By: Abudu Olalekan So. Babcock just dropped the mic. No more dreads. No baggy jeans. No scarves draped over blazers like fashion statements. New dress code. Strict. No exceptions. Wednesday’s statement? Signed by VP for Student Development, Olanivi Arije. Clear as day. Hair-pass permits? Cancelled. Yeah. Those little tags students used to flash for dreadlocks…
By: Abudu Olalekan It feels like we’ve been here before. On Tuesday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, dropped a huge warning. If the Federal Government doesn’t meet its demands by the end of the month, universities across Nigeria will grind to a halt. Again. During a news conference in Kano, ASUU’s Kano zonal…
By: Abudu Olalekan I remember my first semester like it was yesterday. I dey library from 7 a.m. till 2 a.m., eyes red like pepper, yet when exam reach, my brain go blank. Empty. Like say I never open book before. That was when I knew: reading plenty no be the same as reading smart….
By: Abudu Olalekan It was a quiet afternoon in Port Harcourt. Agbo Adoga, just 15, stared at his screen. Heart pounding. Fingers trembling. Then he saw it: 1600. Perfect. Every single point. No mistakes. None. Agbo is the real deal. A Graceland International School prodigy. He just joined a tiny club—kids worldwide with flawless SAT…
By: Abudu Olalekan Well, here we go again. The familiar, dreaded script is playing out. Classrooms are empty. Lecture halls, silent. As of today, Monday, the 13th of October, 2025, Nigeria’s public universities are officially on hold. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has made good on its threat. They’ve commenced a two-week warning…
By: Abudu Olalekan ASUU members protest Imagine it. Monday dawn. Campuses silent. No bustling hostels. No frantic note-taking. Just empty lecture halls. ASUU’s doing it again. Two-week warning strike. Bam. Starts tomorrow. Ultimatum? Expired last night. Federal Government? Crickets. Zero public word. Branches primed. Mobilization underway. University of Jos? Check. Ahmadu Bello Uni? Yep. Uni…
