Burna Boy, Fela named among Rolling Stone’s ‘200 greatest singers of all time’
Fela Kuti, the late Afrobeat legend, and Burna Boy, the Afrofusion singer, are named in Rolling Stone’s ‘200 greatest musicians of all time’ list. On Sunday, the music publication released the list spanning 200 singers it said are among the all-time greatest. It said the singers were judged on originality, influence, catalog depth, […]
10,000 new police constables will be deployed for security in 2023 election – IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has disclosed that 10,000 police constables that passed out on Thursday will be deployed to provide security during the 2023 general elections. He made this known at the passing out parade of the 2022 batch of police constables in Ilorin, Kwara State. “It is noted […]
TF at 70: A Meditation on Nothingness
By Toyin Falola On this day, I celebrate the day I came to this world This day, family, friends, and colleagues rejoice With me Do they not know a year older means a year closer to the grave? Do they not see my grey hair? Do they not see the frailty in my steps? […]
A Harbinger: Honouring Ayo Olukotun
By Toyin Falola I want to enter the new year by celebrating a living legend who will continue to influence us in the years ahead. In my forthcoming long book, Nigeria and the Politics of Everybody, I devoted two long chapters to the writings of Professor Ayo Olukotun, covering his weekly pieces. He is the […]
Pele’s lying in state, burial set for Monday, Tuesday
The burial of the late football legend Pele has been set for Monday and Tuesday. The wake will be held on Monday and his body will be laid to rest on Tuesday at his Santos home, where he enchanted the world, according to his former club. “The wake for the greatest footballer of all […]
ESTABLISHING A STABLE POLITICAL CULTURE
By Dul Johnson Even before the political party primaries produced their candidates there was a lot of anxiety as to what awaited the nation as regards the 2023 general elections. There were different reasons for the anxiety. Would the primaries produce credible and popularly accepted candidates? Were the elections going to hold or not? […]
Serve Me Breakfast! Part 2
By Toyin Falola Last night It was you and I and crackles and vodka And a sky full of stars It was two truths confessed I had cheated I did it for balance Brymo – “Without You” (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDj9wXHa3x0; https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDj9wXHa3x0&feature=youtu.be) Folakemi sat at the bar with Zain and Olivia, two of her friends. […]
“Serve me Breakfast!” Part 1
By Toyin Falola When my friend, Dr Yemi Ijaola, Cardiologist at UCH, Ibadan, visited me some weeks ago in November, I offered to “serve her breakfast” and asked what she would like to eat. Her response was funny, converting my offer of food into conflict. Dr Ijaola has been one of my slang vocabulary […]
NPC recruitment portal for ad-hoc staff closes Dec 28 – Commissioner
The National Population Commission (NPC) says that its e-recruitment portal for ad hoc staff for the 2023 Population and Housing Census would close on Dec. 28. Mr Chidi Ezeoke, Federal Commissioner representing Anambra State in the Commission, said this at the opening of a 10-day Zonal Level Training of Principal Trainers on Monday in […]
IG vows to arrest, prosecute vote-buying politicians
The Nigeria Police has devised new strategies to arrest and prosecute politicians who are into vote buying ahead of the 2023 general elections, according to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba-Alkali. The IGP who gave the assurance at a stakeholders summit on “Addressing the influence of money on the 2023 general election, held […]
