Nigeria Receives AstraZenenca COVID 19 Vaccines
The federal government has received the first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines The Personal Assistant om new media to President Muhammed Buhari, Bashir Ahmad shared the news via Twitter on Tuesday JUST IN: The first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines has arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. — Bashir Ahmad, OON (@BashirAhmaad) March 2, 2021 […]
The quest for knowledge leaves me insatiable – Prof Falola
Professor Toyin Falola is a world-renowned professor of History. He is a distinguished teacher and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Born in 1953, Falola earned his first degree (1976) and Ph.D. (1981) in History from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo […]
Chimamanda Loses Mother
Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie (nee Odigwe), the mother of renowned writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is dead. She was 78. She died on Monday, March 1st, 2021 in Awka, Anambra State. A family spokesperson said, “It was very sudden and we are devastated.” Her husband, a renowned Professor of Statistics, James Adichie, had died in June […]
TOYIN FALOLA’S GOLDEN ERA
By Bridget A. Teboh February 2021 will forever be remembered in the annals of African history as the month that Africa awarded its first academic D. Litt., presented by the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier university, to the most deserving African scholar of our era, the pre-eminent and peerless scholar, Professor Toyin Falola, rated as […]
A CONVERSATION WITH BISHOP MATTHEW HASSAN KUKAH, PART 2
“We Are All Slaves of Allah”: Bishop Kukah and the Transformation of Nigeria Toyin Falola (Part 2 of 3 of Pre-Interview Series) Bishop Kukah I لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚوَقَبَآئِلَ شُعُوبًا وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ وَأُنثَىٰذَكَرٍ مِّن خَلَقْنَٰكُم إِنَّا ٱلنَّاسُ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا خَبِيرٌ عَلِيمٌ ٱل إِنَّ ۚأَتْقَىٰكُمْ ٱل عِندَ أَكْرَمَكُمْ إِنَّ O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of […]
Don Jazzy Acquires New Mansion In Lagos
Mavin Records CEO, Michael Collins better known as Don Jazzy has acquired a new luxury mansion in Lagos The multiple award-winning music producer shared the news to his followers in a terse Instagram post on Friday. “Added this new crib to the portfolio. Shhhhh my new neighbours are sleeping, ” he wrote in the post […]
BREAKING: FG Reopens Third Mainland Bridge Fully
The Federal Government says Third Mainland bridge rehab has been completed and will be fully open to traffic at 12noon on Saturday. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola made this known via a post on his Twitter page this morning. Third mainland bridge rehab completed. Fully opens to traffic at 12noon today. […]
Kidnapped Kagara Schoolboys Regain Freedom
The students of Government Science College, Kagara, Nigeria state have been freed by their abductors. Gunmen kidnapped 27 students and 12 other persons from the school about 11days ago. A source at the Nigeria state government house in Minna confirmed their release. ”The Kagara schoolboys have been released. They are on their way to town […]
You Are Not Too Strong To Be Defeated , Buhari Warns Bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the abduction of female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamafara State. In a statement released by spokesperson Garba Shehu, President Buhari said that no criminal group is too strong to be defeated by his government and will not succumb to blackmail by bandits who target innocent school […]
RIc Hassani Loses Father
Nigerian singer, Ric Hassani, today has announced the death of his father. The musician who broke the sad news in a series of tweets on Friday said he died a week ago. He, however, did not say the cause of his father’s death. In one of the pots, the singer described the deceased as a […]
