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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 duties. We assembled to inaugurate an underground Marxist revolutionary vanguard embedded in the peasan...

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. Forty-five years ago, as I turned 30, I left Lagos for Ibadan. From Ibadan, together with a comrade...

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, faith-based and hybrid. Another factor is whether the appointment is for a pioneer vice-chancellor or...

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 university – federal, state or private – as well as the type of private university – secular,...

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 the rest of us not resident in Oyo State, the billboards probably did the magic. We were curious and ...