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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By: Olu ‘Remilekun “We cannot afford to forget that public order, personal security, economic and social progress, and prosperity are not natural order of things, that they depend on ceaseless effort and attention from an honest and effective government…” – Lee Kuan Yew Myths are essential. More than that, they […]
The Students’ Union leadership continues to act like the proverbial simpleton who hopelessly chase after a rat while his house is on fire. It has been about three months since the University of Ibadan management without consultation with the student community increased school fees. Unfortunately, the unconscionable Students’ Union leadership […]
By: Omakiya, Precious For the past few weeks, one subject that has been on both the mind and lip of every student is the subject of fee hike. While discussions around this might appear to some folks as over-flogged or tiring, the irrefutable fact remains that the fee increment is […]
By: Ochi, Maduabuchi A year ago, precisely in June 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu proposed the student loan bill. The bill was a piece of legislation aimed at addressing financial constraints that hinder many students from gaining higher education. The bill was supposed to make education accessible to all students. […]
By: Okojie Osakwe Simeon (Contributor) Chess has been in the headlines recently, dominating the Nigerian consciousness. Why, with Tunde Onakoya and Shawn Martinez’s remarkable 60-hour record attempt for the Longest Chess Marathon, now is as good a time as any to delve into this rich strategy game. And while raising […]
By Kunle Wizeman Ajayi (Contributor) “Subsidies are about resource allocation internally within Nigeria. So Nigerians, the people of Nigeria pay for these subsidies” – Abebe Selassie, Director of IMF African Department, speaking at the ongoing IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington DC. Subsidies are Keynesian keys employed […]
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