Education Minister, VCs, meet over ASUU strike
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede; Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed; Emeritus Professors Peter Okebukola and Nimi-Briggs; as well as all vice-chancellors and pro-chancellors of federal universities are about now holding closed-door meeting over the prolonged […]
Truck overturns on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
A fallen truck has further worsened the bad traffic situation on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The truck fell and blocked the road along Kara bridge. A team of the Federal Road Safety Corps has arrived at the scene to ameliorate the pain for road users. The crash and the subsequent road blockage have led to many […]
2023 AND EVERY NIGERIAN VOTER
By Dul Johnson My idea of every Nigerian is every Nigerian of voting age, but it does not matter whether you have a voters’ card or not. You can still play a vital role if you do not have a voter’s card, or if you have but are not able to be at the voting […]
2023, THE POLITICIANS AND ASPIRANTS
By Dul Johnson With the primaries over, the die is cast and you are now the ones in the eye of the ‘perfect’ storm, so to speak. You are the anointed candidates of your parties or card-carrying members that produced the flagbearers for each party. At the end of the primary elections, many of […]
JAPA!
By Toyin Falola Flee! Japa does not mean to walk away. It is to flee from danger or a compromising situation. It means fleeing an abusive relationship, an extremely demanding situation, and life-threatening issues. And the king of the meanings: Flee from Nigeria. Slangs like Japa are apt socio-linguals that capture the state […]
One killed as traditional worshippers, church members clash in Lagos
A tailor has been killed in a clash between Oro traditional worshippers and worshippers at a Pentecostal church in Oko-Oba area of Agege, Lagos State. The tailor identified as Akeem Adebisi, was killed when members of the Truth and The Spirit Prophetic Church clashed with Oro worshippers. It was gathered that Akeem and the […]
The Strange Moon of Yenogoa: A Review
Review by Jumoke Verissimo Title: The Strange Moon of Yenagoa Author: Samuel Osaze Publisher Akono Verlag, Leipzig, 2021 Samuel Osaze’s The Strange Moon of Yenagoa conveys the Nigerian youth’s never-ending dissatisfaction, anger and relentless bitterness over the state of their nation. Osaze joins a select group of poets, including Akeem Lasisi, Rasaq Malik, Olajide Salawu, Gbenga […]
Salary arrears: NLC backs ASUU
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has thrown its weight behind the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on its insistence on the payment of the withheld salaries of its members as a condition for ending the over six-month-old strike. The labour union said it was unfair for the Federal Government to invoke a no-work, […]
“Cut Soap For Me!”
By Toyin Falola Yams do not sprout in amulets – Wole Soyinka It is important to foreground that Nigerian society is still widely laced with traditional beliefs, practices, and other locally influenced religious practices like those seen in churches that use religious paraphernalia in their worship system. Spiritual symbolism and materials cannot be […]
Don says public toilets better than Nigerian politicians’ mouths
A professor of Political Science at Texas State University, United States, has said public toilets are cleaner and safer than the mouth of an average Nigerian politician. Prof Sheriff Folarin, who is a Nigerian said campaigns in the country from 1979 – 2019 have been laced with lies and empty promises. In a lecture titled […]
