New Nigeria Vanguard

Much as we like to believe and understand that African culture is sophisticated and rich I am awed as my studies have brought me to the works of Thomas Jefferson, a founding father of America who paraphrased the ideas of 16th century English philosopher John Locke, who had lived almost a 100 years earlier, into the Declaration of Independence which he co-wrote and revised starting from about 1775 through to about 1783 (??) Jefferson was so enthralled by the works of this philosopher Waxing poetic about inalienable rights and the social contract of government based on the consent of the governed, he cited them into the constitution.  Even as I study them, I am mentally exhausted by these very advanced concepts that were widely circulated amongst the vested educated European aristocrats almost 400 hundred years ago and this Locke is just one of a multitude of philosophers with printed works of art.  Those works of Locke were already painfully printed from the 16th century and ca...

Many of our parents went to schools that deteriorated to this level (See video), in fact my secondary school was not very much better than this before various sections were demolished and rebuilt a few years ago. Just imagine they toilets at this school, the stuff of nightmares, or they bare non existent libraries or they non existent computer room, or the absence of video or other aides to educate students, or the absence of landscaping or grass which indicates they lack of any coordinated recreation or sporting activities for pupils. The video of the Principals office and the makeshift  filing system would help you understand why Buhari was unable to produce his graduate certificate from 1953 as all records end up getting destroyed by the elements, such schools rarely have year books to verify attendance and God help you if you lose your certificate, you will have to file numerous affidavits before an attestation, not a copy, signed by the Commissioner of Education will be issued...