WHY I SUPPORT ROTATION OF THE PRESIDENCY
By Moses E Ochonu It is a fallacy but I hear and read it often. It is the mantra of the Nigerian Left, or what’s left of it. Ethnic consideration should not determine or factor into the choice of president. The ethnicity of the president should not matter, only their performance or qualification for office […]
The Ties that Bind: Love, Tolerance, and Communal life in Abdul Rasheed Na’Allah’s Baba Omokewu
By Toyin Falola Baba Omokewu is a community drama text riddled with variations of different languages that inadvertently contribute to different layers of meaning. On the surface level, the play is about an aged grandmother who cries about how she has been neglected and how she places much importance on the living together of […]
In search of a worthy legacy
By Olayinka Oyegbile Nobody is going to give you anything. You’ve got to go out and fight for it. Nobody knows what you want except you, and nobody will be as sorry as you if you don’t get it. So don’t give up your dreams ― Barry Manilow (Legacy on The Move, by […]
Air Peace: Passenger protests flight delay, asks for compensation
An airline passenger, Adeyinka Moyosore Kotoye, has protested the delay of his flight from Lagos to Abuja by the Air Peace Airlines. In a letter of protest to the Managing Director of the airline, he said he was unhappy about the rough treatment he received from the airline and its crew. According to Kotoye, his […]
THE WAR IN THE CAMEROONS
A CONVERSATION WITH PROF. CARLSON ANYANGWE, PART 1 By Toyin Falola There is no such thing as an authentic narrative in war and conflict situations. All “facts” in war are contested. Anger, hate, and resentment produce their messy narratives. Even the initial colors used in the advert poster for this Interview sparked a mini […]
WE MUST KEEP TALKING: FEMALE VOICES IN NIGERIAN POLITICS
By Toyin Falola Ayisha Osori, Ibijoke Faborode, Nseabasi Ufot, Chiedo Nwankwor, and Ireti Bakare-Yusuf will have a vibrant conversation on women in Nigerian politics on Sunday, July 11, 2021. Expected to be rich in outstanding statements, the access to it is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83593109980. Here, I provide the context to one of the most important conversations […]
A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI, PART 3
(This is the second of three reports on the interview conducted with Dr. Adeleye-Fayemi on June 27, 2021) For its entire recording, see https://fb.watch/6oxK6nvXx7/) Dr. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI ON MARGINALIZING FEMININITY By Toyin Falola Would we still consider the feminist slogan sometimes credited to Carol Hanisch, “the personal is political”, relevant in the 2021 […]
A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI, PART 2
(This is the first of three reports on the interview conducted with Dr. Adeleye-Fayemi on June 27, 2021). For its entire recording, see https://fb.watch/6oxK6nvXx7/) Dr. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi and the Institutionalization of Feminist Power By Toyin Falola Contentions have always emerged whenever the concept of feminism pops up in intellectual or political […]
Civil Society Rejects Petroleum Industry Bill
*Says it is anti-people A coalition of civil society groups on Wednesday roundly condemned and rejected the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives. The Bill is one of the oldest and most contentious Bills since the country returned to democracy in 1999. It was introduced to the legislature […]
GENDER MATTER: PROMINENT ACTIVISTS TO SPEAK ON WOMEN AND NIGERIAN POLITICS
By Toyin Falola Since the formation and evolution of humans into a sedentary lifestyle organized into clusters of families, lineages, compounds, and later, nations and nationalities, culture and religion have played integral features as the custodians of human civilizations. This is not to imply that the so-called early humans of the hunter-gatherer stage of human […]
