Energy Transition: Global South Delegation Undertakes Lobby Tour To Europe
A delegation of Global South scholars and activists is embarking on a lobbying and advocacy tour of European capitals to discuss the urgent issue of an ecosocial energy transition. The seven participants are following up on a global manifesto published this year decrying new Green colonialism and urging more equitable approaches to achieve a fossil-free […]
Buhari: Four Unforgivable Sins
By Toyin Falola Life and everything within it are transient, including power and authority. What started with hopes and high expectations in 2015 has come to an end, bringing with it lessons and leaving the people less animated and less hopeful than they were eight years ago — little wonder that Buhari’s successor will ride […]
Bukky Awoyemi Partways With Baby Daddy, Damola Olatunji
Bukola Awoyemi, the Yoruba actress popularly known as Arugba, has parted ways with her babby daddy, Damola Olatunji, The actress announced her split from Olatunji via her Instagram page on Tuesday. In the letter issued by the actress lawyer , claimed the duo never married — after eight years of being together. It added that they have both agreed […]
World No Tobacco Day: CAPPA seeks support for farmers to grow food crops
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on governments across the country to provide support for farmers to boost agricultural production. Speaking at an event to herald the World No Tobacco Day, the Executive Director of CAPPA, Mr Akinbode Oluwafemi said this has become necessary to help their transition from tobacco to […]
Magashi lauds Armed Forces for defending Nigeria’s territorial integrity
Former Minister of Defence Retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has hailed the Armed Forces for standing firm in defence of the nation. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by Mrs Victoria Agba-Attah, Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry. Magashi gave the commendation when he handed over the affairs of […]
Olóṣó!
By Toyin Falola Life is trade by barter! We use what we have to get what we want. Even our Daddy GOs, Oyedepo and Adeboye, collect money from us before they pray for us! This is the philosophical foundation of every activity and value of humans: exchange. How much one can mobilise and achieve one’s […]
Buhari: The Illusion of Hope
By Toyin Falola Leadership is pivotal to development; as such, every election is taken seriously, and the transition of power is especially given attention in Nigeria. Nigeria is coming from a place where its leadership has been in question because of the failure of past leaders to remedy several of the problems it faces. So, […]
Africa Reckonings and Futures
By Toyin Falola Africa, a continent full of diverse peoples and fascinating history, has struggled with several social, economic, and political problems during its existence. Despite its recent development, it has suffered from a number of wrongs stemming from its pre-colonial history and its tangled links with other continents, especially Europe. There is a […]
BREAKING: AIT Founder, Raymond Dokpesi Is Dead
The founder of AIT/RAYPOWER High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, is dead. The media mogul passed on in the early hour of Monday, May 29 in Abuja after a brief illness. The People’s Democratic Party(PDP) chieftain fell from treadmill which led to his untimely death On behalf of the family, the first son of the late media […]
FULL TEXT: Tinubu’s inaugural speech as president
My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances […]
