PDP BoT to meet Wike
As part of the fence mending efforts to resolve the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) is about now holding a crucial meeting with Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike. The BoT members led by the acting Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, are in Rivers State for the crucial talks. It was […]
Lar’s biography for public presentation
*Obasanjo, Atiku, Tinubu, Obi to attend The biography id the founding Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the late Chief Solomon Daushep Lar is to be presented to the public on October 6, 2022. It is to hold at the NAF conference center, Kado, Abuja FCT. A statement by the chairman, planning […]
20 Years of African University College of Communications (AUCC): Looking Back on the Achievements and Looking Forward to Innovative Upgrades
By Toyin Falola Some qualities are common to all visionaries: innovation, strategic planning, and giving back to society. Based on these qualities, one can rightly say that Honourable Kojo Acquah Yankah is a visionary per excellence. Honourable Yankah, who at a time served the citizens of Ghana at the Parliament, has his roots in journalism […]
Death, Drugs, and Dirges
By Toyin Falola The chicken perches on the rope The rope is restless, The chicken is off-balance Should we wear black clothes, take our lamps, and walk barefoot singing the dirges of the bereaved yet? Should we sing those dirges with the finality of nothingness? Or is there still a pulse our two […]
Senate: Lawan surrenders, says I won’t appeal judgement
President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan, has said that he will not appeal the judgment by the Federal High Court, Damaturu, Yobe State, which was against him over the forthcoming Yobe North senatorial district election. He said in a statement on Thursday that he had accepted the judgment of the court which disqualified his candidature […]
Senate: It’s Machina not Lawan, court rules
The Federal High Court in Damaturu has ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Bashir Machina as the candidate for Yobe North district. Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu ordered the APC to forward the name of Machina to INEC as the authentic winner of the primary, which […]
Harder times ahead as CBN hikes interest rate
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 15.5 percent. It is the highest ever in 20 years. The increase came at the end of its Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja. The CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, who announced the new rate, said it was intended to rein in […]
Africa: Ideologies and Narrations
By Toyin Falola Africa’s history cuts across the ancient period, precolonial formations, slavery, colonial, post-colonial, and developmental stages hatched and told by both African and foreign scholars. Today, countless materials exist on Africa from the beginning of humankind down to the 21st-century realities. While these multiple documentations and narrations signify an interesting deal for […]
AFRICAN LITERATURE SHOULD BE WRITTEN BY AFRICANS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES, SAYS WA THIONG’O
By Wale Okediran Veteran Writer, Prof Ngugi Wa Thiong’o has reiterated his well-known position on the use of Language in African Literature with a new charge to African writers to write in African languages. In a correspondence addressed to Dr Wale Okediran the Secretary General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) […]
Oil theft: PENGASSAN accuses military of connivance
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused the military for alleged connivance in high rate of crude oil theft in the country. The National President of PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, told the Senate panel’s investigation into oil lifting and theft chaired by Senator Akpan Bassey that the crime was a […]
