“GOD WHEN!?”
By Toyin Falola The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present and our future. No segment in the society can match with the power, idealism, enthusiasm and courage of the young people.– Kailash Satyarthi At […]
A Tale of Visions: A Tribute to Professor Akin Mabogunje (1931–2022)
By Toyin Falola “Death is not a period that ends the great sentence of life, but a comma that punctuates it to more lofty significance. Death is not a blind alley that leads the human race into a state of nothingness, but an open door which leads man into life eternal.” – Martin Luther […]
Chika Okeke-Agulu: Shining the Spotlight on a True “Son of the Soil”
By Toyin Falola Some days ago, Tobi Amusan broke the world record for the female 100-meter hurdles sprint. Reading the news story, I was thrilled that someone had yet again raised the green and white flag high. Although the country is in a continually worsening state of affairs and is being speedily driven into […]
Don’t abandon public schools, CSOs tell African govts
African governments have been urged not to abandon their responsibilities in the public education sector to private investors. This was the crux of the agreement of Civil Society Groups across Africa at a hybrid workshop held yesterday in Lagos. The workshop hosted by the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) and the […]
Obasanjo laments high cost of diesel
*Says, I’m sweating Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the rising cost of diesel has adversely affected his fish business. He spoke on Tuesday at a South-west fish farmers’ congress held at the presidential library Abeokuta, Ogun state. He said the high diesel price may turn fish farming into bankruptcy, adding that he is “already […]
Abuja: Gunmen attack AIG convoy, kill orderly
Gunmen have ambushed the convoy of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 12, Audu Madaki, injuring him and killing one of his escorts. This happened on Tuesday around 2:30 pm between Barde and Jagindi in Kaduna State. He was travelling to Abuja from Bauchi. The AIG is said to be receiving treatment at an […]
Former LASU VC, Hussein, dies at 75
Former Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, Professor Lateef Akanni Hussein, is dead. He died on Sunday at 75. A tweet on the official handle of the institution (@LASUOfficial) on Monday, said the Professor of Physics died after a brief illness. He was the sixth substantive vice chancellor of the institution between 2005 and […]
A toast to Soyinka @ 88
Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success – African proverb (Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation, Bola Dauda and Toyin Falola, Bloomsbury Academic, New York, 2022) Any new book on Wole Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, is something many scholars and lovers of the […]
Hanifa’s killer to die by hanging
*Father of victim excited over court judgement Tanko Abdulmalik, and his accomplice, Hashimu Ishyaku, have been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of the five-year-old pupil Hanifa Abubakar. A Kano High Court pronounced the judgement on the killer and his accomplice. Abubakar Abdulsalam, father Hanifa, has expressed happiness that the little Hanifa got […]
Gunmen invade community near LAUTECH
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded Abaa, a community near the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and abducted two persons. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community in the Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State on Thursday night and whisked away their victims, a hotelier, and his worker. The […]
