Solomon2day

  Nigerian society revolves around rumor bandied tradition. This largely explains why the pursuit of knowledge is based on other considerations and not for knowledge's sake. Irrespective of the number of educational institutions at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels across the country, it is still an illiterate society. The implantation of widespread falsehood and ignorance is very disturbing. Indeed, the non-nonchalant  and carefree attitude of the citizenry towards acquiring knowledge is a reflection of the faulty selection process of the leadership at all levels of government.  

Take the pains to learn something different from the normal stream of happenings. Opportunities arise from this source. Discover something that is yet to be of common knowledge and start creating your unique circle of knowledge.

In this dispensation of insecurity and violent crimes in Nigeria, the urgent need for undiluted news and commentaries for the people cannot be overemphasized. However, the focus of most of the outlets owned by non-professionals revolves around pecuniary,political and self-driven interests. This has resulted in the dissemination of outright falsehood,half-truths and sponsored propaganda. Sadly,a sizable number of professionals have made patronage their guiding lights,even as mediocrity and quackery have now taken over the media space. In Victorian Britain,The Morning Post came into being in 1772 while the Times in 1785,during the period the government launched a campaign of restriction on the Press which resulted in the emergence of six notorious Acts in 1819. William Cobbett published the Political Register and later on Two Penny Trash which infringed the provisions of the publications Act of 1819. Wooller published The Black Dwarf,a miner's newspaper in 1817. John Gast owned The...