By Aare Afe Babalola,SAN “In the earlier 70s it was stated by the then Military Government that the problem of Nigeria was not money but how to spend it. Regrettably, much of the revenue which accrues to government is spent on maintaining political structures rather than provision of social amenities to the populace”. Before the...Read More
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN A recession has many attributes that can occur simultaneously and includes declines in component measures of economic activity (GDP) such as consumption, investment, government spending, and net export activity. These summary measures reflect underlying drivers such as employment levels and skills, household savings rates, corporate investment decisions, interest rates, demographics,...Read More
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN “It was always a matter of time before we would realize the dangers of an economy that is largely based on oil revenue. This dependence coupled with the huge cost of running and maintaining our political structure was always a recipe for disaster.” After months of speculation, Nigerians have finally...Read More
INDISCIPLINE IN NIGERIA’S EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS “Such is the upsurge in moral decadence that educational institutions are fast failing in their duty to churn our model citizens and may in reality end up being breeding grounds for a whole new generation of Nigerians lacking in moral probity“. In recent times two seemingly unrelated events have attracted...Read More
A 2015 First Class Electrical & Electronics Graduate of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Miss Oghenetejiri Odjighoro, has commended the University for the quality and functional education it offers which has assisted her in securing a job with the Lagos-based Huawei Technologies Limited, a leading multinational Networking and Telecommunications Equipment and Services company. Odjighoro was...Read More
By: Tunde OLOFINTILA When the Immediate Past President of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, Engineer Isaac Olorunfemi, dubbed the Engineering Programme of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD’s) a template for Engineering education in Nigeria in June last year, hardly did he know that he was sowing a seed of prophesy. Shortly after that prophetic utterance,...Read More
DEATH OF LT.COL MOHAMMED ABU ALI AND OTHER NIGERIAN SOLDIERS: DUTY NOT TO LIVE BUT TO DIE “To preserve one’s life is generally speaking, a duty but it may be the plainest and the highest duty to sacrifice it. War is full of instances in which it is a man’s duty not to live, but to...Read More
Home Earth Continents Africa Nigeria Government Maps News Culture Business Tourism Education History Native Scam Info ___ Nigeria Zuma Rock, the huge monolith in Niger State north of Nigeria’s capital Abuja. Image: Jeff Attaway A virtual guide to Nigeria, a country on the coast of West Africa, bordered by the Bight of Benin and the...Read More
I would like to bring to your attention a very attractive PhD programme that the Research Grants Council, (RGC) of Hong Kong has established: the Hong Kong Phd Fellowship Scheme, (HKPFS), hoping you will kindly share this information with students and graduates who may be interested. I should be grateful if you would arrange for...Read More
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