Month: May 2025

  As the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) prepares to map the next phase of its institutional journey, there comes a thoughtful responsibility upon members to determine who is best suited to steward the Association’s resources and represent the values we collectively uphold: transparency, professionalism, and service. In this moment of reflection and transition, one name stands out, not only by qualification, but by virtue of a career distinguished by commitment, leadership, and exemplary service: Dr. Fatima J. Abduldayan. Her candidacy for the office of National Treasurer of the Nigerian Library…

By: Barr Alex Ehi Aidaghese The Economic Impact of Stability in Nigeria’s University System and Academic Calendar. Introduction When the demand for foreign currency is driven primarily by essential imports, the value of the Naira can reasonably be left to market forces. But that’s not the case in Nigeria. Much of the pressure on our currency comes from parents exchanging Naira for dollars and pounds, not for business or trade, but to pay school fees abroad. This is one of the core problems inherited by the current administration: a weakened…

By: Alex Aidaghese Spending and investment remain the fastest route to economic expansion; they are the direct opposite of austerity measures of the international financial instititions. What President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (Asiwaju) is doing today mirrors what President Barack Obama did to rescue the American economy from the depths of the 2008 recession. President Obama injected capital into Wall Street, the mortgage sector, and the auto industry, even in the face of criticism from opponents who argued the auto industry should be left to go bankrupt. Similarly, Chief Asiwaju has…