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Degrees are not enough: Raising an AI-ready generation in Northern Nigeria

Degrees are not enough: Raising an AI-ready generation in Northern Nigeria

In May, my daughter will begin her journey into medical school in Kano. She is among over 1.9 million students who sat for JAMB last year and among th ...

South Africa again?

South Africa again?

I have been to South Africa a couple of times and I must say it is a bewitchingly beautiful country. By my own reckoning, and I believe of most people ...

Enough of strikes by FCT teachers

Enough of strikes by FCT teachers

The recent strike by teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) once again underscores the half-hearted management of the education sector by the ...

The paradox of patronage: When liberation forgets the continent

The paradox of patronage: When liberation forgets the continent

Few political tragedies are as unsettling as watching a liberation struggle, born in a vast moral imagination and sustained by solidarities larger tha ...

Jet A1: One-way flight may hit N500,000

Jet A1: One-way flight may hit N500,000

Going by the over 300 per cent rise in price of aviation fuel also known as Jet A1, a one-way flight should have  risen  between N400,000 to N500,000, ...