Lekki Shooting: Judicial panel finds bullet shells
Six shells of bullets have been found by the judicial panel members appointed by the Lagos State Government to investigate police abuses and the shooting at the Lekki toll gate. The shells were recovered at the scene of the incident when the panel visited there on Friday. The Nigerian Army, accused of carrying out the […]
New electricity tariff kicks off next week
The suspended implementation of the new electricity tariff is to begin next week. This was said by Ahmed Zakari, special adviser to the president on infrastructure, according to him, the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) will resume the implementation next week. The implementation of a new service-based reflective tariff (SRT which was to begin on September […]
The united spider webs that tie up the elephant: Thoughts on the new Thabo Mbeki School
By Toyin Falola Falola It is a privilege for me to have given the Inaugural Lecture at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, the University of South Africa, on Tuesday, October 26, 2020. I would like to share some of the thoughts that I generated and the positive responses […]
Local govt chairman kidnapped
The chairperson of the Caretaker Committee in Iganna Local Council Development Area of Oyo State, Jacob Adeleke, has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped on Sunday evening on his way to Ibadan, the state capital. A source said he was kidnapped alongside his driver along Okeho-Ado Awaye Road. They were abducted on their way to Ibadan […]
CONVERSATION WITH TUNDE KELANI
The Nigerian entertainment industry is dominated by a group of passionate African storytellers with a flair for intellectualism, and Tunde Kelani is not just one of them, but has established himself and his crafts as household names in Nigeria. Born in Lagos State, Nigeria, to Yoruba parents, he was exposed to a multicultural environment […]
FG, ASUU meeting adjourned
Agrees to pay N30 b allowances The conciliatory meeting between federal government’s representatives and that of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended in a deadlock on Thursday. The meeting aimed at putting an end to the strike action embarked upon by university lecturers has been adjourned to October 21. The industrial action, which […]
Nimi Wariboko and Humanistic Pluriversality
By Toyin Falola On November 21, 2020, a new book that I edited, The Philosophy of Nimi Wariboko, will be presented to the public at a major conference. The book celebrates the thoughts of a Philosopher King, an economist, a theologian, an oracle of God, a strategist, a teacher, and a public intellectual. NEW, […]
Updated: INEC declares Akeredolu winner of Ondo governorship election
*Buhari congratulates Governor Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has won the Ondo governorship election held on Saturday. Akeredolu, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won in 15 of the state’s 18 local government areas, based on the results announced by the electoral commission, INEC, at its headquarters in Abuja. On the other […]
THE TOYIN FALOLA INTERVIEWS
Conversation with Honorable Kojo Yankah Hon. Yankah (left) with Prof. Falola About this series In the Toyin Falola Interviews series, Dr. Falola interviews scholars, politicians, and policymakers whose work and research are particularly relevant for the African continent and its peoples, including the Diaspora. Dr. Falola also discusses the scholars’ most recent books […]
Chimamanda’s new book ZIKORA, out this month
Seven years after her last novel Americanah, multiple award-winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is to release a new book on October 27th. The title of the new book is Zikora. Americanah had in 2013 won the National Book Critics Circle Award the novel. At the peak of the pandemic and resultant lockdown, Adichie was on […]
