Nigeria: Why journalism is dying!
By Olayinka Oyegbile All the metrics for legacy news media are headed in the same direction: less revenue, far fewer reporters and editors, less profit to reinvest and less community clout – Rory O’Connor It is not in doubt that journalism around the world is undergoing tremendous changes and threat: technology, dictatorship, problems of funding […]
COWAS President visits T
R-L: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and outgoing president of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray at the State House, Abuja, Thursday, August 6, 2026
LIFE CHALLENGES, No. 9: A HOME WITHOUT PEACE
By Toyin Falola When the Family Tree Grows Thorns They said blood was thicker than water, They never said blood, when poisoned, Could drown an entire household. Laughter here hides inside our funerals. Our greetings come with knives inside. Our hugs examine the softness of backs before deciding where to cut first. […]
Ondo: Police recover stolen vehicle, arrest two suspected armed robbers
The Police Command in Ondo State has recovered a vehicle stolen at gunpoint, a stun gun and arrested two suspects of an armed robbery syndicate in Akure, the state capital. DSP Abayomi Jimoh, the command’s Spokesperson, who made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Akure, said the recovered vehicle was a Lexus […]
Refuse heaps undermine sanitation exercise, Lagos residents lament
Some residents of Surulere, Lagos State, on Saturday expressed concern over weeks-old refuse heaps that remained uncollected, saying the situation undermined the objectives of the state’s monthly environmental sanitation. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), although many residents swept their surroundings and cleared drainages during the exercise, heaps of refuse were still […]
Africa: This Moment in Time
By Toyin Falola Distinguished members, esteemed colleagues, ladies and gentlemen: Thank you for allowing me to continue as Chair of this distinguished Board. I am humbled and honored to stand before you today. We meet at a time of great significance, not just for the School, but for Africa and its role in […]
LIFE CHALLENGES, No. 7: When the Road Is Thirsty
By Toyin Falola The Road Has Eaten Another Name At dawn, the road opened its black mouth and swallowed a family. It did not chew. It did not ask whose children they were, what prayers their mother had tied around their travelling hearts, or whether the father had promised to return before the evening […]
THE WORLD CUP THAT ATE THE WORLD
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, The Bizarre… and the VAR By Jude Dike There are World Cups. Then there are World Cups that leave future historians asking, “Did that really happen?” USA-Canada-Mexico 2026 belongs squarely in the second category. This wasn’t merely a football tournament. It was a Broadway musical with […]
