Having inherited a nearly comatose economy, occasioned by dwindling oil resources and rampaging terrorists in the country’s Northeast, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, is faced with an arduous task of putting the largest economy in the continent, back on its feet. With a reputation of zero tolerance for corruption, President Buhari, has continued to attract global...Read More

ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION “The reality in Nigeria however is that government and private individuals have yet to fully appreciate that private universities deserve financial attention in the form of grants, donations and endowment”. In the past four editions I have been discussing some of the issues raised in the article of Mr....Read More

Donald Trump: 28 things the Republican believes 9 May 2016 From the section Magazine Donald Trump is the frontrunner in the Republican race to be the presidential nominee for next year’s election. What are his policies and beliefs? 1. Arab-Americans cheered the attacks on 9/11. Trump repeatedly claimed that on 11 September, 2001, there were...Read More

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Aare Afe Babalola(SAN), has canvassed for return to regional government for Nigeria to recover fully from its economic woes and myriad of challenges confronting it. The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD), said having a central government with a president directing the affairs of a large and multiethnic and...Read More

Nigeria’s Central Bank is adopting a flexible foreign exchange rate regime, Governor Godwin Emefiele said on Tuesday, in a policy U-turn designed to boost exports and stave off a recession in Africa’s biggest economy. The bank has previously kept a de facto peg of around 197 naira per dollar but that has become unsustainable due...Read More

TRAVEL NEXT DOOR 10 reasons why you must visit this farm in Ado Ekiti @PELUAWOFESO, TOUR, TRAVELNEXDOOR The Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) Farms comes alive as early as 6:30 a.m. when the fishes in its 68+ ponds are to be fed. A short while later, more workers arrive, and get to work in their...Read More

There are over 1000 students who have not paid their PTCF levies. Therefore, we urge all graduating and other students that have not paid their levy of N20,000 to please do so before May 24th, 2016. This is a warning signal to inform you that those students who fail to pay shall not be allowed...Read More

David Cameron Calls Nigeria Corrupt, and Its President Agrees By SEWELL CHAN MAY 11, 2016: Culled from The New York Times Cameron Calls Nigeria Government Corrupt Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain called Nigeria one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Nigeria’s president said rather than an apology, he wanted the return of Nigerian...Read More

ABUAD Alumnus wins global laurel. Frontline legal icon and Founder/Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, rolled out the drums last Friday to celebrate an Alumnus of the University, Mr. Olamide Popoola, who recently put the six-year old university on the world map again by leading his team, “Team Nigeria” to...Read More

Aare Afe Babalola (second right) in a handshake with Mr Olamide Popoola, while his wife, Yeye Aare Modupe Babalola (right), the Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), Professor Michael Ajisafe and Professor Israel Owolabi watch, during the celebration of international entrepreneurial competition won by Mr Popoola, in London.  The Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), was...Read More