Labour, CSOs launch Campaign for Transformative Governance
Key labour and civil society groups across the country on July 26, 2021 converged on Abuja to launch a Campaign for Transformative Governance as a response to bad governance in the country. The initiative is a joint labour and civil society advocacy and campaign programme to influence radical change in government policies, processes, and institutions […]
Electronic Votes: ERA, Social Action, others ask NASS to blacklist NCC
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Social Action, Center for Environment Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) and the Campaign for Transformative Governance, and other 124 groups have demanded the sanction of the National Communication Commission (NCC) for misleading the National Assembly on the possibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit voting results. […]
Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah’s Seriya and the Aesthetics of Socialist Realism
By Toyin Falola Since its inception, the works of literature that have emanated from the African scenery have been known to be art for life’s sake (utilitarian function), antithetical to some other literatures from the West. Generally, African artists, sculptors, painters, and even orators venture and aspire to project the realities of their immediate environment […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROF. CARLSON ANYANGWE, PART 3
(This is the first report on the interview on “The War in the Cameroon” on July 18, 2021. With the number of views over 30,000 on seven platforms, it is clear that this is issue is of great interest. For its entire recording, see https://fb.watch/v/1Xu7uYhue/ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzK81pf3F0A) REFLECTIONS ON SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT CAME […]
Africa: Devastating moments for us all
By Toyin Falola For anyone conversant with the African narrative, be they students of African history, representatives of foreign interests, news/information enthusiasts, or Africans themselves who have lived this experience, it is no secret that the continent has been a theatre for the expression of great human suffering. Africa, at least from the fifteenth […]
Benin Republic authorities interrogate Igboho, wife
Benin Republic authorities are interrogating embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. According BBC Pidgin, Igboho and his wife, Ropo are with operatives of Brigade criminelle in Cotonou. After the interrogation, he is expected to appear before the Cour d’Appel in the city. The court is expected to debate on the international arrest […]
I welcome return of stolen African Arts, says Prof Abiodun
Rowland Abiodun is John C. Newton Professor of Art, the History of Art, and Black Studies at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. He is the author of Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art (2014), What Follows Six Is More than Seven: Understanding African Art (1995); co-author of Yoruba: Nine Centuries of […]
Bandits bring down Nigerian Air Force jet
A Nigerian Airforce alpha jet aircraft, has been shot down by bandits. The aircraft is one of those used for attacks against armed men. It was said to have been brought down in Zamfara State, while “under intense enemy fire.” The Nigerian Air Force confirmed the crash in a statement on Monday, saying there was […]
A CONVERSATION WITH HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, OBA (Dr.) V.A. KILADEJO
Kabiyesi Alayeluwa, Dr. Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo: The exceptional King of Ondo Kingdom By Toyin Falola Since time immemorial, wonderful things have been spoken about people who have excelled in different areas of life. Although some observant individuals might have noticed that this set of people has reduced in number, as it seems […]
Groups write NBC, demand the prohibition of smoking in Big Brother Naija
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has petitioned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) asking the agency to prohibit smoking in the Big Brother Naija (BBN) Season 6 which commences on Sunday, July 18, 2021. CAPPA and NTCA in the letter titled Big Brother Naija Season 6: […]
