The Demise of Reverend Desmond Tutu
By Toyin Falola Ubuntu: I am because you are, because we are. But beyond that, I am because I belong, and I have chosen to belong, to form a part of, participate in, and unite with others and their ideas and ideologies, despite the realistic existence of nuances and differences. This was perhaps the strongest […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROF. ATTAHIRU JEGA, PART 3
Attahiru Jega and Jibrin Ibrahim: Meditations on Power Politics By Toyin Falola This is the second report on the interview with Professor Attahiru Jega on December 12, 2021. The extensive interview, which has received millions of views across different platforms, exposes Nigeria in all of its ugliness while also offering a path out of the […]
With Cultism, We Dug Our Graves
By Toyin Falola When the world saw the BBC documentary on “Black Axe: Nigeria’s Mafia Cult” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViTQ7N7iUQ0), the kind of surprise that greeted it, especially over the media, was not expected. This is because, while the whole narrative is excruciating, it is obvious that we dug our own graves and the ghosts we failed […]
ABDULLAHI A. SULE AT 62: ‘OF LIFE AND BIRTH’
By Yakubu Lamai On July 30, 2019 at the Tony Elumelu Forum, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo remarked that: “No matter how young or old we might be, our lives are essentially stories that are being written and revised every day” and on the occasion of the Vice President’s 63rd birthday, Engr Sule described Osinbajo as […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROF. ATTAHIRU JEGA, PART 4
The Professor, the Journalist, and their Country By Toyin Falola This is the third report on the interview with Professor Attahiru Jega on December 12, 2021. The extensive interview, which has received millions of views across different platforms, exposes Nigeria in all of its ugliness while also offering a path out of the present […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROF. ATTAHIRU JEGA, PART 2
Speaking Truth to Power: Attahiru Jega, Toye Olorode, and Nigeria’s Future By Toyin Falola This is the first report on the interview with Professor Attahiru Jega on December 12, 2021. The extensive interview, which has received millions of views across different platforms, exposes Nigeria in all of its ugliness while also offering a path […]
What is our Understanding of Modern Nigeria? – Reflections on a Book Presentation
By Toyin Falola Thursday, November 18, 2021, will go down in history as one of the most intellectually fulfilling days I have seen in a long while. To some, that may come across as surprising, given that I provided little to no direct intellectual input at the presentation of my most recent book, […]
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A CONVERSATION WITH PRINCE YEMISI SHYLLON, PART 5
The Abeokuta Prince and the Art Palace By Toyin Falola My trip to Abeokuta in November 2021 yielded treasures of performance and orality at the Ake Palace, the city itself, and the lovely home of an Egba Prince. The trip became part of what I will label, with poetic license, the Shyllon Triumvirate of Art—the […]
Drug Abuse, the Serial Killer in Kano
By Kamal Buba Danladi The usage of drugs and other illicit substances is becoming rampant in the society today, and the situation in Kano for example is becoming worrisome. Hardly one finds a group of people and one of them is not into drugs. Incidentally, the group that is mostly affected by this […]
That fairy tale about NASCO
By Olayinka Oyegbile In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always act of social responsibility – Robert McKee It was with a heightened curiosity and the search for knowledge and information that made me to read one David Hundeyin’s long piece published online in October this year. […]
