Category: Education
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Murder of Haneefah: Who Is Safe? By Tijani Taofeek B
WHO IS SAFE? The hurt and hatred in usLike tantase in the sea,We asked,How did we get here? The wile and guile in humanityLike an umbrella in the oceanWe askedWhat is the need? The whine and pretentious loveLike the roses in pepper soupWe askedWhy must we be stupid? Years and years of guerillas precariousnessLike a…
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Pantami’s fake professorship joins other intellectual frauds by Farooq Kperogi
It emerged late last week that Communications and Digital Economy Minister Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami (or his agents) possibly instructed Zamfara State governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle to place an advertorial in the Daily Trust to congratulate Pantami on his “promotion to the Rank of Full Professor of Cybersecurity” by an unnamed university. (In the advertorial,…
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Top five lies about Buhari that won’t go away
By Farooq Kperogi President Muhammadu Buhari is a magnet for both extravagantly flattering myths and stubborn falsehoods. Here are the top five: Muhammadu Buhari’s very name is wrapped in a curious omission. In most parts of the world, people’s last names are usually either their family name or their father’s first name. Not for Buhari.Muhammadu…
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How and when Kyari can be lawfully extradited (2)
AFE ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK, I commenced a discussion on the statutory regime of extradition in Nigeria, with the case of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari in perspective. As already discussed, extradition of a fugitive criminal is premised on either international comity or by the provision of an existing treaty between nations, and in Nigeria,…
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Jamb And The Battles Against Education
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa LAST week, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, revealed the success and failure rates from the recently concluded UTME, which is the only means of securing admission into higher institutions in Nigeria. For the year 2021, over 1.3 million candidates registered for the examination which…
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OAU VC Speaks Extensively On Accommodation, New Academic Programs
The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, OAU, Prof. Eyitayo Ogunbodede, Tuesday, spoke extensively on issues bedevilling the institution and the progess made so far. The professor of dentistry spoke on Television Continental, TVC fireworks which was closely monitored by Vreporters. The VC dwelled much on the accommodation issues being faced by students of…
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Agroforestry as a tool to combat climate change and hunger by Akinfolahan Oluwasegun Peter
(I write this article to commemorate World Environment Day 2021 (June 5, 2021) Agroforestry is the management and integration of trees, crops and/or livestock on a single plot of land and can be an integral part of productive agriculture. Agroforestry emphasizes integration and interaction between a combination of elements rather than focusing on just one…
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Strike: FG Addresses Protesting Polytechnic Students
The Federal Government of Nigeria has told the protesting students of Polytechnics that, the government should not be held not responsible for the protracted strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated this in Abuja on Friday while addressing students of polytechnics across…
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International Biodiversity Day: We Are Part of the Solution by Ananwureyi Ohine Joy
I love the word ‘biodiversity’. Why? Perhaps, it is because the concept is so magnificent, wide and thrilling. The International Day of Biodiversity is here! Biodiversity (coined from Biological Diversity) simply refers to all of the different kinds of life on earth, which includes us, humans too. Biodiversity can be considered the foundation of human…
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World Earth DAY: Be An Earth Angel By Ananwureyi Ohine Joy
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