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'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Jan 29, 2018

Social media notes from the 2011 election (I)

If the cover pages of our newspapers are anything to go by, then the dominant news in Nigeria is not the fight against Ebola swelling threat. It also isn’t the regular thudding of boots on the ground by our soldiers to run Boko Haram aground; on the…

'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Jan 26, 2018

I met Iya Elijah!

It is fine if you do not know Elijah’s mother. Her friends, business colleagues, family members and customers call her Iya Elijah. Iya, is Yoruba’s word for mother. Life is a big stage and to pull thoughts from William Shakespeare, we are all casts playing roles of protagonists and or antagonists…

Rotimi Olawale in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Jan 25, 2018

Bolaji Abdullahi’s Tenure as Youth Minister: A Review

Last week, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi’s tenure as Nigeria’s Minister for Youth Development came to an end. As predicted by watchers and talking heads, he chose the National Sports Commission as the Minister for Sports over the Youth…

'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Dec 8, 2017

Nigerian Students and the 2015 Elections

Without empirical evidence, it is safe to contend that there are more phones in our tertiary institutions than there are books. If this claim fails qualitative scrutiny then claiming that more hours are spent on mobile gadgets by students than are with other…

'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Dec 8, 2017

What Nigerian students owe this country!

There is nothing wrong with a student who loves to have his ears plugged whilst enjoying the latest hit music on his phone. It only becomes a concern if that is all he listens to a great deal of the time when he equally had the option of recording lectures…

'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Dec 8, 2017

Goodluck, Buhari and the Online Crowd

It was 10am on the morning of September 15th 2010 when President Goodluck Jonathan released a Facebook note that was later to go viral. The note was a declaration of intent for the 2011 presidential election race. On the same date, an arch rival within the party…

'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Dec 8, 2017

Your phone is a threat to your life!

Three incidences that happened in Nigeria last week calls for urgent response from everyone who values the gift of life. Maybe it would not be out of place to have policies enforced around such. Early last week, the social media space was chocked with news of the…

'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Dec 8, 2017

Another look at Buhari’s Inauguration Speech

There is a new president in town and we all know that. His name is Muhammadu Buhari. The words of his inauguration speech will be part of our national archive and hopefully will find a place in our presidential library, when and if we eventually have…

'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Dec 8, 2017

NCC, Deactivated Lines and Telco Operators

The most discussed issue of the moment for telecommunication service consumer is the deactivation of several mobile telephone lines by operators on the instruction of the regulatory Nigerian Communications Commission. This was long in coming given the…

'Sola Fagorusi in YouthhubAfrica Blog

Dec 7, 2017

Chibok Girls, Technology and Education

Last week’s convocation lecture by Professor Wole Soyinka at the 3rd convocation of the Kwara State University, Malette, Kwara State calls for cavernous national introspection. It is assertive in its pronouncement of the value of education and also bold in its…