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Funmi Ogundare, who recently visited the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta writes that apart from a place for sight-seeing and recreation, it has become a repository of knowledge and reference point for scholars to carry out academic research on governance, politics, leadership, human security and other aspects of life   …

NIGERIA, indeed, has come a long way, 57 years into nationhood. However, whether or not its speed and height of development are commensurate with that age is subject to debate. While it cannot be said that nothing has been achieved throughout those stormy years, there seems to be a preponderance …

LATELY, there have been growing concerns over the seemingly intractable problem of access to tertiary education in Nigeria. Less than 30 per cent of candidates who apply for admission every year are absorbed by the existing institutions of higher learning. Majority of these candidates opt for university admissions, for reasons …

I was at the BAZE University, Abuja on Tuesday, where I spoke to an enthusiastic collection of faculties and students on the topic: “Leadership and responsibility in the age of social media”. The lecture provided an opportunity for me to dissect the intricacies of social media uses and abuses, in …