Salamatu-WOFAN on Climate Change: Turning Adversity into Prosperity By Prof. M. K. Othman The reality of climate change and its consequences in Nigeria are indisputable, and the only option for the country is to have a sustainable mitigation strategy in place. Climate change has threatened Nigeria’s development trajectory, environmental stability, and human security. The impacts…
StopASUUStrike: Halt Looming-devastating Industrial Dispute By Prof. M. K. Othman Over the weekend, ASUU leadership issued a Riot Act: “address all lingering labour issues in the Nigerian University System to prevent another looming industrial crisis.” Nigerian academics are fed up with the government’s excuses, which have only resulted in a long list of Memoranda of…
Deaths in London: Need to Halt Medical Tourism II By Prof M. K. Othman The involvement of the private sector in building top-tier hospitals, as mentioned earlier, is simply a shortcut to stopping medical tourism in Nigeria. However, the health sector, like education, needs a comprehensive approach after conducting a SWOT analysis. The truth is,…
Deaths in London: Need to Halt Medical Tourism By Prof M. K. Othman In 2006, I was in Maiduguri, gathering data for an animal traction study under the scorching sun of that year’s Ramadan in the northeast. After finishing the day’s work, we took one of my enumerators to his house, which he described as…
Nigerian Education: A Bleak Future for the Nigerian University System? Â A few weeks ago, I had a heartfelt conversation with a young scholar I consider one of my mentees. He asked to meet me because he wanted to discuss issues he couldn’t share over the phone, and it took weeks before we finally connected….
Nigeria’s Perennial Flood: Occurrence of Preventable Disasters By Prof M. K. Othman Today, I am writing as a professional water resource engineer with over twenty years of experience in irrigation water management and hydrology, as well as a professor of extension who must communicate complex information to non-professionals clearly and straightforwardly. Through my training and…
Nigerian Youths: Time Bomb Waiting to Explode? II By Prof MK Othman Still, as parents, what can we do to prevent the bomb from detonating? What are the roles of the government in stopping this trend? These questions were raised in the first part of this piece. One elder statesman said that the bomb is…
Nigerian Youths: Time Bomb Waiting to Explode? Â In the last five years, I have written five articles on the Nigerian youth and their future, including “Nigerian Youths and Nation’s Future: A Time Bomb Waiting to Explode?” I and II in 2021, and “Nigeria-2023: Crying Aloud for the Youth” I, II, III in 2022. Instead…
Prof Roko’s Death: Ordeals of Academics in Nigeria Amidst thousands of unread WhatsApp messages, with more flowing in as Sallah day, Friday, June 6, 2025, progresses, I noticed an unusually lengthy message sent to my direct message (DM) by a well-respected senior professor; I couldn’t help but pay attention to it. It was a message…
StopASUUStrike-Yayale’s Unfinished Tasks By Prof MK Othman On Tuesday, May 27th, 2025, I caught a glimpse of Alhaji Yayale Ahmed and even shook his hand. The ASUU’s warning of industrial action from the week before flashed in my mind, reminding me of Yayale’s arduous tasks. I could imagine the heavy burden placed on this elder…
