Guest Blog I was still a child the first time I heard of Canada. This was in 1995, during the controversial execution of the Ogoni-born Nigerian activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, by the then military government of late General Sani Abacha. Growing up in Abuja, the newly installed seat of power, I, like many other young people, […]
Evolve or Get Left Behind: Education for Life and Work Has Taken a Dramatic Turn The World Economic Forum predicts that 65% of children entering primary school today will end up in jobs that don’t exist yet. Take a minute to let that sink in. This means that if we are not already teaching our […]
It is a fact that there are many problems plaguing the Nigerian education sector: unqualified teachers, language barrier, poor funding, lack of infrastructure, stringent curricula etc. There is really no need to go over these challenges again because they have become as familiar as saliva in our mouths. However, there is another growing cause for […]
The term ‘research’ when used in relation to the average Nigerian leaves an odd taste in the mouth. Somewhere in our heads, we assume that the two should not be used in the same sentence because it is hardly the reality. As unfortunate as this is, what makes it even sadder is the fact that […]
Among the 276 young women captured from their dormitories in april 2014, 82 of them have been released again. They were released after months of negotiation and interference across two continents in exchange for 5 leaders of the extremist islamist group boko haram. Though a thing of joy,there are concerns for their privacy and fears […]