Ahmed Lemu dies at 91
Sheikh Ahmed Lemu is dead. The cleric who led the committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 to review the violence that characterized that year’s presidential election died in the early hours of the morning. His death was announced by his daughter, Maryam Lemu, on Facebook. She wrote: “Inna lillahi wa inna liayhi […]
Conversation with Prof Kwasi Konadu
By Toyin Falola Kwasi Konadu is the father of three beautiful and very intelligent daughters, a truly grateful husband who is married to an equally beautiful and intelligent wife and life partner, a scholar specializing in the histories of Africa and its worldwide communities, a healer (Tanɔ ɔbosomfoɔ) who studied with his grandfather in Jamaica […]
Human rights and cultural limitations
By Toyin Falola Every year all around the world, people gather (in their minds, and also physically) to celebrate the International Human Rights Day, which has become part and parcel of our annual calendar. The day is always one to celebrate the “birth,” “conception,” or perhaps better put, “document” a set of […]
Gunmen kidnap Taraba lawmaker
A member of the Taraba House of Assembly, Bashir Mohammed, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The lawmaker who represents Nguroje constituency in the assembly was abducted by gunmen about 1:00am on Wednesday in Jalingo, the state capital. He was reportedly kidnapped from his home which is close to an office of the Department of State […]
Govt didn’t promise to pay ASUU before strike was called off, says Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said the federal government did not promise to pay members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) before they go back to work. The minister in his reaction to a statement by Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU president, that the federal government failed to […]
Stop registration of new sims, NCC tells telcos
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunications companies to suspend the sales and reactivation of new SIM cards. A letter to the telcos dated December 7 by the commission said it is to embark on an audit of the subscriber registration database. It said, “In accordance with the federal government directive to consolidate the […]
Olabiyi Yai: A farewell to the Pollyanna of Afro-optimism
Yai By Toyin Falola Staring through space that drowned my muse I fight to hide unbottled emotions with every stroke; And every image I attempt to word Gets lost at the tip of my quill, or worst still; Giving life to the monster I never intended to create As I beseech the heavens for […]
Buhari to address National Assembly on Thursday
President Muhammadu Buhari is to address a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday. This is coming after he was summoned by the House of Representatives. The address is expected to focus on the security situation across the country. Dozens of farmers had been killed on their farms in Borno State by Boko Haram. […]
‘Politics is the only industry in the north’
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) chairman, Audu Ogbeh, has lamented that politics was the only business in the north. Speaking at a meeting with the Governor of Borno State, prof. Babagana Zulum, he said the security situation in the north is “depressing”. He was in Maiduguri where he led a delegation to meet with the […]
If offered, I’ll reject APC chairmanship, says Oshiomhole
The former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said if given a second chance, he will not lead the ruling party. He said in a statement that he remains proud of the achievements of the party’s national working committee (NWC) under his leadership. He added that he holds no grudge […]
