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In search of a worthy legacy

July 16, 2021

By Olayinka Oyegbile Nobody is going to give you anything. You’ve got to go out and fight for it. Nobody knows what you want except you, and nobody

Air Peace: Passenger protests flight delay, asks for compensation

July 15, 2021

An airline passenger, Adeyinka Moyosore Kotoye, has protested the delay of his flight from Lagos to Abuja by the Air Peace Airlines. In a letter of protest to the Managing

THE WAR IN THE CAMEROONS

July 13, 2021

A CONVERSATION WITH PROF. CARLSON ANYANGWE, PART 1 By Toyin Falola There is no such thing as an authentic narrative in war and conflict situations. All “facts” in war

WE MUST KEEP TALKING: FEMALE VOICES IN NIGERIAN POLITICS

July 9, 2021

By Toyin Falola Ayisha Osori, Ibijoke Faborode, Nseabasi Ufot, Chiedo Nwankwor, and Ireti Bakare-Yusuf will have a vibrant conversation on women in Nigerian politics on Sunday, July 11, 2021.

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI, PART 3

July 9, 2021

(This is the second of three reports on the interview conducted with Dr. Adeleye-Fayemi on June 27, 2021) For its entire recording, see https://fb.watch/6oxK6nvXx7/) Dr. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI ON

A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI, PART 2

July 9, 2021

(This is the first of three reports on the interview conducted with Dr. Adeleye-Fayemi on June 27, 2021). For its entire recording, see https://fb.watch/6oxK6nvXx7/) Dr. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi and

Civil Society Rejects Petroleum Industry Bill

July 9, 2021

*Says it is anti-people A coalition of civil society groups on Wednesday roundly condemned and rejected the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives.

GENDER MATTER: PROMINENT ACTIVISTS TO SPEAK ON WOMEN AND NIGERIAN POLITICS

July 7, 2021

By Toyin Falola Since the formation and evolution of humans into a sedentary lifestyle organized into clusters of families, lineages, compounds, and later, nations and nationalities, culture and religion have

Bandits abducted 121 students from our school, says Kaduna Baptist Conference

July 7, 2021

The Baptist Conference in Kaduna has said 121 students were abducted by bandits from Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi, Chikun LGA of the state. The students were kidnapped when

We’ve no hands in Nnamdi Kanu’s extradition, Kenya declares

July 2, 2021

Kenya has denied any involvement in the arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The country’s High Commissioner said his country “does not want to be dragged into Nigeria’s internal affairs.”

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