In Nigeria, there’s a disturbingly haunting temporariness in the appellative identity of every university that derives its name from its location. If the current trend holds, they will sooner or later be renamed after a dead or living politician. The University of Ibadan; the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; the University of Lagos; the Universi...
•Charly Boy and Olamide Veteran entertainer Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has reacted to the Lagos government’s decision to rename the popular Charly Boy Bus Stop in Bariga to Olamide Baddo Bus Stop, in honour of the rapper and Bariga native, Olamide Adedeji. “Na dem sabi,” Charly Boy told Daily Post on Saturday. […]...
Renaming of universities across the federation by the federal government has generated controversy. Yesterday, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) renamed the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University in honour of the 90th birthday of a former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), reports Daily Trust. Addressing journalists on the d...
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