The African University of Science and Technology (AUST) is the first of the Nelson Mandela Institutions (NMIs), established in Abuja, in 2007 as a centre of excellence in science and technology with a focus on African development. The...

HIS frequent glances at his wristwatch and the drumming of his right fingers on the steering wheel, betrayed Kunle Adelana’s impatience. He had been trapped in the snarling gridlock, just after Mile Two Bus Stop in Lagos for the past two hours...

THE recently held Nigeria Economic Summit in Abuja emerged with the obvious verdict that the nation may still be far from anywhere close to the year 2020 target, going by the calculation of independent economic experts.

“BY 2020, Nigeria will...

Being continuation of a lecture delivered by Jacob K. Olupona, a noted Professor of African Religious Traditions, Professor of African and African American Studies at the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) laureates’ event recently. First...

There is no better moment to tell the truth than when the tongue is unfettered. And if one had served in a paramilitary force such as the police for 32 years, at the officers’ level, then, when one is leaving, he could speak with a free mind...

Being a lecture delivered by Jacob K. Olupona, a noted Professor of African Religious Traditions, Professor of African and African American Studies at the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) laureates’ event recently

I REGARD the Nigerian...

SHORTLY after coming out unscratched from the Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi-led shake-ups in the financial services sector, the quiet but sterling banker, was among those considered to have emerged from the “storm” probably because they were in...

JUST what does success mean? Is it the unquenchable desire to accumulate more and more material goods, to gain ascendancy by whatever means, to rise above all else in pursuit of a selfish goal, to be acknowledged and acclaimed by all? Surely...

Nigerians are happy people any time. They like festivities. Be it festival of Moslems, Christians or others, they like to partake in it. Being in their nature, they seize on any occasion that would make their spirits soar. That probably informs...

CIVIL war times pictures of malnourished children may not be common place in the country any more but the disease is still very prevalent. In fact, according to eminent leaders who met in Lagos recently, the disease is rising and killing children...