The annual ritual of ASUU strikes
If a ceasefire agreement could be achieved in Gaza between Israel and their neighbours in a war dating back to Biblical times, there is no reason why the same...
ASUU Strike: A symptom of a nation’s broken promises
Once again, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared another strike — a two-week warning action that could easily snowball into a full-blown shutdown of public universities...
Certificate Without Opportunity: The pain of Nigeria’s graduates
Every year, Nigerian universities release thousands of bright minds into a labour market that has long stopped expanding. Between the dream of success and the reality of survival, a...
Certifiers without certificates
Another day in Nigeria, another crisis of certification and a veritable crucible of chaos for certainty. Uche Nnaji is the latest high-ranking Nigerian official to have his political head...
Rethinking Mass Communication education in the Digital Age
For far too long, many tertiary institutions teaching Mass Communication in Nigeria have operated on a narrow assumption: the goal is to produce employees for media houses, PR firms,...
Saving Nigeria’s education from fire-brigade policies
Nigeria’s education system, already gasping for breath, now faces another round of confusion and disarray under the current Minister of Education — a medical doctor whose policies, though well-intentioned,...
Ghosting is communication
Stating that social manners and etiquette are regressing would be stating the obvious. While I blame social media for being the main culprit in shaping today’s society (read: culture),...
EDITORIAL: Save the Nigerian teacher, save the education sector
Nigeria’s education sector is embattled on every side. And this is hardly new. Burdened by poor funding, infrastructure deficit, shortage of qualified and trained teachers, outdated curriculum and others,...
Time to give private school teachers a voice
The story of Nigeria’s education system is one of ambition, reform, and recurring setbacks. A pivotal moment came in 1973, when a national seminar laid the groundwork for the...
More Roads, More Flyovers, But No Future: Bauchi’s education crisis
When Gombe State recently launched a bold programme to tackle its education crisis, I could not help but think of my own state, Bauchi. Gombe, with more than 700,000...