A few years ago, there was a lot of hoopla when some United States-based analysts predicted that the year 2015 would mark the end of Nigeria’s corporate existence. Though the so-called report was not affiliated with the US Government, ...

A cursory look at our global society aptly reveals that beyond the glitz and glamour of lights and colours, fancy automobiles and trendy gadgets, we are sick from within. I call this “soul sickness”. This soul sickness manifests in hatred, ...

Violence has often trailed the conduct of elections in Nigeria since Independence. For instance, the elections of the years 1964, 1965, 1979, 1983, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 were marred by irregularities that resulted in violence, which claimed several lives ...

All over the world, universities are established with the mandate of teaching, research and community service or development. While some universities emphasise teaching and others community service, the most crucial component, indeed the heart of the matter, is research. It ...

It is well-known that the love of money is the root of all evils but many Nigerians do not pretend that they love money. Not only Nigerians, in the world today, money is an object of worship. In music and ...

It is so sad and disgusting that as millions of our country men and women are living under Syrian circumstances especially in the North-East, the noise hooting from Abuja and several state capitals is all about politics. The murderous gangs ...

It is an open eyesore that Nigeria, as a microcosm of the world, is increasingly becoming Hobbesian where life is now “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, short” for a vast majority of people. Evils that could not be contemplated a few ...

One of the most influential men the world has ever produced was Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi, the father of modern India. His life and thought were the quintessence of peace and non-violence even in the face of provocation. It was therefore ...

In her book, “The Karma Club”, Jessica Brody wrote that “Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can’t get away with screwing people over your whole life, I don’t care who you are. What goes around comes around. That’s how it ...

The story goes thus: A group of successful alumni who were talking at a re-union dinner decided to visit their old Professor, then retiring. During the visit, the discussion soon turned into complaints about stress in their work and lives. ...

Today, all roads lead to the International Conference Centre, Abuja, where the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, confers awards on 305 Nigerians and others for their enormous contributions and services to the nation. Though ...

Worried by the poor performance of candidates in the twin subjects of English Language and Mathematics in the recent West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examinations conducted in May/June this year, two conferences held simultaneously last week at two fast-growing Nigerian ...