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Looking back: Forty-five years ago By Edwin Madunagu Listen to article Forty-five years ago, as I turned 30, I left Lagos for Ibadan. From Ibadan, together with a comrade of the same age, I left for a rural community somewhere between Gbongan and Ile-Ife in present-day Osun State. There we joined others, similarly inspired like us, about ten in number, male and female, excluding two kids whom we took turns to “baby-sit” in order to free the mother to participate fully in revolutionary dut...

Looking Back: Forty-Five Years Ago, By Edwin Madunagu   The Extraordinary Expedition had profound effects on all the participants. ADVERTISEMENT Personally, the effects of that Ode-Omu Extraordinary Expedition were completely transforming. I emerged from the commune a professional revolutionary: Where to be a professional revolutionary was not conceived mechanically, for instance, in the way one is a professional teacher or a professional soldier, that is, in terms of training and occupation....

Process to select vice-chancellors flawed, but can be fixed While others, like Lokoja and Ndufe Alike, have been resolved, there were problems as well. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asks Ayodeji Olukoju, former vice-chancellor of Caleb University, why this is so and what should be done to tackle it. How are vice-chancellors chosen in Nigerian universities? This depends on the type of university – federal, state or private – as well as the type of private university – secular, f...

Some universities in Nigeria are in crisis over the selection of vice-chancellors. From Ibadan to Lagos, Oye Ekiti and Dutse, things have not been running smoothly. While others like Lokoja and Ndufe Alike have been resolved, there were problems as well. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asks Ayodeji Olukoju, former vice-chancellor of Caleb University, why this is so and what should be done to tackle it. How are vice-chancellors chosen in Nigerian universities? This depends on the type of...

ADVERTISEMENT Governor, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State [PHOTO CREDIT: @seyiamakinde]Not known to be a protégé of any ‘big’ political dynasty in Oyo State as such, suddenly, Seyi Makinde manifested prior  2015 governorship election. He began by handing out scholarships and other forms of empowerment to indigent people of Oyo State. From Ibadan, the reach extended inwards into other parts of the state. Branded vehicles ran everywhere announcing Makinde. Oyo people familiarized by the day. For t...

ON THE GO $1.5bn refinery repair: Nigerians should hold me accountable for every dollar, says Sylva Timipre Sylva, minister of state for petroleum, says Nigerians should hold him accountable “for every dollar, every cent” spent on the Port Harcourt refinery. Advertisement He said President Muhammadu Buhari... Buhari breaks silence on Ortom attack, orders ‘thorough investigation’ President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attack on Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue stat...