2021: Ekiti APC Chieftain Sues for Unity Among Leaders
A Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ekiti State, Chief Ranti Adebisi, (Opomulero), has admonished party leaders in the state to eschew bitterness, embrace love and work in unity towards achieving the lofty objectives the party sets out to achieve, in record time. Adebisi, who declared this in his new year message to […]
Ushering In 2021 With Renewed Hope By Segun Showunmi
The year 2020 was exasperating to say the mildest. Humanity was tried, and we have the scars to show for it in the memories of loved ones lost to COVID-19, on a global scale, and terrorism, kidnapping, banditry, on the national front. The economic impact of the huge challenges on our people was real, and […]
APC in Lagos will not let you down, Obasa tells Party Supporters
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has promised that his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, will never disregard its members and supporters. Obasa, who made the promise this when he received the APC Women in Barracks (Lagos West branch) who paid him an end-of-the-year visit, also […]
Yoruba Scholarship in the Global Academy: Chief Isaac Oluwole Delano’s Legacy and the Book Prize in His Honor
Toyin Falola University Distinguished Professor The University of Texas At Austin It is an unarguable fact that the Yoruba culture and civilization remain among the most researched in the African academy. Yoruba cultural practices that cut across time and space are also among the most respected. Although like every other colonized culture, history has not […]
D’banj, Wife, Lineo Welcome Baby Girl
Nigerian singer, Dapo Adebanjo popularly known as Dbanj and his wife Lineo Didi Kilgrow have welcomed another child, a baby girl. The Oliver Twist crooner took to his Instagram page to break the good news on Friday, January 1. In the post, Dbanj was seeing carrying his newborn in his arms and showered praise on […]
2020 Book of the Year
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to more light – Vera Nazarian Annus Horribilis. This Latin phrase captures the year 2020. These two words encapsulate the spirit and essence of the year. It is a year like no other. There is nothing to add to the description. […]
2020: SORROW, TEARS, BLOOD, AND DEATH
By Toyin Falola December, 2019: Abuja, Nigeria. I penned down my plan for 2020. I was jubilant in the last week of that month, announcing my plans, building a support base for a new initiative I was putting together to forge an alliance between African private and public universities. Everyone I met was happy […]
Full Text: President Buhari’s 2021 New Year Message To Nigerians
NEW YEAR SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA 1ST JANUARY 2021 My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and has given us the opportunity to witness the start of another new year. We […]
2020 IN NIGERIA: A MUSEUM OF BROKEN HEARTS
Toyin Falola The University of Texas at Austin Nigeria is a polygamous home Where wives are from strange clans And their children grow to become orphans That were adopted by a polygamist father Who’d just gone out to have more concubines. The daughters sold for peanuts at a very tender age, Die […]
Dangote Broke My Heart In 1000 Pieces- Lady Alleges
A lady identified as Bea Lweis has revealed that she dated Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. She took to her Instagram page on New Year’s eve to recount how the billionaire “broke my heart in 1000 pieces” long after their romantic adventure. The 33 year old lady – with the Instagram handle(@Iambealewis said the business […]
