As an educator and anthropologist of literacy, Akinnaso treats education as the deepest infrastructure of any nation. These pieces move between policy critique, classroom realities, and the universities he has spent his life inside.
47 essays
June 3, 2026· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Inaugural lecture: Duke Okoro uses chemistry to decode petroleum pollution
April 15, 2026· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Ondo South Senatorial Seat: The case for Oladunni Odu
March 4, 2026· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Excessive oversight and bureaucratic delays
February 18, 2026· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Reflections on developments in polytechnic education
February 4, 2026· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Retreat on improving polytechnic education
January 21, 2026· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Renewing hope in higher education
December 31, 2025· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Tunde Ponnle: From classroom to boardroom (1939-2025)
October 1, 2025· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Why many university graduates are jobless these days
June 25, 2025· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Communication at a time of renewed hope
June 18, 2025· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Improving higher education in Nigeria
May 21, 2025· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper The 2025 JAMB technical glitch
March 26, 2025· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Revisiting polytechnic education in Nigeria (2)
March 19, 2025· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Revisiting polytechnic education in Nigeria (1)
February 5, 2025· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Repositioning TVET in Nigeria
August 7, 2024· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Kabiyesi, Oba Frederick Adegunle Aroloye, Arubiefin IV, 1926-2024
May 22, 2024· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Assessing Tinubu’s first year in office
February 6, 2024· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Jimi Solanke (1942-2024): Ó di gbére
December 27, 2023· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Rescuing federal universities from excessive govt control
December 19, 2023· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper President Tinubu and Nigerian universities
July 12, 2023· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper The world-wide scourge of credentials and publications fraud
July 5, 2023· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper NUC’s Core Curriculum for Nigerian universities
April 26, 2023· The Nation
The Nation Newspaper Kole Omotoso joins the octogenarian club
December 31, 2018· The Punch
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December 3, 2018· The Punch
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November 19, 2018· The Punch
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June 11, 2018· The Punch
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April 23, 2018· The Punch
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April 10, 2018· The Punch
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April 3, 2018· The Punch
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January 11, 2018· The Punch
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December 5, 2017· The Punch
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October 17, 2017· The Punch
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October 9, 2017· The Punch
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September 5, 2017· The Punch
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June 13, 2017· The Punch
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May 23, 2017· The Punch
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April 25, 2017· The Punch
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April 17, 2017· The Punch
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February 13, 2017· The Punch
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December 7, 2016· The Punch
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November 28, 2016· The Punch
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July 18, 2016· The Punch
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May 30, 2016· The Punch
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April 13, 2016· The Punch
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June 24, 2015· Vanguard
In the first part of this series, I had predicted that Professor Niyi Akinnaso, was asking for an avalanche of rejoinders, even hate mail, in response to his articles asking for upward review of tuition and other fees in Nigerian universities – presumably, public universities; since private universities don’t need anyb
June 17, 2015· Vanguard
“The argument really is no longer about whether university tuition and other fees should be increased in Nigerian universities. Rather, the argument is [and should be] about when and how to go about it.” Professor Niyi Akinnaso, PUNCH, May 5, 2015, back page. “The truth shall make you free; but first, it shall make you
· Sahara Reporters
One of the common privileges attainable in a democratic state, however warped, is the opportunity for individuals to be able to externalize their thoughts, not minding the fickleness identifiable in such, or the illogicality that inadvertently exposes the poisoned emotions that underlay them. Nevertheless, intellectual