By Toyin Falola It was a privilege to have participated in the one-day symposium on “Dele Jegede at 80: Examining the Nexus of Art, Activism, and Academica, held on April
Prof Akinwumi Ogundiran of the Northwestern University has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected along with eight members of the faculty. Ogundiran, a
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Mr Seye Kehinde, frontline journalist and publisher of City People magazine, on his 60th birthday on April 24. The President praises him for his significant contributions
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (A review of Big Debt, Big Thirst: A Case Study of World Bank Supported Water Projects in
By Toyin Falola In a major exhibition that will close in a week, the recent creation of Moyo Okediji, a scholar-artist, enables us to focus on his unique contributions to
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mo Abudu, the CEO of Ebony Life Group, on her inclusion in the 2025 TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World. The President lauded
By Toyin Falola This piece is to celebrate the teaching award to be conferred by the University of Texas at Austin on Professor Niyi Afolabi, my colleague, on April 23,
The Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has faulted the decision of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to ban the music of Rap artiste Eeedris Abdulkareem as “petulant irrationality”. The NBC had
By Our Staff Writer One of Africa’s most decorated and distinguished scholars, Professor Toyin Falola, is set to receive an honorary Doctor of Law (LLD) degree (honoris causa) from the
By Serges Kamga This media piece is instigated by the good news that Professor Toyin Falola will be receiving two honorary degrees back-to-back in South African Universities in April and
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