A Curriculum That Matters: How Can Universities Teach Society’s Most Pressing Problems?
By Toyin Falola Contrary to popular belief, our universities can’t solve all society’s problems or even teach about them. Every society contains many knowledge centres—domestic, public, private, industrial, etc. We belong to the higher education cluster, and we cannot perform the tasks allocated to other sectors, such as primary and secondary. Sometimes we inherit […]
First Female VC In Nigeria, Grace Alele – Williams Dies, At 89
The first female vice-chancellor in Nigeria, Grace Alele-Williams has died Her death was confirmed in a statement issued by the Edo State Governors, Godwin Obaseki. Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday, describing her as an “Amazon”. “It is with a heavy heart that I received the shocking news of […]
WC 2022: Ghana , Nigeria Match Ends In Goalless Draw
Nigeria had to settle for a 0-0 draw in Ghana on Friday after VAR overruled a decision to award the visitors a penalty in the first leg of a World Cup play-off. A review of the decision in the closing stages of the West African showdown in Kumasi found that Ghana midfielder Iddrisu Baba was […]
World Water Day: Groups Reiterate Opposition To Water Privatization
Groups under the aegis of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described privatization as the biggest impediment to universal access to potable water on the continent of Africa. The coalition which is made up of activists from Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda who are working to push back against […]
Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice
A Thumbnail Review By Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju “Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge” Having at last got my hands on Toyin Falola’s Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice, University of Rochester Press, 2022, I did a very fast speed reading of the book of 678 pages and careful exposition […]
I gave Obiano’s wife a dirty slap to stop her from attacking me – Bianca Ojukwu
The widow of the late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca, Friday narrated what transpired between Ebelechukwu Obiano and herself, yesterday during the inauguration of Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as Governor of Anambra state. Vanguard had reported how Ebelechukwu Obiano, wife of former Governor Willie Obiano, had stood up from her seat to attack the wife of […]
Court lifts order stopping APC convention
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Kubwa, has vacated the order of interim injunction that barred the All Progressive Congress (APC), from going ahead with its planned national convention. The order followed a suit that was lodged before the court by an aggrieved member of the party, Salisu Umoru. The plaintiff had among […]
Jonathan, Sylva Perform Groundbreaking of Lubricant Plant in Bayelsa
The Federal Government is determined to deepen local content and reduce importation of products we could produce locally, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, has said. Wabote spoke on behalf of the agency and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, at […]
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Technology, Culture, and Society
The Nexus It is common knowledge that the paradigm shift in the twenty-first century is rooted in technology and an easier way of achieving a goal. It is not difficult to agree with the proposition that technology is the backbone of societal development. According to James Smith (2009) in his book, Science and Technology for […]
VAGINAL TOBACCO: A HIDDEN HEALTH DANGER FOR WOMEN
Tobacco is an umbrella name given to over 70 species of plants in the genus nicotiana and the family Solanaceae. It is used to refer to the cured leaves of these plants. The active ingredients in tobacco are nicotine and harmine, a beta-carboline and a harmala alkaloid that occurs in several different plants. The nicotine […]
