Buhari meets security chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has been meeting with security chiefs to review the nation’s security network. A report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said the president had to suspend some of his official engagements including the inauguration of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) new Technology and Innovation complex to preside […]
Once again, Buhari leaves for UK
President Muhammadu Buhari is to leave for London, United Kingdom later today ( Monday) for routine medical check-up. A statement by his Media Adviser Femi Adesina said he is expected back “in the second week of November”. Details later…
Agbaje, kidnapped varsity don regains freedom
The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, has confirmed the release of Prof Adigun Agbaje, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He was kidnapped on Friday along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Adewale Osifeso, the police spokesperson told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. The university don along with other travellers, including […]
No Bobo! No Zobo! (Part One)
By Toyin Falola Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. Have you seen or pictured a group of protesters in Nigeria chanting No Bobo at any government official or anyone else trying to address them? Or have you been told that […]
Musk takes over Twitter, sacks top executives
Elon Musk has concluded his $44billion takeover of Twitter. He has reportedly fired several top executives, including the CEO Parag Agrawal. The world’s richest man in a tweet said, “the bird is freed” in a reference to Twitter’s corporate logo, just hours before a court-ordered deadline to buy the business expired. Shortly after […]
‘Anikulapo’ is Netflix’s most-watched non-English film
A week after its premiere, Anikulapo, a film by Kunle Afolayan, has become the most-watched non-English film on Netflix. Owing to the huge success it has garnered, Afolayan said Netflix, the popular movie streaming platform, has asked him to produce a series out of the movie which has had a cumulative 8.7million streaming hours; […]
Appeal Court quashes Ebonyi governor, deputy governor’s sack
The Court of Appeal has quashed the March 8 judgment by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja sacking Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi and his deputy for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The appellate court panel of three held in a judgment on […]
New Naira notes coming in December
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said re-designed Naira will be released by December 15, 2022. He said the existing notes would seize to be regarded as legal tender by January 31, 2023. He disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. The CBN governor said that it […]
Lagos warns residents over threats of flood
The Lagos State government has alerted residents of Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island and all the coastal areas of Epe and Badagry to be careful with the ocean backflow because of the high tide in Lagos Lagoon. A statement by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello said the latest […]
Conversations with Prof Dasylva: Biography, Spirituality, Activism and Scholarship
By Toyin Falola Prof Dasylva I borrowed the title of this piece from the 146-page book edited by a pentad: Sola Olorunyomi, Olutoyin Jegede, Mobolanle Sotunsa, Rotimi Fasan, and Adedoyin Aguoru. A squad of five, not playing basketball, but constituting themselves into a franchise with an unpatented name: DST-Collective. I thought DST stood for […]
