A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO (PART 2)
THE PAST TOWARDS THE FUTURE By Toyin Falola (This is a report on the interview conducted with President Obasanjo on Jan. 31, 2021) For its entire recording, see https://youtu.be/8_ue5Hvi1vY) Obasanjo as Head of State In global politics, not only is the situation in Africa a common topic of debate among experts in […]
In search of the ballad singers
To be a poet is a condition, not a profession – Robert Graves Poetry as an art has been with man from time immemorial and various forms and nuances have been brought into it to make it more contemporary and very relevant. It is in this light that the world has witnessed and continue […]
A CONVERSATION WITH SEGUN ODEGBAMI
PART 3: AYINLA: THE MAN WHO BECAME A FILM By Toyin Falola Omowura with the famous Olumo Rock in the background It was in one of our nocturnal phone calls, the united meetings of owls, that Tunde Kelani (TK) of Mainframe Production, a larger-than-life film director, told me that his next movie […]
“My Stewardship”: Reflections on the Interview with President John Agyekum Kufuor
By Toyin Falola (***This is a report of the two-hour interview with President John Kufuor. For a complete recording of the interview, visit: https://youtu.be/XSRghCf0IAQ) Born John Agyekum Kufuor in Kumasi in 1938, His Excellency John Kufuor is the second-ever democratically elected President of Ghana. Elected in the Fourth Republic, he served […]
WTO: South Korean withdraws
*Okonjo-Iweala’s chances bright The road to becoming the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), might have become clearer for Nigeria’s Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Yoo Myung-Hee, the South Korean candidate, has announced she will withdraw from the race. Okonjo-Iweala was last year announced by the General Council as the consensus candidate. The World […]
SSANU, NASU begin nationwide strike
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the non-teaching staff unions of universities has embarked on a nationwide strike to compel the Federal Government to address their demands. The JAC non-teaching staff are the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of the Universities (NASU). Peters Adeyemi, NASU General Secretary, said this […]
Gumi says crisis in Zamfara is insurgency, not banditry
A prominent Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has said what was happening in Zamfara State was not banditry but insurgency. He told the Governor Bello Matawalle that the bandits have turned into insurgents owing to the alleged bad treatment meted out to them by residents of the state. The bandits are constantly attacking people because of […]
Criticisms trail nomination of ex-service chiefs as ambassadors
Criticisms have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to nominate all the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors. The president had on Thursday nominated the former Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Air Staff, Ibok Ibas; and former Chief of Naval Staff, Abubakar Sadique […]
Tackle banditry now, Obasanjo tells Buhari
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to wake up to his responsibilities and tackle the rising cases of banditry in the country. The former president while speaking in an interview on Zoom with Prof Toyin Falola of the University of Texas at Austin, United States of America on Sunday, said the president […]
Obasanjo: Only those who did not do well went into the military
By Biko Agozino Despite the heavy toll that COVID-19 is taking on communities and families, Professor Toyin Falola has turned the challenge into an opportunity to present socially distanced interviews with eminent personalities. On January 31, he presented a live interview via Zoom with former Nigerian President, H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo. More than 1,312 people […]
