Falola’s Milestones in African Literature
By Olayinka Oyegbile The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading – David Bailey (A review of Milestones in African Literature, Toyin Falola, Routledge, 2025) At a first look, the title of the book Milestones in African Literature looks queer. You ask yourself what is this about? However, […]
Oyegbile to speak at Gen Adekunle’s 10th-anniversary lecture
Dr Olayinka Oyegbile journalist, playwright and media scholar will give the maiden lecture at the Benjamin Adekunle Memorial Leadership Lecture. The lecture to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the late war hero, Brig-Gen Benjamin Maja Adekunle (popularly known as Black Scorpion), is to hold in Ogbomoso on September 18, 2024. Gen […]
Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey Receives 2024 Wallenberg Medal
Global environmental activist and Executive Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) Nnimmo Bassey, will today, Tuesday, September 10, receive the 2024 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan. Bassey will also deliver the 29th Wallenberg Lecture, “We Are Relatives,” centring on love, humility, dignity and respect in his vision of a liveable […]
My trip to China ‘very successful’, Tinubu boasts, pledges to replicate quality infrastructure
President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Beijing rounded off his official engagements in China by meeting with Nigerians living in the country, describing his visit as “very good and successful.” Addressing members of Nigerians in Diaspora Organization in China (NIDO China) and the Nigerian community at the China World Hotel, the President emphasized his efforts […]
Hello World, Goodbye Health: Curbing Big Soda’s Sportswashing At Olympics
By Robert Egbe On October 16, 2021, the Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) endorsed the Olympism 365 strategy which aims to strengthen the role of sport as an enabler for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through Olympism 365, the IOC, working with partners, uses sport, among other things, […]
Yahoo Boy Jailed For Impersonating Flavour N’abania, Duping US Woman
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Tuesday sentenced one Courage Ipaka to two years imprisonment for duping a United States citizen Mrs Yvelte M. Thompson of $53,000 by impersonating Nigerian musician Chinedu Okoli popularly known as Flavour N’abania. Justice Dehinde Isaac Dipeolu convicted Ipaka following his plea of guilty to a two-count charge of […]
Echoes of Eternity: A Review of Mohammad Ohitoto Hussein’s FOREVER
By Sumaila Isah Umaisha ‘Life is short’ is a cliché used by many to describe the transient nature of life. Looking at it from a physical or material perspective, one cannot deny the fact. The span from birth to death is indeed short. Even those living above a hundred years will tell you so because […]
Makinde, Soun, others to attend 10th anniversary to mark Gen Adekunle’s death
*Institutes Benjamin Adekunle Memorial Lecture The children and extended family of the late Brigadier-General Benjamin Adekunle have unveiled plans to mark the 10th Anniversary of the late hero’s passing with events in Lagos, Ogbomoso and Abuja. A statement on behalf of the family by Mrs Busola Olagunju (nee Adekunle) said the Oyo State Governor, Mr. […]
Stop Kapam Pollution, Compensate Victims, CAPPA, ERA, HOMEF Tell Kaduna Refinery
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have demanded an immediate cleanup and detoxification of the Kapam community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, affected by the alleged release of toxic chemicals by the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC) situated in the community and which is undergoing turnaround maintenance. Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Health of […]
Patriots raise Constitution Committee, name Kila as chairman
The Patriots, an eminent group of Nigerians led by Chief Emeka Anyaoku has named an Advocacy Committee for the Actualisation of the Peoples Constitution. The 17-member committee Is led by Prof Anthony Kila the renowned political economist and professor of strategy and development. The Committee’s task will be to engage major stakeholders and members of […]
