President Bola Tinubu, and Vice President Kashim Shettima By Terhemba Daka President Bola Tinubu’s extended working vacation in France and Vice President Kashim Shettima’s assignment at the BRICS summit in India, and now at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, have raised questions about who exercises executive authority when Nigeria’s two highest-ranking […]
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ALL eyes are back on tertiary education. While most federal universities are running smoothly, it is not the case at some state-owned universities. From Lagos to Plateau, Kaduna to Taraba, the age-long disruption of the academic calendar is rearing its head again at state-owned universities. State governors, who are basking in more resources than before, […]
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By Oyetunji Abioye Nigeria’s electricity crisis is no longer merely an infrastructure problem. It is a national emergency that constrains economic growth, destroys jobs, deepens poverty and weakens public confidence in government. For Africa’s most populous country, generating roughly 3,500 to 4,500 megawatts for more than 200 million people is indefensible — especially when installed […]
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NIGERIA’S disturbing repudiation of the age-old principle that education is the bedrock of society lies at the heart of the controversy over the concession of King’s College, Lagos. Founded in 1909, the iconic school’s predicament is not an isolated failure. It is a symptom of the deeper rot in Nigeria’s education system. Whether the well-heeled […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the recent Court of Appeal judgment declaring Ibrahim Magu’s prolonged tenure as acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission unlawful has vindicated the position taken by the eighth Senate under his leadership. Saraki stated this on Tuesday in a post on his X […]
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Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa. THE Federal Government’s decision to conduct a nationwide household survey to establish the actual number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is commendable. This should help policymakers, development agencies and education stakeholders to tackle this menace confronting the education sector. Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, told the Afropolitan Podcast […]
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By Tunde Odesola By heritage and geography, Ọ̀ra-Ìgbómìnà, a countryside in the Ifedayo Local Government Area of Ọ̀sun State, is a historic, unique and strategic land. Yoruba history says that Ọ̀ra is the cradle of education and Christianity in Ìgbómìnàland, being the first Ìgbómìnà town to receive Christianity through CMS missionaries in the 1890s, while […]
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ORDINARILY, the Independent National Electoral Commission’s announcement that voter registration has crossed the 100-million-mark should be cause for celebration. For a country desperate to deepen democratic participation, a nine-figure electorate should translate into massive turnout at the polls. But Nigeria’s electoral history counsels caution. Registration has repeatedly risen while voter turnout has fallen. Unless INEC, […]
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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals initial public offering is a test of whether Nigeria can convert one of its most consequential industrial investments into a broader instrument of wealth creation. This will also show how deep its capital market is and whether it can persuade millions of Nigerians to become investors rather than spectators […]
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By Babafemi Ojudu I live in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State. Within a radius of about twenty kilometres of the town are no fewer than nine institutions of higher learning. Every year, these institutions admit thousands of young people, train them for several years, award them certificates and release them into a labour market […]
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