Nigeria now has close to 300 universities, a massive leap from just 49 in 1999. Private universities alone account for more than half of the total, expanding rapidly to meet the country’s enormous demand for tertiary education. However, despite this expansion, a hot debate continues: Do we really need more universities, or should we focus
Student unrest in Nigerian universities Student violence in Nigerian universities is no longer just a student problem — it is the loud cry of a system that has collapsed from the inside. Experts say the unrest we see on campuses today is only a symptom of deeper failures caused by years of chronic underfunding, policy
As insecurity tightens its grip on Northern Nigeria, forcing the Federal Government to shut down 41 Unity Schools, experts say the country can draw important lessons from an unlikely place — Delhi, India. Although Delhi’s crisis is environmental and Nigeria’s is security-related, both situations reveal a central truth: when children are at risk, governments must
Ayankola Ayanwuyi, Yorùbá Cultural Heritage Expert A fresh conversation is emerging across Africa’s education space, coming from an unexpected place — the ancient Ifa corpus. Cultural heritage scholar, Ayankola Ayanwuyi, says Africa may be sitting on one of the richest knowledge systems in the world, but has not fully tapped into it. According to him,
Participants at the 2025 Library Week organised by the Nigerian Library Association (NLA), Lagos Chapter Nigeria may soon find itself unable to remember its own story. This was the sobering warning that echoed through the halls of the 2025 Library Week organised by the Nigerian Library Association (NLA), Lagos Chapter. For five days, librarians, archivists,
2nd Left, Ismaeel Ahmed and other participants at the recent LAUTECH annual lecture At dawn in a small village in Sokoto State, 14-year-old Amina ties her headscarf, slips her exercise book under her arm and begins an eight-kilometre walk to school. The path is dusty, the heat unforgiving, and when she arrives, her classroom offers
Dr. Ronke Soyombo, TRCN Registrar, with the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa After years of little or no movement, Nigeria’s teaching profession is undergoing decisive reforms aimed at repositioning it to deliver excellence and meet global standards.In this regard, the Federal Government and the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) are intensifying efforts to
At a time when most Nigerian households are under tremendous pressure from the high cost of living, and unemployment and underemployment rates remain very high, Wesley University, Ondo State, has taken a path many consider rare. The university has recently announced a reduction in school fees. This decision by Wesley management to approve a downward
President Bola Tinubu held an emergency meeting with service chiefs in Aso Rock As Nigeria struggles to convince the United States and the global community that it is serious about defeating terrorism, a fresh wave of deadly attacks in the past week has once again exposed the fragility of the nation’s security architecture. Analysts, community
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State Nigerians have again been thrown into another round of mourning and frustration following the recent abduction of female students from Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State. However, beyond the usual condemnations, this latest tragedy has sparked deeper outrage, mainly as news emerged that the military allegedly
