Education
JAMB sets 160 as National Minimum Benchmark for 2019 Admission
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has set the national minimum benchmark for 2019/20 admission exercise in Nigeria. The Board set 160 and above as cut-off mark for public universities and 140 for private
The Quest for a Yoruba Nation: More Questions than Answers
With October 1st, 2020 knocking on our doors already, one waits with bated breath if truly Yoruba people will troop out to support Messrs. Sunday Igboho and Adams Ganiyu in their so-called demand for an
ENDSARS PROTESTS: MATTERS ARISING
Police Brutality and EndSARS in Nigeria What started in 2017 as a Twitter campaign for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) snowballed into mass demonstrations across major Nigerian cities between October 8 and
From Mercantile Economy to Import Substitution Industrialization: The Need for a New Economic Direction for Nigeria
“We must always take heed that we buy no more from strangers than we sell them, for so should we impoverish ourselves and enrich them.”— Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603), cited in Braudel, Fernand (1979:
Milking Gnats in Ondo State: An Open Letter to Governor Akeredolu
June 16, 2022 His Excellency, Mr. Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu (SAN) Governor of Ondo State, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Milking Gnats in Ondo State: An Open Letter to Governor Akeredolu Dear sir,