NAF airstrikes eliminate 30 terrorist kingpins, fighters in Borno
The Air component of the Operation Hadarin Kai (OPHK), has executed a precision airstrike on the hideouts of ISWAP terrorists, killing over 30 of their fighters within Kolleram village along the shores of Lake Chad. This is contained in a statement by AVM Edward Gabkwet, the Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), […]
Kano APC upturns Ganduje’s suspension, sacks party’s ward leaders
The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, State Working Committee, has suspended ward party leaders who earlier suspended the National Chairman of the Party, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, from the party. This is coming as the APC Ganduje ward in Dawkin Tofa Local Government suspended the party’s National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday. […]
Danfodiyo varsity to graduate 22,932 students on Saturday
Prof. Lawal Bilbis, the Vice-Chancellor of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), says it will graduate 22,932 students at its combined 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st convocation ceremony slated for Saturday. During a press briefing on Monday, Bilbis disclosed that among the graduating students, 296 would be conferred with doctoral degrees, 1,322 with master’s degrees, […]
Military dismisses alleged shooting of civilians in Plateau by soldiers
Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a special military task force maintaining peace in Plateau State and its environs, has dismissed the allegation that its soldiers shot innocent civilians in the recent attacks in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state. Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of the operation denied the allegation in a statement on […]
Man, 52, docked for allegedly stealing batteries worth N2m
A 52-year old man, Bamidele Adeleke, on Monday appeared before a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing 200 high voltage batteries worth N2 million. Adeleke whose address was not provided, is being charged with stealing. The Prosecutor, Mr Philip Amusan, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 8, […]
How to stop “Japa’’ syndrome, by 90-year-old Authur-Worrey
Chief Olufunke Arthur-Worrey, a 96-year-old former President of the Lions club, has said that the subsisting craving of Nigerian youths seeking greener pasture abroad, otherwise known as “Japa’’, is uncalled for. The nonagenarian who relocated with her family from England to Nigeria in 1960, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Troops intercept gun runner in Taraba, foil kidnap attempt
The Nigerian Army says its troops, in collaboration with vigilantes, have apprehended a suspected gun runner in Taraba. The suspect, Mansir Mohamme, was arrested at Jalingo Motor Park for allegedly supplying weapons to terrorists. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said […]
TAYO ADESINA’S GLOBAL PROFESSORSHIP AWARD: A RECOGNITION OF BRILLIANCE AND A BEACON OF HOPE FOR DECOLONIZING AFRICAN EPISTEMOLOGY
By Toyin Falola The epistemological development of Africa, as well as the demystification of contextual conceptions in knowledge perception of its culture, traditions, and social dynamics, have been subjects of pertinent character since the end of colonialism and the evolvement of decolonization efforts. While the political stakeholders arrested the pendulums of political dynamics, epistemic modification, […]
USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY: A CATALYST FOR SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION (2)
By Toyin Falola As an African country, the importance of tertiary education goes beyond cosmetical indulgence in educational accessibility. It has remained and must remain a fundamental phenomenon in the developmental tapestry of the continent. I have often said that to attain global expectations of technological advancements as well as the supposed future projections in […]
Rotimi Sankore: June 6, 1968 – April 12, 2024
Confronted with the reality of his own mortality, Rotimi Sankore chose to meet it with a determined sense of humour until the end and with eternal optimism. In a conversation in the last week of his life, he was resolute: “my brother, we cannot let the bad guys have it all their way.”
