Nigeria at Crossroads: Moment for Lamentation and Ambivalent Reflection
By Samuel Zalanga Nigeria is currently facing serious challenges and concerns. While I have not retired yet, and I am not living in the African continent, there is no day that for some minutes I do not reflect on the pain and suffering that millions of people are going through on the continent. Yet in […]
Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III: The Legacies of a Great King
By Toyin Falola I knew the late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, at a most personal level. We had such a cordial relationship that I had his private cellphone number. Professor Akin Alao of Obafemi Awolowo University was our go-between, and he was at the palace with me many times. Oba […]
The Gold Rush for the Golden Seat of Power
By Toyin Falola It is another election season in Nigeria, and rather than elicit feelings of hope and optimism, of looking forward to a new dispensation that will improve on what the present administration has achieved, it brings back to me the unpleasant memory of the gold rush. On January 24, 1848, James Marshall found […]
Fire guts TB Joshua’s tomb shelter
No need to fear, fire was at the old site, says Synagogue An early evening fire has destroyed the tomb shelter of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua. The fire was said to have started at 6.30pm on Wednesday. However, a statement from the Synagogue signed by one […]
Thieves steal $75,000 at APC headquarters
At a time, the government it leads at the federal level is preaching e-banking, thieves on Wednesday carted away about $75,000 from the party secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. The money estimated to be N43,000,000 reportedly went missing. This was said to be under the canopy which the sale of […]
A CONVERSATION WITH ERNESTO YEBOAH, PART 1
Faces of the African Youth Movement for Change BY Toyin Falola Despite being famous for the abundance of its natural resources, Africa has not lived up to its potential in the eyes of many. The continent has come to be synonymous with strife in contemporary times. The current situation of the continent is often […]
Graham-Douglas, ex-minister dies at 82
Alabo Graham-Douglas, a former minister of aviation during the regime of General Ibrahim Babangida in 1999, is dead. He was 82. He was said to have died at a private hospital in Abuja on Monday Graham-Douglas was appointed Minister of Labour and Productivity in 1999. He also served in the administration of former President Olusegun […]
Alleged drug baron linked with Abba Kyari arrested by NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Chief Afam Ukatu, described as the billionaire suspected drug baron behind the N3bn tramadol deal involving a Deputy Commissioner of Police and former leader of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. A statement on by the spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, said he was arrested […]
Prof. Akinjide Osuntokun at 80: Celebrating an Intellectually Energetic Octogenarian
By Toyin Falola Positive and impactful energy is difficult to contain. It envelops everything within range like an aura, letting its positivity wash over them. In a world filled with gloom and uncertainty, it helps to surround oneself with positive energy. Thus, it is no surprise that people whose philosophy and interpersonal relations are […]
Group to buy N100m nomination form for Tinubu
The Asiwaju Project Beyond 2023, a group in support of the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, has expressed its readiness to purchase the nomination form for the All Progressives Congress aspirant. The party has pegged the price at N100m. In a statement in Abuja by its National Director, Media […]
