, are two faced. Virtually all the politicians advocating against this protest are members of […]
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