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Why it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find people of integrity -Osinbajo
Ex-Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said it is getting more difficult to find people of integrity.
Prof Osinbajo stated this at the 2024 Matriculations of Miva Open University in Abuja, on Satuday.
Making a case for Open University, which he described as the future to delivering effective higher education in Africa, he said higher education in Africa cannot be effectively delivered to the number of those who want university degrees if they have to build physical universities to accommodate them.
He said: “Every year, more than 1.7 million applicants write the UTME exams conducted by JAMB, and an average of about 400,000 gain admission to the universities. So there is 1.3 million, mostly young people, who annually are eligible but do not have an opportunity for university education.”
“Consider that Nigeria also is growing at about 6 million people every single year. There is absolutely no way that a brick-and-mortar approach to providing infrastructure for university education can ever work. We must also realise, and when I say we, I mean education policymakers, teachers, students, and employers of labour, that education as we knew, it is gone forever.”
While congratulating the students, Osinbajo urged them to go and have real success, saying, “That real success is not just doing well for a few years or gathering some internet followers for some time. Real success is leaving a lasting impact through your work, your contributions to society, or the values that you are able to impart to others.
is about what endures beyond one’s immediate lifetime. What, then, are some of the critical must-haves or must-do’s for real success? The first is integrity. And integrity might sound like cliché today, but it is absolutely the cornerstone of real success.
“Let your yes be yes and your no be no. Be known for your consistency in applying high moral values or principles. If you borrow money, repay. Don’t make promises you can’t fulfil; integrity pays. It is getting scarce. It’s getting more difficult to find people of integrity. So, it is in demand. And I can say that because people of integrity are in demand, they are much sought after by everyone.
“⁰Even thieves are looking for men and women of integrity to keep their stolen money with. Life is a marathon. It’s not a hundred metre dash. The person who will last that marathon is a trustworthy person because trust is the currency of business and interpersonal relationships. If you are known to have no integrity, everyone will soon know it. And because many of the best opportunities you will get will be based on recommendations, it is easy to become marketable.”
In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Prof. Tayo Arulogun, said not less than three thousand students are matriculating into 14 undergraduate programmes distributed around four schools of Computing Science, Allied Health Sciences, HAGA Communication & Media Studies, and Management & Social Sciences.
President Bola Tinubu will hold first presidential chat since assuming office on Monday night.
Accoding to a statement released by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the chat will be broadcast at 9 p.m. on the stations of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).
All television and radio stations are requested to hook up to the broadcast.
“The first Presidential Media Chat with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be broadcast at 9 p.m. on Monday, December 23, on the Nigerian Television Authority and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria.
“All television and radio stations are requested to hook up to the broadcast,” the statement.
The US President-elect took to the stage AmFest in Phoenix to talk about his contact with the Russian leader.
He told the crowd: “President Putin has said he want to meet with me as soon as possible.”
Trump went on to brand the war “horrible” and stated it needed to end. It is not known whether or not this meeting will take place in person. His comments at the event in the US come as Putin met with another world leader.
Putin held talks in the Kremlin today (December 22) with Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to Moscow by an EU leader since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Fico arrived in Russia on a “working visit” and met with Putin one-on-one. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s RIA agency that the talks would focus on “the international situation” and Russian natural gas deliveries.
Visits and phone calls from European leaders to Putin have been rare since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine, although Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban visited Russia in July. Orban’s visit drew condemnation from Kyiv and European leaders.Fico’s views on Russia’s war on Ukraine differ sharply from most other European leaders. The Slovakian PM returned to power last year after his leftist party Smer (Direction) won parliamentary elections on a pro-Russia and anti-American platform. Since then, he has ended his country’s military aid for Ukraine, hit out at EU sanctions on Russia, and vowed to block Ukraine from joining NATO.
Stanley Alieke, the counsel for popular controversial rapper, Darlington Achakpo, aka Speed Darlington, said the singer has been granted bail after nearly a month in police custody.
Alieke disclosed this on his Instagram handle on Monday.
“Apki has been granted bail by the court,” he wrote without including much information.
The rapper was arrested on November 27 while performing at a show in Owerri, Imo State.
His arrest was connected to an alleged abuse of Afrofusion star, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy.
Darlington’s counsel, Deji Adeyanju also confirmed that Burna Boy was responsible for his arrest.
Darlington had taunted Burna Boy over his affiliation with the embattled United States rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs who is facing multiple charges for sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
This prompted his first arrest. On his arrival, Speed Darlington swore never to back down on calling out the Grammy award winner because of his association with the embattled Diddy.
Earlier, Darlington’s lawyer, Adeyanju said that the singer would be arraigned within 48 hours or be released on bail.
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“Our FREP application for Speed Darlington a.k.a has been granted by the court. He is to be arraigned within 48 hours or released. Issues around injustice may take time but justice will always prevail,” he wrote.
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