ACCORDING to statistics from the Nigerian Universities Commission, NUC, there are currently 263 tertiary institutions in Nigeria. And 53 of these are federal institutions, 63 are state-owned, and 147 are private institutions. There are more private tertiary institutions than federal and state institutions combined in Nigeria. There is no gainsaying that if the private tertiary institutions […]

IT was a great relief to many, including students, parents and lovers of education generally when the news broke that President Bola Tinubu signed the Student Loans (Access to  Higher Education) (Repeal and Re-enactment) Act 2024 into law. Those who have been following my antecedents know the very high premium that I put on education. Education […]

IN recent times, the world media have been inundated with news about many criminal cases against former American President, Donald Trump. Some of these cases are already in court while hearing had actually commenced in two of them. Donald Trump was the President of America between November 9, 2016, and 2020. He was acknowledged by many […]

“Nelson Mandela would have been hanged in 1964 but for the discretionary power of the judge to substitute imprisonment”. LAST week, I began a discussion on proprietary of Nigeria’s retention of the death penalty. I concluded last week’s piece with the examination of the argument that the death penalty deters criminals. My view, as stated last […]

THE death penalty is as old as mankind itself. For thousands of years, it has been applied, as confirmed by the major religious texts, as the ultimate penalty or punishment for crimes as varied as adultery, stealing, murder and treason. Historically and politically, the death penalty and its implementation have helped to shape many events of […]