Let’s eradicate female genital mutilation in Africa now!
By Mofolorunso Adekunle Enigbokan If you have lived in the United States of America for a period of time and you are of a certain melanin persuasion, you have been subjected, intentionally or unintentionally, to an unfair treatment; perhaps, you have found yourself in an untenable situation (condition) or two. Decent human beings of African […]
Newspaper Headlines for May 14, 2025
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Japa Nation and the limits of escape
Dr Claire P. Ayelotan Each morning, the queue at Calais grows longer: rows of nylon tents, guarded passports, and brittle hopes. The Nigerian impulse to japa has become a revolving door, swinging between Lagos and London—pushed by hardship at home and slammed shut by political panic abroad. Yet as Brexit-era Britain and a jittery France […]
Salt Awareness Week: CAPPA Urges Fed Govt to Accelerate Salt Reduction Targets Regulation
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to accelerate the formulation of regulations for enforcing salt targets in processed and packaged foods, critical to checkmating the country’s growing prevalence of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and kidney failure. In a statement to mark World Salt Awareness Week 2025, the nongovernmental […]
The Legacy of Prof Falola and the silences in Botswana-North West Province (South Africa) Scholarship
By Christian John Makgala (Special Talk given at a private reception to celebrate the conferment of the honorary doctorate on Prof. Toyin Falola by the North West University, Mahikeng campus, 9 May 2025). Good evening everyone. I’m not quite sure how to start my little speech this evening. Perhaps, I should begin by thanking our […]
CAPPA Joins CSOs’ Launch of Historic Climate Justice Movement
By Esi-ife Arogundade Over 40 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have united to form the Nigerian Climate Justice Movement (CJM), with the aim of addressing the severe impacts of climate change on the African continent. The movement was officially launched during a landmark two-day event in Abuja, on May 6 and May 7, 2025, where a […]
Newspaper Headlines for May 9, 2025
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Report: How Corporations Hook Nigerians On Unhealthy Foods, Increase NCDs
A new report has exposed how food corporations use a sophisticated web of marketing strategies to get Nigerians – especially children and young adults – hooked on ultra-processed foods which damage their health, undermine public health policies, and cost the Nigerian healthcare systems billions. The report “Junk on Our Plates: Exposing Deceptive Marketing of Unhealthy […]
Yoruba Ronu !
By Babafemi Ojudu I have pondered on this for a long time, and I must now give voice to it—before we are once again used and discarded, before we are called out, not to think, but to chant. In less than two years, another round of elections will arrive. And, like clockwork, those who sit […]
Saka Balogun becomes Balogun of Ogbomosoland
The Oyo State Government has approved the nomination and appointment of Dr. Saka Balogun as the new Balogun of Ogbomosoland. This was disclosed in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade. According to the statement, information from the office of the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr Ademola Ojo, showed […]
