Opinion: National Open University and the failure of leadership

by Patrick Omoregie My attention was drawn on May 1st to an article published on the ongoing crisis at the National University of Nigeria written by a social commentator Ahmed Abdullahi as published in The Nation newspaper. As a student of that prestigious institution of higher learning, I could not have been happier that after... Read More

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August 27, 2015

Obasanjo would have loved to go for NYSC, but…

Former president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in spite of his age, was once interested in the National Youth Service Corps. Obasanjo said he would have loved to participate in the national NYSC programme, but he was simply too old to be considered. The former head of state, said after his graduation from the National Open University of Nigeria, he was... Read More

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September 26, 2013

Opinion: How open is the Open University of Nigeria?

by Tola Emmanuel By its establishing mandate, the National Open University of Nigeria should admit about 500,000 applicants, but at the moment it only has a student number of 120,000, yet there are no plan in view to expand the capacities and structures that will make this mandate a reality, not even with the recent... Read More

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