Can ‘japa’ land Nigeria in Japan?
If you spend too much time on social media, you would swear that emigration, also known as “japa”, is new and peculiar to Nigeria. No, it isn’t. “Japa”, a Yoruba slang that roughly means “to cut loose”. For four decades, Nigerians have been “cutting loose” for economic reasons. The current wave is reminiscent of the […]
Musk takes over Twitter, sacks top executives
Elon Musk has concluded his $44billion takeover of Twitter. He has reportedly fired several top executives, including the CEO Parag Agrawal. The world’s richest man in a tweet said, “the bird is freed” in a reference to Twitter’s corporate logo, just hours before a court-ordered deadline to buy the business expired. Shortly after […]
‘Anikulapo’ is Netflix’s most-watched non-English film
A week after its premiere, Anikulapo, a film by Kunle Afolayan, has become the most-watched non-English film on Netflix. Owing to the huge success it has garnered, Afolayan said Netflix, the popular movie streaming platform, has asked him to produce a series out of the movie which has had a cumulative 8.7million streaming hours; […]
Appeal Court quashes Ebonyi governor, deputy governor’s sack
The Court of Appeal has quashed the March 8 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja sacking Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi and his deputy for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The appellate court panel of three held in a judgment on […]
New Naira notes coming in December
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said re-designed Naira will be released by December 15, 2022. He said the existing notes would seize to be regarded as legal tender by January 31, 2023. He disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. The CBN governor said that it […]
Lagos warns residents over threats of flood
The Lagos State government has alerted residents of Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island and all the coastal areas of Epe and Badagry to be careful with the ocean backflow because of the high tide in Lagos Lagoon. A statement by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello said the latest […]
Conversations with Prof Dasylva: Biography, Spirituality, Activism and Scholarship
By Toyin Falola Prof Dasylva I borrowed the title of this piece from the 146-page book edited by a pentad: Sola Olorunyomi, Olutoyin Jegede, Mobolanle Sotunsa, Rotimi Fasan, and Adedoyin Aguoru. A squad of five, not playing basketball, but constituting themselves into a franchise with an unpatented name: DST-Collective. I thought DST stood for […]
Professor Ademola Dasylva at 70: A Labourer in the Vineyard
By Toyin Falola Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. – James 1: 2-3 Prof Dasylva I want to join the teeming number of people who have taken the time to celebrate the greatness of one of […]
Lift The Siege On Our Members, APC Bayelsa Tells Gov. Diri
Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the state governor, Mr. Douye Diri, to lift the siege on its members. The party accused the governor of using the state police command and the judiciary to abuse the fundamental human rights of its members. In a statement on Monday in Yenagoa, signed […]
ERA/FoEN Report Exposes Reasons for Oil Corporations Divestment in Niger Delta
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has published a policy brief on International Oil Companies Divestment in the Niger Delta & Local Communities’ Concern in response to the growing number of oil corporations quitting onshore oil facilities in the Niger Delta region. The report noted that the term divestment in Africa has been distorted […]
