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The West Still Leads in the 2026 CWUR, With an Upset in Africa

Posted By: adminon: June 01, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Egypt, France, Japan, Makerere University, QS, SOUTH AFRICA, THE, Tsinghua University, UI, UK, University of the Witwatersrand, USNo CommentsViews:

The 2026 version of the Center for World University Ranking (CWUR) is out and the United States of America, the UK, Japan and France are still the global knowledge powers if the ranking exer... Read more

Yet, Another World University Ranking Without Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ASUU, Claude Ake, Egypt, First Class, MOROCCO, SAP, SOUTH AFRICANo CommentsViews:

It has been another season of world University ranking but in none of which any Nigerian university made the first 500. The ranking industry is confronting considerable criticisms because it... Read more

Suspense As ASUU Goes Into A Closed Session in Sokoto

Posted By: adminon: August 17, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Egypt, IMF/World Bank, NUC, Private universities, Public universities, SOUTH AFRICA, TETFundNo CommentsViews:

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria is lost in a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Sokoto, Sokoto State. There are no hints about what the outcome of the mee... Read more

The Collapse of Power in Nigeria: Bring Back ECN

Posted By: adminon: May 05, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ACE-SOAS study of the Nigerian power sector, Chief Bola Ige, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, DISCOs, Egypt, Electricity Corporation of Nigeria, Mallam Muhammadu Buhari, Mode of privatisation of the Nigerian electricity sector, National Integrated Power Project, NEPA, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Vladimir LeninNo CommentsViews:

By Jibrin Ibrahim Earlier today, our neighbourhood, estates around Sun City, organised a protest at the AECD office that serves our area. It was good being on the stomp again. Due to advanci... Read more

What’s Gone Wrong with Nigeria’s Foreign Policy?

Posted By: adminon: January 20, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: AES, BRICS, Egypt, EthiopiaNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura Nigeria’s acceptance into the BRICS club as a *partner country* is a slap in the face for Nigerian leaders, the foreign policy establishment and citizens who believe that Ni... Read more

Amb Nicholas Ella, Nura Rimi As a Window on 8 New Perm Secs in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 25, 2023In: GovernanceTags: Africa, CHINA, Egypt, Gen Joe Garba, Gen. Murtala Mohammed, Henry Kissinger, India, London, Nigerian foreign service, Nigeria’s neighbours, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, US1 CommentViews:

Correction It has become necessary to correct two impressions created by this story, based on calls from readers. (1) This story did not imply that Ambassadors Nicholas Ella and Nura Rimi ar... Read more

Oxford University Heading for a Decade Long, Uninterrupted No. 1 in THE Global Ranking

Posted By: adminon: September 30, 2023In: GovernanceTags: California, Chicago, Egypt, Epistemological hegemony, Harvard, MIT, NIGERIA, Oxford, SOUTH AFRICA, Stanford, THE, UCLNo CommentsViews:

UK’s Oxford University is heading for a decade long, uninterrupted number One position on The Higher Education (THE) global ranking. It has been in that position for the eight year running w... Read more

In Praise of Kano, the Hope and Glory of Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 13, 2023In: SpectacleTags: 'Melting pot', Egypt, England, Germany, Kano City, Mali, Northern Nigeria, Senegal, SudanNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Nigeria and West Africa owe so much to Kano. I write to celebrate Kano in the panegyric to this ancient city in the heart of the Central Sudan. I praise the peace a... Read more

Fake Cough Syrup Scandal in The Gambia Sends Fears Across West Africa, Especially Huge Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: October 09, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: BBC, Egypt, Garri, NDLEA, NIGERIA, Semovita, The GambiaNo CommentsViews:

The BBC is reporting what could become another public health crisis in West Africa given the similarity of attitudes, pharmaceutical network and institutional norms across the region. It is... Read more

Abdulrazak Gurnah, Not Ngugi Wa Thiongo!

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2021In: World From AfricaTags: Chimamanda Adichie, Egypt, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Nuruddin Fara, US, Wole SoyinkaNo CommentsViews:

The Africans, however defined, have their own idea of which African writer should win the Nobel Prize on Literature. The Swedish Academy which decides who wins have their own idea of which A... Read more