Ogbomoso kingmakers pick RGGC Pastor as Soun
Kingmakers in Ogbomoso, Oyo State have reportedly picked a Senior Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Jesus House Washington DC Parish, Pastor Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, as the new Soun. He is billed to succeed Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi who died last year at 95 after reigning for almost 50 years. Pastor Olaoye […]
Kaduna-Abuja rail services suspended
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has temporarily suspended its service along the Abuja-Kaduna route. This is coming less than 24 hours after suspected terrorists threw bombs on the rail tracks. The Corporation made the announcement on Tuesday morning. It made this announcement on Tuesday morning. Kaduna has witnessed renewed attacks by terrorists who at the […]
Bandits attack Kaduna Airport, ground Lagos-bound aircraft
Armed bandits numbering over 200 have invaded the Kaduna International Airport. A security officer of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) was killed. The invaders overran the runway and prevented a Lagos-bound AZMAN aircraft from taking off at about 12:30 pm. The attack forced the authorities to temporarily shut down the Airport, while the […]
A Curriculum That Matters: How Can Universities Teach Society’s Most Pressing Problems?
By Toyin Falola Contrary to popular belief, our universities can’t solve all society’s problems or even teach about them. Every society contains many knowledge centres—domestic, public, private, industrial, etc. We belong to the higher education cluster, and we cannot perform the tasks allocated to other sectors, such as primary and secondary. Sometimes we inherit […]
Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice
A Thumbnail Review By Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju “Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge” Having at last got my hands on Toyin Falola’s Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice, University of Rochester Press, 2022, I did a very fast speed reading of the book of 678 pages and careful exposition […]
Court lifts order stopping APC convention
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Kubwa, has vacated the order of interim injunction that barred the All Progressive Congress (APC), from going ahead with its planned national convention. The order followed a suit that was lodged before the court by an aggrieved member of the party, Salisu Umoru. The plaintiff had among […]
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Technology, Culture, and Society
The Nexus It is common knowledge that the paradigm shift in the twenty-first century is rooted in technology and an easier way of achieving a goal. It is not difficult to agree with the proposition that technology is the backbone of societal development. According to James Smith (2009) in his book, Science and Technology for […]
ASUU extends strike by two months
Students of federal and state universities are to sit down at home for further two months, as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its warning strike by eight weeks as a way of giving the Federal Government time to meet its demands. Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, president of ASUU, disclosed this in a […]
Technology, Technical Education, Culture, and Society
BY Toyin Falola The cultural orientation and conviction of a set of people define the core of their existence. It is the window through which society and its members could be understood. The renowned anthropologist Edward Tylor, in his badly titled book, Primitive Culture, explains culture as “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, […]
RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE: A CASE OF GIVING A DOG A BAD NAME
BY JUDE OBUSEH Most observers of the macabre dance of tears, sweat, and blood, currently playing out in Ukraine, blame Russia for sparking off the enervating conflict. For these genuinely concerned individuals, who are alarmed over the worsening plight of innocent Ukrainians, consequent to the invasion of their country, Russia’s brazen incursion into […]
