Prof. E. Smaranda Olarinde FCArb, FCAI. Ag. Vice Chancellor, MESSAGE TO OUR DEAR ABUAD PARENTS/GUARDIANS/SPONSORS & STUDENTS Introduction: We are all too familiar with the deep concern and frustration the continued closure of educational institutions in the country since Monday, March 23, 2020 has visited on all stakeholders in nation’s Education sub-sector, including students, Faculty,...Read More
Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD In the preceding editions, much of the focus has been on the medical response to the novel coronavirus disease, both in Nigeria and the world at large. It is, however, pertinent to consider the dire socio-economic consequences of Nigeria’s unpreparedness for this pandemic, with specific reference to Nigeria’s...Read More
Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD PANDEMICS IN HISTORY : Was Nigeria Prepared for Covid-19? (2) LAST WEEK, I commenced a discussion on the novel Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) which has dealt a huge blow on the world’s socio-economic structure. I detailed the chronology of pandemics which have, in times past, shaped human existence,...Read More
Professor E. Smaranda Olarinde FCArb., FCAI. Ag. Vice Chancellor Exploring ancestral wisdom to combat Covid-19 It is no longer news that the ravaging Covid-19 has changed the educational, political, and economic as well as the medical equations of the world. What will be the heart-warming news is that someone or some institutions have at last...Read More
Aare Afe Babalola SAN Founder/President , ABUAD PANDEMICS IN HISTORY: Was Nigeria Prepared for Covid-19? (1) It is no longer news that SARS-CoV-2, renamed Covid-19 by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020, has taken the world by storm, transcending borders and geographical landscapes, defying orthodox treatments and holding several economies, first-world and third-world...Read More
Professor E. Smaranda Olarinde, FCArb., FCAI.Ag Vice-Chancellor Getting Nigeria’s Tertiary Education System on its Feet Again That Nigeria’s Educational landscape has not been in the best of shapes since the deadly Covid-19 pandemic made an unwelcome incursion into the world in March 2020 is like stating the obvious. Even before the advent of Covid-19, Nigeria...Read More
ISSN: 2714 -3414 HOME Aim & Scope Journal of Contemporary International Relations and Diplomacy (JCIRD) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal, domiciled in the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Nigeria. The aim of JCIRD is to promote rigorously-researched original papers/articles that have not been published or submitted for...Read More
Professor E. Smaranda Olarinde, FCArb., FCAI. Ag Vice-Chancellor, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) INFORMATION TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS. In line with our well-known and treasured predictable Academic Calendar, the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, was preparing to commence the Second Semester Examinations 2019/2020 Academic Session, in March. The Friday, March 20, 2020 directive by the...Read More
THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL RULERS – SANUSI THE GENIUS: A CASE STUDY (6) “Nigeria deserves an homegrown Constitution that will reflect our peculiarities”. In rounding off my discussions on the paramountcy of traditional rulership in pre-colonial and post-independent Nigeria, I consider it expedient to reiterate the need to accord monarchs and traditional chiefs across Nigeria...Read More
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