Oladapo Akande

One day I started wondering how I became the person I am. Why do certain things matter so much to me? Why do I take fairness and justice as sacrosanct? Why do I seem to lack that "winning at…

The other anomaly that the government needs to look at is the one which inadvertently pushes candidates who fail to meet the cut-off mark for their chosen degree programs at university, to…

The Nigerian educational sector, with particular reference to government-funded schools, has suffered immensely in the last few decades as decreasing financial resources have been invested…

Taking a jog the other day I saw this middle aged man also in exercise gear walking briskly towards me, talking loudly and gesticulating apparently to no one. Suddenly I thought, “wait up…

In Germany, the dual education system is so highly regarded, having been credited as a major catalyst to the nation taking its seat at the top of the industrial tree. It is worth noting that…

A few years ago, while in the waiting room of a clinic, I saw an article in one of the newspapers that caught my attention. I instantly snapped a picture of it and sent it to my wife with…

Thank God for cable television, whenever you receive visitors at home, you're assured the variety of news and other programmesto keep them entertained.And even as you attend to them, it's…

I was watching a cookery program with my younger daughter and her elder brother, whose feigned interest was so easy to see through. He was far more concerned with getting the latest…

Doing evil is ultimately self destructive as your happiness and progress are inextricably linked to others. And by evil, I don't necessarily mean someone who goes about chopping people's…