The idea that began as a little gesture in 2021 continues to impact lives. In 2022, eight students from Sango Community Secondary School and Orogun Grammar School Ibadan benefitted from the ‘Fisayo Ogundoro WAEC Scholarship. While this was a successful endeavor, we had a low success rate. We could not receive the results from students […]
‘Fisayo Ogundoro WAEC Scholarship is in Its Fourth Year. Read More »
It is interesting how the first-morning nudge, after opening one’s eyes to the world is to reach for the mobile phone. That morning, I woke up without saying a word of prayer nor did I get up to brush my teeth but to catch up on social media feeds. I found myself scrolling through Twitter
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I think I am going to join the bandwagon: “Egungun be careful na express you dey.” This song became a hit in the past weeks on the street of Nigerian social media community. This chorus line from Obesere’s song reminds one of the red lights at the intersection of road junctions. This signal tells that
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Watching Paul Farmer’s YouTube video in my “Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies” class, gave me an understanding of what economic growth is. For Paul Farmer, while discussing Rwanda’s rise from the 1994 genocide, he explains why health care (most importantly) and education are the most essential things a government should focus on before thinking of Gross
Can We Learn from Rwanda? What I Think the Incoming Nigerian President Should Invest In. Read More »
Wow, it is my birthday and I am so glad to be adding another year, and as a birthday gift, one of my friends requested for a blog post from me. Sounds weird I guess? Who is given who gift here? Well, let’s just do it the reverse way this year. I thought on what
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Victor Hugo is a French poet of the Romantic Movement. He is a writer and as well an activist. His quote on education: “He, who opens a school door, closes a prison” points to a fact; education – which we need not neglect as a nation. Last week, I saw a news headline which read:
“He, Who Opens A School Door, Closes A Prison” – Victor Hugo Read More »
“My children are all grown up today but I still blame myself for never been able to give them what they deserve”, she says. Then I further inquired, “What haven’t you offered them as a mother?” and so she continues and says, “I never gave them quality education, their health was not my concern, in the process of decision-making in the home I and my husband never put them first and today, they are not better off and I am suffering from my misdeeds, I am just 57 years.”
